Hi Pat, Thanks for all your advice. I mostly search in TN, MS, WA, and IL. I have researched in Lyon Co., KS. Very helpful folks at the genealogical society. But Wyandotte I am new too. So was not real sure where to start. It is very hard searching African American lines (my husbands). When I search mine (white) I can find so much information. With his line I am lucky to find anything. So when you responded with your helpful advice, I really appreciated it. If you ever research in TN let me know. I host the Sumner Co. site. Diane Payne Sumner Co. TNGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsumner

Hi Diane, I have been singing to the choir. I should probably be asking you for research advice. : ) My research in Wyandotte was not an incredibly happy experience when I was in the thick of it about three to four years back. The downtown library genealogy room was in disarray because part of it was being lost to a new Bill Gates funded computer center. The Wyandotte County Museum seemed to be undergoing changes in archivist or lack of archivist. You would travel a good distance away from the city and the research room would not be open or you would be allowed in with no librarian and told not to touch most of the stacks and research materials. The last time that I went two years ago, there was a new archivist but I was told that the research room had been reserved for some sort of group meeting. I had just called ahead and then traveled 50 miles to be told that since I had traveled so far, I could use the room for 1/2 hour. There still seemed to be no system and no one to help. I wished that they would have just let me at the stacks to see what was there. It was a useless exercise to visit. Perhaps things have changed with an archivist in place for a couple of years. However, I just checked out the site that this list administrator recommended for online cemetery listings. Of the three cemeteries on line, one with 2 pages of listings works, 1 cemetery has a broken link, and the Woodlawn Cemetery listings - which would be most apt to serve your purposes - have first names with no way that I can see to cross reference with last names. The best news about Wyandotte was that the court house people were quite helpful and open to having genealogists rumaging through records. And even though I wasn't allowed to actually use the original newspaper books that I needed at the Wyandotte County Museum room, they were on film and at the Bonner Spring Library. Those people were great too. Perhaps the Museum archivist will be helpful for you. I hope so. Hope you caught the PBS series on the African American research. Thought it was so interesting. Afraid that my only contact with TN was coming and going from Knoxville. In a relationship with a physicist at Oak Ridge. Take care, Pat On 7/7/06, DianePay@aol.com <DianePay@aol.com> wrote: > > Hi Pat, > Thanks for all your advice. I mostly search in TN, MS, WA, and IL. I have > researched in Lyon Co., KS. Very helpful folks at the genealogical > society. But > Wyandotte I am new too. So was not real sure where to start. > > It is very hard searching African American lines (my husbands). When I > search > mine (white) I can find so much information. With his line I am lucky to > find > anything. > > So when you responded with your helpful advice, I really appreciated it. > > If you ever research in TN let me know. I host the Sumner Co. site. > Diane Payne > Sumner Co. TNGenWeb Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsumner > > > ==== KSWYANDO Mailing List ==== > KSWYANDO-L Discussion List > List Administrator > John O'Brien > JohnOBrien@kc.rr.com > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >