Collections
The museum offers a variety of resources, which are listed below. As we continue digitizing our collections, we will make those digital resources available on this page.
Files & Records
| Newspaper Name | Year(s) |
|---|---|
| The Eureka Herald | 1868 – 1962 |
| The Madison News | 1977 – 1940 |
| The Gould Pioneer (Severy) | 1883 – 1887 |
| The Southern Kansas Journal | 1883 – 1887 |
| The Severy Record | 1883 – 1887 |
| The Severyite | 1889 – 1903 |
| Fall River Echo | 1884 – 1886 |
| Kansas Advocate | 1894 – 1900 |
| Fall River Advocate | 1895 – 1900 |
| Greenwood County Sunflower | 1895 – 1900 |
| Fall River Citizen | 1895 – 1900 |
| Virgil Leader | 1894 – 1897 |
Information on over 1,000 Greenwood County families. The number continues to grow.
Over 24,000 obituaries, taken from Greenwood County newspapers.
38 of 45 known cemeteries have been researched and filed. Others will be added as the work is completed.
All Greenwood County marriages between 1856 and mid 1980’s have been researched and compiled in one volume by members of the Historical Society.
Includes hundreds of pictures and assorted materials. The official records from the courthouse have been moved to the museum.
Includes county towns, churches, historic buildings and many other topics of note.
In addition to our microfilmed files, we have a complete set of the Herald, incomplete set of the Democratic Messenger, the Severyite, and an assortment of other short-lived county papers.
Over 100 families have donated histories written by members of the family.
Aerial photos, early county maps, plat books from 1903 – 1922 and 1887 maps of Kansas are available for use.
Some county births have been researched and compiled for years 1885 – 1889 by members of the Genealogical Society; also many births taken from Greenwood County newspaper are on file.
Dating from 1905, these directories are an excellent research source.
Cemetery Records
An effort has been made to compile records on all known cemeteries and single graves which are known to exist in Greenwood County. At this time the records are compiled on over 80% of the known burial sites. (We also have records on cemeteries in Lyon County, Carlisle, Bluff (Toronto Lake) and Toronto in Woodson County and Cresco in Elk County.
List of cemeteries:
Andrew – Madison #3
Apostolic Christian – German
Blakely – Madison #1
Brown Chapel
Charleston
Greenwood – Eureka
Flint Ridge – Grasselli
Janesville – Hamilton #1
Highland – Nixon – South Salem
Kelly
Ladd – Barrier
Lamont – Koenig – Pioneer
Lena Valley
Lowery
Neal
Norwegian – Upper Fall River
Number 8 – Park
Ott – Hamilton #2
Piedmont
Pleasant Valley
Pleasant Valley – Ludvickson
Quincy
Ravenscroft
Reece
Rocky Ford – Means – Fame – Sears
Star
South Lawn – Severy #1
Twin Groves – Severy #2
Worley – Homer Creek – Utopia
Woods – Madison #2
*Whitehall – the following cemeteries have been relocated in Whitehall Cemetery
Dimick
Ecks – Donart
Gage
Hallett
Salt Springs
Stewart
Twin Falls
Van Horn
Vann
Microfilm Library
| Census | Year(s) |
|---|---|
| Federal Census of Greenwood Co. | 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900-1920 |
| Kansas Census of Greenwood Co. | 1865, 1875, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1925 |
| Federal Census of Madison, Co. | 1860 |
| Newspaper | Year(s) |
|---|---|
| Eureka Herald | 1868 – 2003 |
| Eureka Censorial | 1875 – 1879 |
| Eureka Graphic | 1879 – 1882 |
| Madison News (1st and 2nd) | 1879 – 1892, 1900 – 1901 |
| Madison News / Star | 1900 – 2010 |
| Madisonian Index / News | 1901 – 1906 |
| Severy Leader | 1880 |
| Gould City News (Severy) | 1880 |
| Pioneer | 1881 – 1882 |
| Severy Pioneer (Gould) | 1882 – 1883 |
| Southern Kansas Journal | 1883 – 1887 |
| Severy Liberal | 1884 – 1886 |
| Severy Record | 1887 – 1891 |
| Severyite | 1889 – 1910 |
| Severy Telegram | 1891 – 1892 |
| Greenwood County Sunflower (Severy ) | 1896 – 1897 |
| Fall River Echo | 1884 – 1886 |
| Home Seeker’s Guide | 1894 – 1895 |
| Kansas Advocate | 1895 |
| Fall River Advocate | 1895 – 1896 |
| Fall River Citizen | 1897 |
| Fall River News | 1898 – 1902 |
| Fall River Times | 1912 – 1913 |
| Hamilton Broadax | 1889 – 1890 |
| Hamilton Enterprise | 1897 – 1898 |
| Hamilton Grit | 1913 – 1919 |
| Hamilton Herald | 1920 – 1923 |
| Climax Chronicle | 1918 – 1920 |
| Quincy Gazette | 1904 |
| Quincy Enterprise | 1905 |
| Reece Gazette | 1883 |
| Reece Sunflower | 1885 – 1886 |
| Neal News | 1920 – 1921 |
| Piedmont World | 1902 – 1903 |
| Virgil Visitor | 1920 |
| Virgil Leader | 1894 – 1897 |