Hello Lincoln County researchers I just read on the ksrooters email list that the Kansas Genealogical Society has its catalog online at: Check it out. http://www.dodgecity.net/kgs/ later Bill Bill and Diana Sowers - wrs@cjnetworks.com- check out our SCHREMMER-POLLOCK families page at: http://www.cjnetworks.com/~wrs/index.htm Lincoln County Kansas KSGenweb Project page at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/lincoln/index.html Gove County Kansas KSGenWeb Project page at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/gove/index.html Graham County Kansas KSGenWeb Project page at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/graham/index.html Barton County Kansas ALHN web page at: http://www.geocities.com/irus86/

To all my Lincoln County Friends, I have put some new pictures up on the photo album site that you may enjoy. The URL is http://www.geocities.com/rlsteven_2000/ I would sure like to have more pictures and would be willing to scan and then return them if you would be willing to share. Keep the album in mind. Joan rlsteven@flash.net

Hello Lincoln County researchers Would it be possible to get the index to Mabel Wallace's History of LIncoln County up online? Someone let me know and I'll be happy to put it up with full credit/copyright to the indexer (Wilda???) later Bill Bill and Diana Sowers - wrs@cjnetworks.com- check out our SCHREMMER-POLLOCK families page at: http://www.cjnetworks.com/~wrs/index.htm Lincoln County Kansas KSGenweb Project page at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/lincoln/index.html Gove County Kansas KSGenWeb Project page at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/gove/index.html Graham County Kansas KSGenWeb Project page at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/graham/index.html Barton County Kansas ALHN web page at: http://www.geocities.com/irus86/

I made a copy of your notice in the Lincoln County Rootsweb . Would you please check your index of early settlers for the names: McCanless, Lyster and Blythe. I'm working on a Family Tree and would appreciate any information that might be included in the Mabel Wallace thesis on "History of Lincoln County, Kansas." Thank you. Don Blythe 1801 Tyler Great Bend, KS 67530 E-Mail: dophbly@ckan.com

Hello Lincoln County researchers We've added a birth register to the Lincoln County Kansas KSGenWeb page. You can use this page to add births you know of within Lincoln County. The URL is: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/lincoln/birth.htm Good luck in your research Bill Sowers Bill and Diana Sowers - wrs@cjnetworks.com- check out our SCHREMMER-POLLOCK families page at: http://www.cjnetworks.com/~wrs/index.htm Lincoln County Kansas KSGenweb Project page at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/lincoln/index.html Gove County Kansas KSGenWeb Project page at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/gove/index.html Graham County Kansas KSGenWeb Project page at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/graham/index.html Barton County Kansas ALHN web page at: http://www.geocities.com/irus86/

Hi, listers! If I mentioned this before, forgive me. I added two entries to the page on small towns and communities in Lincoln County, one about the Barnard Bee and one on the history of the Sylvan Grove Bethlehem Lutheran Church. If you're interested, this is the URL for the communities page: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/lincoln/comm.htm Trace

Hello, folks. I just added an index to obituaries from 1980 to the web page. Ya'll might want to take a look. Let me know if you'd like the obits on any of these. They aren't typed in yet so it will take me a bit of time. Be sure to indicate the YEAR you are requesting... http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/lincoln/obit1980.htm tracee

Hello, folks. I was at the National Archives yesterday and decided to take another look at the Mortality Schedule for Kansas 1870. For those of you who haven't seen it, this book is a list of those who died in Kansas one year prior to June 1, 1870. The information was collected along with the 1870 Census information, as I understand it. I had looked at it before, looking for those settlers killed in the Indian raids of 1869, but since most of them died on May 30, they aren't listed! However, Mrs. Alderdice is listed, as well as one of her children, which must mean he didn't die instantly. However, to my surprise, I found the names of several other people purportedly killed by Indians. So I thought I'd send these names to the list -- and to Jim Sechrist, whose g-grandfather literally wrote the book on the subject -- to see if anyone can shed light on any of these people. (I'd like to put this list on the Lincoln web page but there may be a copyright problem.) Here it is (the book gives name, age, sex, month of death, place of birth, cause of death, and occupation): Alderdyce, Mrs.; age 32; female; died August; born Penn.; murdered; no occupation Alderdyce, T; age 2; male; died June; born Kansas; murdered; no occupation Lowrey, John; age 34; male; died Jan.; born Germany (?); Indians; farmer Lowrey, Mrs.; age 40; female; died Jan.; born Germany (?); Indians; housewife Miller, J.P.; age 20; male; died May; born Indiana; lung fever; farmer Schemnerhem, Ida; no age; female; died April; born Kansas; cause unknown, no occupation Shande, James H.; age 14; male; died June; born Indiana; Indians; farmer

Oops, two late additions: J.B. TITUS and Charlie STRATTON. Tracee

Hi, Lincoln folks! I decided to stop typing and start adding material to the website today. Here's a rough summary of what is new: * A smattering of gleanings, including 1878, 1882, 1887, 1901, 1907, 1913, 1940, 1942, 1958. There are some familiar surnames in these for some of you; you might want to do a search on the site. I recall REES and WOODY and STRANGE and SKINNER among many others. Also diphtheria is mentioned several times (for Wilda). * A bunch of obituaries, as follows: ADAMS, John ALLEN, Infant ALLEN, William BARRETT, William BELL, Achilles P. BOHLING, Infant BOLTE, August Henry BORGSTADTER, Herman BROBERG, Anna B. COUSE, Calvin CRAWFORD, A.G. DeARMOND, Will DeGRAFF, Andrew FARNSWORTH, Ophelia FLOREA, Echo May HAMMER, Emerson HILL, Nannie HUNT, Ray KEELER, Frank KERR, Hannah Macomber Thew McCURDY, John J. (I recommend this one to everyone, related or not. A prominent figure in the town's history and a very interesting fellow; chances are one of your ancestors was a client of his at one time or another!) McELHENY, Mrs. J.J. MASTELLAR, Henry L. MOORE, Hazel Nimmons NELSON, Selma C. PRUITT, Sadie M. RATHBUN, Doyle SCHOFIELD, Wilson SILL, Violet Beach STRANGE, Edward S. STRANGE, Oliver Morton THAETE, Dorothea TITSWORTH, Ted (died of diphtheria) VonFANGE, Kate WEIDMAN, Jacob More to come ... Tracee

Posted on: Lincoln Co. Ks Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ks/Lincoln?read=12 Surname: REEVES ------------------------- Seeking info on Amon Reeves who might have been living in Dekalb County, TN in 1920 or 1930 and could be living in Lincoln Co, KS now. Please contact me at Stublefieldg@blomand.net. Glenda S. young

Hello Lincoln County researchers At the bottom of this email is an announcement Diana and I received this morning from the folks who run rootsweb.com. Rootsweb.com is a company that offers webspace and email lists to genealogists all over God's green earth. Most of the USGenWeb county pages are on rootsweb.com. None of the Lincoln County KSGenWeb pages are but we do operate the email list through their service. We're not sure what the merger of rootsweb.com with myfamily.com signifies to this list. Diana and I have run this list for a couple years at least. As administrators of the list we have helped some of you log in and off. We have also done our best to enter as many names as possible of people we have entered on the Lincoln County KSGenWeb page to ensure the presence of these names in the rootsweb.com archives for others to search... thus killing two birds with one stone (i.e. Lincoln COunty surnames can be searched at both the main KSGenWeb site on skyways.lib as well as at rootsweb.com) Diana and I will not be signing up to join myfamily.com. We have no interest in doing so. If this means the Lincoln County email list administration will be given to someone else that's no big deal... we hope. HOpefully the move of rootsweb.com to myfamily.com will be an easy one with no problems. But we thought we'd share the announcement with all of you just so you'd know what's coming down the pike. Happy hunting! Bill and Diana - -------------------------------- Here is the message Diana and I received: Resent-Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 05:09:25 -0700 Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 05:06:02 -0700 Message-Id: <200006211206.FAA14067@bw-10.rootsweb.com> To: RootsWeb-Announce@rootsweb.com From: RootsWeb-Announce@rootsweb.com Subject: Good News, Bad News, Good News: The Merger of RootsWeb and MyFamily.com Resent-Message-ID: <27Zdj.A.76G.1BLU5@lists6.rootsweb.com> Resent-From: RootsWeb-Announce@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <RootsWeb-Announce@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/2 X-Loop: RootsWeb-Announce@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: RootsWeb-Announce-request@rootsweb.com X-UIDL: f3a436daf67bcbe05897f0178c0aea92 Good News, Bad News, Good News: The Merger of RootsWeb and MyFamily.com Good news: You, our list and board administrators, have played a very special role in making RootsWeb one of the largest and most popular sites on the Internet. 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Russ Our family left Lincoln County in much the same fashion. There were at least 20 family members that made the exodus. I am almost sure that the economics of the late 1930's played the card that led to their adventure of moving to Oregon. I often think of what life was like for my family in Kansas and the closeness that they must have shared to ALL (3 Generations) relocate some 1500 miles to the west. Here is a list of my Woody family from Barnard: 1 Henry WOODY 1880 - 1949 +Edith CROWL 1886 - 1967 2 Wanda WOODY +Spouse 2 Wilma WOODY +Spouse 2 Kathryn WOODY +Spouse 2 Frank WOODY 1903 - 1979 +Spouse 2 Nellie Ellen WOODY 1906 - Unknown +Keith Fisher SAUNDERS 1901 - 1980 3 Donna Louise SAUNDERS 1928 - +William Doris LAKEY 1925 - 3 Doris LaVaughn SAUNDERS 1930 - +Russell Ethridge JOHNSTON 1925 - 3 Gladwyn Phil SAUNDERS 1936 - 2 Alex Lenard WOODY 1908 - 1967 +Margaret Mary BOWLIN 1911 - 1972 3 Donald WOODY 1932 - My great grandfather Henry Woody came to Lincoln County in the late 1800's to be with his brother Aaron Benjamin (Ben) Woody who arrived earlier. Ben is buried at Milo cemetery in Barnard. I sometimes speculate that the Lincoln county farm just couldn't support two very large families during tough times. I would love to sometime make contact with Ben Woody and Ada Harper's down line. Their children were Warren, Maymie, Velma, Clayton, Taft, Helen and Maxine. From what I hear, most of their children still live in Lincoln County. While I am still very long winded this evening, I would like to say that this email list has been very enjoyable and thanks to the folk's that administer it. Some list's that I subscribe to you get a feel of "Just the Facts, Please" sort of atmosphere. While we must try and stay on topic, it is the stories of our past that bind us together. Hats off to Bill, Diana and Tracee Good Night to All, Mike Woody

Tracie Many of my wife's line came to S-W WA. They were early settlers of Lincoln Co. Dart children (after they married) Green Hammer Parker The above family members inter-married and in about 1890 they all (mothers, kids, grandkids of all the families) moved to Skagit Co WA. They started stores, ran shingle mills, etc. I don't know why they moved...especially since it just wasn't just one family 'striking out', but the whole clan! I will supply more info off the list if you are interested. I sure am interested in what you have!!! Russ Kirkland WA -----Original Message----- From: TraceeHamilton@aol.com [mailto:TraceeHamilton@aol.com] Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 5:14 AM To: KSLINCOL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [KSLINCOL] Here's a question Hi, list! I have noticed as I cull obituaries a certain pattern: the mention of Sedro-Woolley, Washington. I have seen it mentioned as a place of residence for former residents or their surviving relatives more than a few times. And the people don't all seem to be related. Hence I wonder if there was a reason a lot of Lincolnites (Lincolners? Lincolnians?) ended up in Sedro-Woolley, Washington? Does anyone have an answer, or know anything about the area? Perhaps someone on the list has family that went there and can clear it up. Tracee

Hi, list! I have noticed as I cull obituaries a certain pattern: the mention of Sedro-Woolley, Washington. I have seen it mentioned as a place of residence for former residents or their surviving relatives more than a few times. And the people don't all seem to be related. Hence I wonder if there was a reason a lot of Lincolnites (Lincolners? Lincolnians?) ended up in Sedro-Woolley, Washington? Does anyone have an answer, or know anything about the area? Perhaps someone on the list has family that went there and can clear it up. Tracee

----- Original Message ----- From: Joan Stevenson <rlsteven@flash.net> To: Bill Sowers <ksdocs@ink.org> Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 9:22 AM Subject: Re: [KSLINCOL] Reply > So I guess that there are more pages that I need to find for the 1870 > census - my quest for the month!! > > Joan > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bill Sowers <ksdocs@ink.org> > To: <KSLINCOL-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 9:19 AM > Subject: Re: [KSLINCOL] Reply > > > > Hello Wilda, Clarence and Lincoln County researchers..... > > > > Right after I sent that last email (and I apologize for writing "Hell" > > instead of "Hello" at the beginning of it... I need to watch my typing a > > bit better!) I realized that I didn't need a map to figure out township > > divisions for the 1870 census. We don't have the census on film here at > > the State Library but we do have the books that give the statistics (i.e. > > the numbers, not the names)... actually we have the original volumes! So > I > > went upstairs and thumbed through the 1870 volumes. > > > > Part of the 1870 census included a section for each state listing > > geographical subdivisions of counties. As I looked through the Kansas > > chapter I saw that the eastern counties already had townships or > > directional areas (e.g. "northeast corner of county, southeast corner of > > county, etc.). The counties toward the west did not. > > > > Lincoln County had 516 people listed in the 1870 census. There are no > > geographical subdivisions... no townships, no areas... listed in the > > official U.S. Census volumes for Lincoln County. Thus the census taker(s) > > probably put "Lincoln" in the township to indicate the entire county as > > well.... a guess. > > > > later > > > > Bill > > > > Bill Sowers (ksdocs@ink.org) > > Kansas Documents Librarian/Tech Services Librarian > > State Library of Kansas > > 300 SW 10th, Room 343-N -- Topeka, KS 66612 > > (In the State Capitol Building in beautiful downtown Topeka) > > (phone: 785-296-0265) (in-state WATS 800-432-3919) > > CHECK OUT THE TOPEKA LIBRARIES ONLINE "ATLAS" CATALOG at: > > http://lib.wuacc.edu/ > > > > > > >

----- Original Message ----- From: Joan Stevenson <rlsteven@flash.net> To: Bill Sowers <ksdocs@ink.org> Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 9:03 AM Subject: Re: [KSLINCOL] Reply > In the same vein - I only find 4 pages of census data for 1870 and all > listed as Lincoln Township - approx 160 individuals but I am suspicious that > there is more because the 4th page is full and there is no statement that it > is the "Complete Enumeration" with a signature. If anyone has access to the > actual records (I am working from the CD I got from Heritage Quest) maybe > you could check it out and advise. If there are more pages I will do what I > can to get the film into the FHC near me and make copies of the other > pages - there probably won't be very many more. I am also going to try and > get the film of the 1880 pages for Logan Township as I have discovered that > the CD pictures are impossible to read and I know that the FHC film should > be better. At least I should be able to manipulate the contrast and such. > Only problem is that the FHC here is not very active and many of the > volunteers are inexperienced so getting things is sometimes a challenge. I > suppose I could always go to the library in downtown Dallas but the traffic > is awful and there is very limited parking (sigh!!) This could be the excuse > I have been waiting for to try our new rapid transit system!! (SCARY) > lol..... > > Joan > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bill Sowers <ksdocs@ink.org> > To: <KSLINCOL-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 8:55 AM > Subject: Re: [KSLINCOL] Reply > > > > Hell Wilda and Lincoln County researchers..... > > > > The earliest township map I can find of Lincoln County here at the State > > Library of Kansas is from the 1874 Report of the Kansas State Board of > > Agriculture. It shows seven townships in Lincoln County: > > > > Grant, Indiana, Salt Creek, Pleasant, Valley, Elkhorn and Colorado. > > > > Scanning this map would probably break the back of the book... something > > that I don't want to do. > > > > I can only guess that in 1870 Lincoln Township might have taken up most or > > even all of what later became Lincoln County. That's just a guess. I > will > > check further on this. > > > > later > > > > Bill > > > > > > At 07:27 PM 6/10/00 -0500, you wrote: > > >When I was in Lincoln recently I discussed some related questions with > Doris > > >White, the County Clerk. As I was already aware, township boundaries > > >changed fairly often in early Lincoln County. Ms. White suggested that > the > > >changes often came just before elections and were primarily for political > > >reasons. The county has not preserved the records of township trustees, > > >etc. You might luck into a stray record which happened to survive, but > it > > >isn't likely (one of my ancestors was a township trustee, so I was hoping > > >for more encouragement on that score!!). There may be maps of townships > > >from two or three different times (I'm not sure) but I don't think you > will > > >find it easy to locate where they lived from that angle. > > > > > >If you have time to sit in the office of the Registrar of Deeds and can > get > > >permission to study the early deed books, however, you may find where > they > > >lived as defined on a county-wide basis, and can imagine township lines > > >which would include their property. > > > > > >Good luck! > > > > > >Wilda Morris > > > > > >Clarence Suelter wrote: > > > > > >> Thanks to Wilda and Muriel for their clear reply to my questions. I > > >> erred in not looking at the Kansas Historical Society list of > newspapers > > >> more closely. > > >> > > >> I have another question: In examining my 1870 census records, I find > > >> that my ancester was living in Lincoln Township in Lincoln County. Can > > >> anyone tell me where Lincoln Township is located. I have a 1878 map of > > >> Lincoln County: I do not find a Lincoln Township. Does this mean > that > > >> they were living in the town? My impression was that they were living > > >> in what is now indiana Township. > > >> > > >> Thanks > > >> > > >> Clarence > > > > > > > > Bill Sowers (ksdocs@ink.org) > > Kansas Documents Librarian/Tech Services Librarian > > State Library of Kansas > > 300 SW 10th, Room 343-N -- Topeka, KS 66612 > > (In the State Capitol Building in beautiful downtown Topeka) > > (phone: 785-296-0265) (in-state WATS 800-432-3919) > > CHECK OUT THE TOPEKA LIBRARIES ONLINE "ATLAS" CATALOG at: > > http://lib.wuacc.edu/ > > > > >

Hello Wilda, Clarence and Lincoln County researchers..... Right after I sent that last email (and I apologize for writing "Hell" instead of "Hello" at the beginning of it... I need to watch my typing a bit better!) I realized that I didn't need a map to figure out township divisions for the 1870 census. We don't have the census on film here at the State Library but we do have the books that give the statistics (i.e. the numbers, not the names)... actually we have the original volumes! So I went upstairs and thumbed through the 1870 volumes. Part of the 1870 census included a section for each state listing geographical subdivisions of counties. As I looked through the Kansas chapter I saw that the eastern counties already had townships or directional areas (e.g. "northeast corner of county, southeast corner of county, etc.). The counties toward the west did not. Lincoln County had 516 people listed in the 1870 census. There are no geographical subdivisions... no townships, no areas... listed in the official U.S. Census volumes for Lincoln County. Thus the census taker(s) probably put "Lincoln" in the township to indicate the entire county as well.... a guess. later Bill Bill Sowers (ksdocs@ink.org) Kansas Documents Librarian/Tech Services Librarian State Library of Kansas 300 SW 10th, Room 343-N -- Topeka, KS 66612 (In the State Capitol Building in beautiful downtown Topeka) (phone: 785-296-0265) (in-state WATS 800-432-3919) CHECK OUT THE TOPEKA LIBRARIES ONLINE "ATLAS" CATALOG at: http://lib.wuacc.edu/

Hell Wilda and Lincoln County researchers..... The earliest township map I can find of Lincoln County here at the State Library of Kansas is from the 1874 Report of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture. It shows seven townships in Lincoln County: Grant, Indiana, Salt Creek, Pleasant, Valley, Elkhorn and Colorado. Scanning this map would probably break the back of the book... something that I don't want to do. I can only guess that in 1870 Lincoln Township might have taken up most or even all of what later became Lincoln County. That's just a guess. I will check further on this. later Bill At 07:27 PM 6/10/00 -0500, you wrote: >When I was in Lincoln recently I discussed some related questions with Doris >White, the County Clerk. As I was already aware, township boundaries >changed fairly often in early Lincoln County. Ms. White suggested that the >changes often came just before elections and were primarily for political >reasons. The county has not preserved the records of township trustees, >etc. You might luck into a stray record which happened to survive, but it >isn't likely (one of my ancestors was a township trustee, so I was hoping >for more encouragement on that score!!). There may be maps of townships >from two or three different times (I'm not sure) but I don't think you will >find it easy to locate where they lived from that angle. > >If you have time to sit in the office of the Registrar of Deeds and can get >permission to study the early deed books, however, you may find where they >lived as defined on a county-wide basis, and can imagine township lines >which would include their property. > >Good luck! > >Wilda Morris > >Clarence Suelter wrote: > >> Thanks to Wilda and Muriel for their clear reply to my questions. I >> erred in not looking at the Kansas Historical Society list of newspapers >> more closely. >> >> I have another question: In examining my 1870 census records, I find >> that my ancester was living in Lincoln Township in Lincoln County. Can >> anyone tell me where Lincoln Township is located. I have a 1878 map of >> Lincoln County: I do not find a Lincoln Township. Does this mean that >> they were living in the town? My impression was that they were living >> in what is now indiana Township. >> >> Thanks >> >> Clarence > > Bill Sowers (ksdocs@ink.org) Kansas Documents Librarian/Tech Services Librarian State Library of Kansas 300 SW 10th, Room 343-N -- Topeka, KS 66612 (In the State Capitol Building in beautiful downtown Topeka) (phone: 785-296-0265) (in-state WATS 800-432-3919) CHECK OUT THE TOPEKA LIBRARIES ONLINE "ATLAS" CATALOG at: http://lib.wuacc.edu/

Hello Lincoln County researchers Diana and I just returned from a weekend alone at a bed and breakfast northeast of Topeka... and discovered that the Lincoln County list has been busy! We're glad that several of you were able to make it to Lincoln for the Old Settlers' Day celebration. We were lucky enough to have lunch with Tracee while she was on her way out to Lincoln. Believe me, she's as neat in person as she is on the Web! Regarding the land records... Diana and I have been talking about taking on some projects this summer. I think we'll start going through old Lincoln COunty newspapers and pulling the land applications out and putting them on a separate page on the Lincoln County site. As Wilda stated they are pretty short notices. They do give the application number and the office where the application was filed. This might help in trying to track down the original records. They also list witnesses. Each application appears in several weeks worth of papers as well. What we're thinking of doing is arranging them alphabetically by surname of the applicant, rather than chronologically. If anyone would rather see them chronologically arranged let us know. It'll be a while before we set this up but we're ready to do something new and this looks like a good project. Clarence was nice enough to send us some articles recently. We haven't forgotten them! We hope to get them up this week. One more thing. We will only mention this this one time on this list and we ask that if anyone wants to reply that they do it to us directly and not to the list. Our heartfelt thanks to all of you who prayed, wrote us, sent cards, flowers, etc. after our 7-year old daughter, Rachel, died from complications due to a nine month battle with leukemia (AML) in mid May. We have made so many friends the last ten months and among them are a very special group, most of whom we've never met face to face. Throughout her illness Rachel received cards, small gifts and messages from people we've met on the Internet. There's a lot of talk about the "evils" of the Internet. We have been grateful witnesses to the other side of the coin... especially here on Lincoln County KSGenWeb. Thank you. Bill and Diana Sowers Bill and Diana Sowers - wrs@cjnetworks.com- check out our SCHREMMER-POLLOCK families page at: http://www.cjnetworks.com/~wrs/index.htm Lincoln County Kansas KSGenweb Project page at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/lincoln/index.html Gove County Kansas KSGenWeb Project page at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/gove/index.html Graham County Kansas KSGenWeb Project page at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/graham/index.html Barton County Kansas ALHN web page at: http://www.geocities.com/irus86/