Files, Records, and more files!

1. Family Files

     Information on over 1,000 Greenwood County families. The number continues to grow.

2. Obituary Files

     Over 24,000 obituaries, taken from Greenwood County newspapers.

3. Cemetery Files

     38 of 45 known cemeteries have been researched and filed. Others will be added as the work is completed.

4. Marriage Records

     All Greenwood County marriages between 1856 and mid 1980's have been researched and compiled in one volume by members of the Historical Society.

5.  School Files

     Includes hundreds of pictures and assorted materials.  The official records from the courthouse have been moved to the museum.

6.  Mixed Files

     Includes county towns, churches, historic buildings and many other topics of note.

7.  Newspaper Files

     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.

8.  Family Files

     Over 100 families have donated histories written by members of the family.

9.  Newspaper Indexes

     Compiled by Historical Society member Bob Hodge, these indexes currently cover the following Greenwood County newspapers:

                          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

10.  Map Files

     Aerial photos, early county maps, plat books from 1903 - 1922 and 1887 maps of Kansas are available for use.

11. Birth Records

     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.

12.  Phone and City Directories

          Dating from 1905, these dirctorie are an excellent research source.