Local Resources from the Library
Local Digital Resources:
I addition to the information and files below, we have created our own Genealogy Website. Access to genealogy information including family histories, obituaries, and local cemetery information. Bear with us as we continue to add items.
Family Files (sorted by last name)
Doniphan County Churches
Christian Lutheran Church
Highland Methodist Presbyterian Church
Saint Benedict Catholic Church
Doniphan County Schools
Doniphan County Educational Directory 1953 – 1954
Bendena High School:
Denton School:
Doniphan West High School:
Doniphan West High School Yearbooks
Elwood School:
Elwood Grade And High School Yearbooks
Highland High School:
Highland High School Yearbooks
Midway High School:
Severance School:
Severance Grade and High School Yearbooks
Sparks School:
Troy High School:
First Graduate Class of Troy High School
Wathena High School:
Jackson County, Kansas Schools
Whiting Rural High School Yearbooks
Jackson Heights High School Yearbooks
Doniphan County Cemetery Inventory – by Speedy and Gail Stewart
Elwood City Historical Documents
Severance Historical Documents
Troy City Historical Documents
Wathena City Historical Documents
Vertical Files
- Newspaper clippings about the history of Doniphan County
- Many donated family files.
Miscellaneous Documents:
Local Physical (nondigital) Resources:
These are hard-copy resources available only at the Library branches. They are not available for check-out.
The bulk of our physical collection of newspapers, birth and death announcements, military service records, etc. are at the Troy Library. The other branches also have small local genealogy collections that may help you research your family history.
The Doniphan County Courthouse is just across the street from the Troy Branch, so it is very convenient to do research in Troy.
The Photograph Collection
Photos donated to the library. Contains photographs of Doniphan County people, businesses, and events.
Microfilm – The following are available at the Troy Branch:
Federal and State Census records for Doniphan County from 1854-
Various Newspapers
Name Of Newspaper
- Annual Alumni
- Bendena Echo
- Bible Investigator
- Doniphan County Dispatch
- Doniphan County Patriot
- Doniphan County Republican
- Elwood Advertiser
- Elwood Free Press
- Elwood Inquire 1967
- Elwood Weekly Press
- Geary City Era
- Highland Vidette
- Kansas Chief
- Leona Sun
- Severance Weekly News
- Severance Enterprise
- Severance Weekly News
- Times
- Troy Bulletin
- Troy Reporter
- Troy Republican
- Troy Republican
- Troy Republican and Tuesday Wathena Times
- Troy Weekly Reporter
- Wathena Advance
- Wathena Times
- Wathena Times and Friday Troy Republican
- Weekly Kansas Chief
- White Cloud Globe
- White Cloud Kansas Chief
Issue Years
- Two Issues only 1883 - 1884
- September - August 1889
- January - September 1882
- Single issue only November 1860
- May 1862 - April 1863
- March 1869 - June 1875
- June 1857 - April 1858
- June 1859 - October 1861
- October 1956 - May 1967
- November 1858 - January 1859
- May 1857 - January 1858
- February 1892 - June 2002
- November 1918 - August 2003
- January 1895 - August 1896
- 2 issues only August 1883 - May 1884
- February 1883 - June 1883
- December 1891 - December 1926
- August 1883 - September 1883
- May 1877 - December 1878
- June 1866 - April 1867
- October 1910 - July 1911
- April 1924 - October 1924
- November 1923 - April 1924
- April 1886 - June 1886
- March 1878 - June 1878
- November 1901 -2001
- November 1923 - May 1924
- August 1873 - November 1918
- March 1892 - July 1921
- June 1857 - August 1873
Other Helpful Resources
Access Genealogy (Ioway Tribe) – Free links to Ioway tribe history and census.
Doniphan County Cemeteries and Burial Sites by Don L Ford – (Must have free account with Family Search to login and use)
Doniphan County Cemetery Inventory – by Speedy and Gail Stewart
Doniphan County Kansas Directory 1868 – 1869 by R F Smith
Doniphan County Kansas Probate Index 1852 – 1908 – (Must have free account with Family Search to login and use)
Family Search – Doniphan County – Links for Doniphan County information (Must have free account to login and use)
Gray’s Doniphan County History by P L Gray
A History of Doniphan County Schools(from a book written in 1893)
Illustrated Doniphan County 1837 – 1916 – (Must have free account with Family Search to login and use)
Ioway Cultural Institute – Free links to Ioway History and genealogy links.
Kansas Marriages 1840 – 1933 – (Must have free account with Family Search to login and use)
K. Roger Pyle’s Doniphan County 1882 Plat book
Naturalization Records For Doniphan County Kansas – (Must have free account with Family Search to login and use)
Plat Book Of Doniphan County, Kansas – 1904
William G Cutler’s History of the State of Kansas
-Doniphan County section