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KSHS digital partner websites

Kansas residents with a valid driver's license or state ID may freely access KSHS content on the following sites by logging in below.

  • Ancestry.com includes millions of Kansas records from the State Archives and Research Collections, among them Kansas State Census Records from 1865-1925, Civil War Enlistment Papers of Kansas Volunteer Regiments (1862, 1863, 1868), and selected World War I manuscripts.
  • Newspapers.com is digitizing historic Kansas newspapers from the Society's near-comprehensive collections.

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Non-Kansas residents: please check with your local library for access information in your area.