Thanks, Lois--I hope to add more info in the coming weeks. Sheryl On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 2:56 PM, Lois Franceschi <ljf1941@gmail.com> wrote: > Great site! Thanks for all your hard work! > > Lois Franceschi > Digging deep under all the trees for my roots! > > > On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 12:37 PM, Sheryl McClure <mkat72@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello everyone-- > > > > As part of my "Kansas History and Heritage Project," I have created a > > website for Johnson County: > > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ksjohnhp/index.html > > > > Included on the site is the following data: > > > > ~ under "Directories": 1867-68 Business Directory > > ~ under "History": 1859 registered voters, Olathe Twp. > > ~ under "Census": 1875 Kansas State Census, Shawnee Twp., Surname Index > and > > Census Images > > ~ under "History": County Officials, 1861-1914 > > ~ under "Military": 1894 G.A.R. posts and rosters > > ~ under "Census": 1865 Kansas State Census, Aubry Twp., Surname Index and > > Census Images > > ~ under "Biographies": 103 bios from "History of Johnson County," 1915 > > ~ under "Schools": Olathe High School Class of 1921 photos > > ~ under "History": "Old Settlers' Association," 1907 registrants > > ~ under "Military": "Fifty Years After", sketches of Civil War vets from > > Olathe in 1911 > > ~ under "Schools": 1886 School Clerks > > ~ under "Obituaries": Over 150 obits added, most between 1896-1922 > > ~ under "History": 1876 history > > ~ under "Directories": 1874 Index and Business Directory > > ~ under "Schools": 1912 List of Teachers in Accredited Schools > > ~ under "Family Files": 1907 Reunion of Dr. William Smith descendants > > ~ under "Military": 1914 Olathe G.A.R. roster > > > > As you can see, there is not a whole lot of information on the site at > this > > time, but I plan to add more data in the coming months. Also, be sure to > > check out my "Online Counties" page to see if I have a website for your > > other Kansas counties of interest. If you have any family histories, > obits, > > documents etc., that you would like to see on the site, I will be happy > to > > add it. > > > > I try not to duplicate information that has already been transcribed on > > other websites, and I always check projects such as Kansas Genealogy > Trails > > and Kansas USGenWeb to make sure that the data I am adding is not already > > transcribed and on a website. > > > > This website features a search engine, but I strongly urge you to browse > > the data, as some of the spelling of surnames is questionable. > > > > Johnson is the 69th county in this project--only 36 counties to go! I > hope > > to have all Kansas counties online within the next two years, but until I > > can gather enough data for a specific county, I will store the files for > > that county on the state website: > > > > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kahhp/index.html > > > > This website houses also statewide information (such as maps, military > > histories, college files, etc.) as well as serving as a repository for > data > > for the "orphan" counties, and links to counties that do have their own > > sites. > > > > Thanks, Sheryl > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KSJOHNSO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >