TGS Memorial Library Holdings

Atlases and Maps
Index to Names of Landowners, An Atlas of Shawnee Co., KS (with township maps) from recent and actual surveys and records under the superintendence of F. W. Beers & Co., 1873. Topeka Genealogical Society.
Atlas and plat boo of Shawnee County, Kansas, 1921. Directory of Farmers.
Standard Atlas of Shawnee County, Kansas: Including a platbook of villages, cities and townships of the county, Patrons Directory, Photos, etc. (1898)

Cemetery Records
Cemetery Record of Burials, 1859-1880. Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Kans. Comp. by Mrs. Daisy Conry Bell and Mrs. Mabel E. Jones of the Margaret Dunning Chapter, Topeka, KS Soc., Daughters of American Colonists, n.d.
Czech Moravian National Cemetery. Topeka Genealogical Society.
Plat Records, Auburn Cemetery, Shawnee Co., Kans.
Records of Burials at the Topeka State Hospital.
Rochester Cemetery Plat of Cemetery lots. V. 1 -3, Sections 1-21 & Cedar
Rochester Cemetery, Shawnee Co., Ks. Interment records, Includes some obituaries. 1956-1985. First interment 1874, scattered. 1904-1905.
Shawnee Co, KS Cemeteries Vol I. Cemetery records and tombstone records. Interment records from Foster, Curtis Memorial Gardens & Jewish section of Topeka Cemetery.
Shawnee Co, KS Cemeteries Vol I. Cemetery records and tombstone records. Interment records from Foster, Curtis Memorial Gardens & Jewish section of Topeka Cemetery.
Shawnee Co, KS Cemeteries, Vol. III. Includes Rochester, Half-Day and S.B.A. Cemeteries.
Shawnee Co. Cemeteries, V. IV. Townships: Monmouth, Tecumseh, Topeka, Williamsport.
Stories in Stone. A sharing of the lives of some who rest in Topeka Cemetery.
The Boys Time Forgot – Lists of names, date of death of boys buried at Topeka Youth Center.
Database - Interments at Topeka Cemetery
Database - Interments at Rochester Cemetery
Database - Interments at Mt.. Auburn Cemetery
Database - Interments at Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Database - Shawnee County Cemeteries
Database - Topeka State Hospital Cemetery
Database- - Westlawn Cemetery

Census Records
1860 U.S. Census, Kansas Territory, Shawnee County
1870 U.S. Census, Kansas , Shawnee Co. Only (CD-ROM)
1880 U.S. Census , Kansas , Shawnee Co., (CD-ROM)
1885 Kansas State Census, Shawnee Co. (database)
1900 US. Census, Kansas , Shawnee Co., Only (CD-ROM)
1910 U.S. Census, Kansas, Shawnee Co., Only (CD-ROM)
1930 U.S. Census, Kansas, Shawnee Co. part. (CD-ROM)

Church Records
1965 Directory of Churches
1982 Highland Park United Methodist Church directory.
1991 Directory First United Methodist Church, Topeka, KS
40th Anniversary Crestview United Methodist Church, 1953-1993.
50th Anniversary Souvenir History of Loyal Berean Sunday School Class, First Christian Church, Topeka, Kans. 1969.
75th Anniversary of Highland Park United Methodist Church. Topeka, Kansas.
A Goodly Heritage. History of St. John's Lutheran Church, Topeka, Kansas, v. I. Incl.: Historical highlights 1872-1911. Brief sketch of Pastor Carl Friedrich Graebner Family Trees Baptismal Register 1879-1890
A Goodly Heritage. History of St. John's Lutheran Church, Topeka, Kansas, v. IIIncl.: Wedding Bells 1879-1926. Brief sketch of Pastor Friedrich Wilhelm Mueller Soul Register 1906-1910
A Goodly Heritage. History of St. John's Lutheran Church, Topeka, Kansas, v. 3 Incl.: Brief sketch of Pastor Wilhelm Heinrich Steinkamp, 1868-1929. Baptismal Register of Church, 1891-1903 Reconstructed Membership list 1920-1930
A Goodly Heritage. History of St. John's Lutheran Church, Topeka, Kansas, v. 4 Incl.: 'My Life Story' Rev. P. D. Mueller. Biographical sketch of Pastor George Hoyer 1896-1976. Biographical sketch of Pastor J. J. (Julius Godfrey) Jacobson, 1919-1978 Confirmation classes 1902, 1908-1951, 1897
A Goodly Heritage. History of St. John's Lutheran Church, Topeka, Kansas, v. 5 Incl.: Lineage charts.
Beth Sholom. Includes ref to Jewish in America.
Countryside Methodist Church Membership Directory, 31 May 1963
First Congregational Church (United Church of Christ), Topeka, Kans. 1855-1980; a brief history of the First Congregational Church of Topeka, Kans.
First Presbyterian Church, Topeka, KS, 1980 Directory.
First United Methodist Church, Topeka, KS. Bicentennial Pictorial Directory.
First United Presbyterian Church. 125 Years 1859-1984. Topeka, Kansas. Anniversary Committee. Includes church history.
Gage Park Baptist Church, 1994 Directory
Grace Episcopal Cathedral Directory, 1976.
History of the Tecumseh United Methodist Church 1854-2005. Celebrating 150 Years.
Holy Name Catholic Church – Guidebook and Directory 1994
Holy Name Catholic Church – Guidebook and Directory 1995-96
Holy Name Catholic Church – Guidebook and Directory 1996-97
History of Kansas Ave. Methodist Church & Supplement. 1962-1969.
Kansas Avenue Methodist Church Album Directory, 1971.
Ladies Aid of the Christian Church of Oakland, Kansas. Jan. 1, 1910, 1911, 1912.
Memories of Elmont (KS) Histories of the community and the Church written by members of the Elmont United Methodist Church, Elmont, Kansas.
Saint Joseph Catholic Church (Topeka, Kans.). A Register of Its records at the Kansas State Historical Society. Microfilm MF 5304 thru MF 5307. History of the origins of the Church in Topeka. Listing of Related Materials in the Research Center. Prepared by Robert A McInnes
Seaman Congregational United Church of Christ, year book, 1979, 1982, 1985, 1986.
St. John's Lutheran Church, Topeka, Kans. 110th Anniversary Year.
St. John's Lutheran Church, Topeka, KS, 1874-1974 History of the Church and membership list
The Methodist Home for the Aged Newsletter. March 1946 Newsletter. The Methodist Home Family, 1946 is listed. Members who died in 1945 and part of 1946 is listed
The Spirit Unconsumed; a history of the Topeka Jewish community. Topeka, KS, Temple
Westminster directory of resident members, September 1968
Westside Christian Church Yearbook. 1982/83. Includes directory.
With Christ in Kansas. A History of the First Presbyterian Church of Topeka, KS. 1859-1934.

City Directories
Cross Reference Directory Greater Topeka, (KS) and Vicinity (Blue Book) 1950, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1999
Topeka City Directory 1926, 1927/28, 1929/30, 1938, 1940, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
Shawnee County, Kansas, Farm Directory: 1963, 1978, 1981, 1984

Debtors & Indigents
Record Book Of Persons In Default Of Payment Of Debts, 1899. Ref: Shawnee Co, KS

Land and Deed Records
Grantor-Grantee General Index to Shawnee Co., Kansas, Book I. 1855-1860.
Grantor-Grantee General Index to Shawnee Co., Kansas, Book II. 1859-1862.
Atlas and plat boo of Shawnee County, Kansas, 1921. Directory of Farmers.
Standard Atlas of Shawnee County, Kansas: Including a platbook of villages, cities and townships of the county, Patrons Direcotry, Photos, etc. (1898)
Index to Names of Landowners, An Atlas of Shawnee Co., KS (with township maps) from recent and actual surveys and records under the superintendence of F. W. Beers & Co., 1873. Topeka Genealogical Society.
Database – Abstracts from the Columbian Title Abstract Company, books 1-50
Licenses & Permits (* denotes original court records)
Journal of Probate Court, Druggist Permits to Sell Intoxicating Liquors, 1887- 1902
Journal # 26, Druggist Permits & Insanity Hearings 1887-1890
Journal Record of Druggist Permits #1, 1881-1884
* Druggist Permits, Vol .60 (no dates)

Local History & Biographies
A Nickel a Month. Includes history and genealogy of the Security Benefit Life Insurance Co of Topeka, KS.
Blue Book of Topeka, 1910; compiled and edited by the Biographical Research Association. Topeka, KS.
Builders of Topeka, 1956; Who's Who in the Kansas Capital. Capper Printing Co.
Dover Heritage 1915-1940, v. III
Dover Heritage Buildings. Dover Past and Present, v. IV. Based on: A Tour of Dover.
Dover Then and Now. A history of Dover, Kansas 1856 to 1964.
Dover, (Kansas) Heritage, V.1 & 2. 1855-1885.Book Committee. Ref: Shawnee & Wabaunsee counties.
Eleven Men and Eleven Dollars. Topeka, Kansas, Publ. by Security Benefit Life Ins. Company.
From Berry Creek to Berryton. (Kansas)
Golden Jubilee Banquet of the Crosby Store Family, Sept. 26, 1930.
Highland Park . the History, the Community, the School. Oral histories.
History of Grantville, Kansas, 1854-1976.
History of Shawnee Co., KS, and representative citizens.
Index to Names in History of Shawnee Co., KS and representative citizens, James L. King.
Ninety Years with Golden Rule Lodge No. 90 A.F. & A.M. Committee. Topeka, Kansas. Masons
Remembrances in Wood, Brick and Stone: examples from the architectural heritage of Shawnee Co., Kansas. A historic preservation project prepared by the Topeka-Shawnee Co. Metropolitan Planning Commission.
Rossville, Kansas Centennial booklet,1871-1971.
Scenes and Memories of Dover.
Shawnee Co., Kansas Farm Directory, 1963, 1978, 1981, 1984
Silver Lake (KS) Centennial, 1870-1970.
Stories in Stone. A sharing of the lives of some who rest in Topeka Cemetery. Incl. biographies: Crane, Gage,Crawford, Capper, Radges, Ward, Giles, Garvey, Curtis, Case, Morse, Farnsworth, Walsh, Holiday, Hurley, McCabe, Vail, Scrinopskie, Ritchie, Hudson, Elmore, Shull, Ross, MacVicar, Wallace, Ross, Osborn, Goss.
Strickrott's Photographic Souvenir of the Flood at Topeka, Kansas, 1903.
'The Little City That Was'. The story of Oakland as a city and a neighborhood. Incl. Billard, Sardou families, the German Russian community, Mexican-American community.
Things Ended and Things Begun. A history of Tecumseh, Kansas 1854-1974. The Tecumseh Grange.
Thirty Years in Topeka, a historical sketch; with a foreword by Zula Bennington Greene. . . . Reprinted, with illustrations and maps added in 1960. Kansas Centennial edition, Topeka, KS. Capper Special Services.
Topeka Remembers. A personalized history of the Capital City.
Topeka: Brief History of a Prairie Capital.
Topeka's 100 Years of Inspired Leadership. Topeka Centennial, May 22-25, 1954.
Volga-Germans in Topeka, Kansas, 1875-1885.
Westboro. A neighborhood of tradition. (History of the homes in the Community of Westboro, Topeka, KS) Editors: Susan E. Tucker, Marj Schnacke, Carol Green
Who's Who In and Around Topeka.
Who's Who in Topeka.

Military Service
World War I Honor Roll, Shawnee County, Kansas, 1914 - 1918.
The Men and Women in World War II from Shawnee Co., KS. (incomplete)

Naturalization Records (* denotes original courthouse books)
Index to Naturalization Records of Shawnee Co., Kansas, 1865-1930.
* Record of Naturalization Book A, 1865-1876. (KSHS has Petition for Naturalization, V. ---- 1906-1911.)
* Declaration of Intents, Book B., 1876-1888.
* Declaration of Intents, Book C., 1887-1902.□
* Record of Declaration of Intents, Book E., 1903-1906.
* Record of Naturalization. Book 1 or I. 1865-1876.
* Naturalization Petition & Record. Book II. 1911-1918.
* Naturalization Petition & Record. Book III. 1918-1920
* Naturalization Petition & Record. Book IV. 1920-1921.
* Naturalization Petition & Record. Book V. 1921-1922.
* Naturalization Petition & Record. Book VI. 1922-1925.
* Naturalization Petition & Record. Book VII. 1925-1929.

Obituaries
Topeka, Kansas Methodist Home Obituaries of Residents, 1982-1991. Indexed by Jill Herzog, Society Researcher
Topeka State Journal Obituaries 1906-1935. An index to obituaries found in the Topeka State Journal.
Topeka Volga-German Obituaries, to March 2003
Database – Shawnee County Obituaries
Database – Obituary Master

Probate Court Records (* denotes original courthouse books)
Shawnee Co., Kans. Probate Court Indexes, v. I thru v. VIII. 1855-1915 3 books bound in one volume.
Shawnee Co., KS Probate Court Records, Books I & II, 1855-1891. V. I.
Shawnee Co., KS Probate Court Records. Books III, IV & V, 1877-1908. V. II.
Shawnee Co., KS Probate Court Records. Books VI, VII & VIII, 1905-1915. V. III.
Shawnee Co., KS Probate Court Index, 1855-May 1994. V. I A-C; V. II D-G; V. III H-L; V. IV M-P; V. V Q-S; V. VI T-Z.
*Probate Court Transcribed Record, V. I 1855-1864.
*Probate Court Transcribed Journal, V. 2 1861-1867.
*Probate Court Transcribed Record, V. 3 1864-1867.
*Probate Court Journal, 2nd V. 3, 1872-1874.
*Probate Court Journal, V. 4, 14 Mar 1874-12 June 1876. Note: KSHS has 2nd V. 4 Journal 1869-1871
* Journal, V. 5, 16 Jun. 1871-17 Sep. 1872.
* Record, V. 6, 29 Jan 1867-20 Feb. 1869.
* Record, V. 7, 26 Jul. 1869-9 Jun 1871.
* Record. V. 8,   9 Jan. 1871-28 May 1872.   (KSHS has 2nd V. 8 Letters of Administration 1870-1887)
*Letters of Administration & Bonds, Vol. 9, 1870-1887.
* Letters of Guardianship and Bonds. V. 10, 1871-1878.
* Annual Settlements. V. 11, 1872-1876.
* Inventory & Appraisements. V. 12, 1872-1880.
* Sale & Sale Bills, V. 13, 1872-1901.
* Docket of Executors, Administrators, & Guardians. V.14. 1869-1883.
* Claims Presented & Allowed, V. 15, 1870-1889.
* Record of Wills. V. 16, 1872-1875.
* Annual Settlements. V. 17, 1874-1879.
* Inventories & Appraisements. V. 18, 1877-1882.
* Journal, V. 19, 12 Sep. 1877- 25 Feb. 1879.
* Journal. V. 20, 26 Feb. 1879-Aug 1880..
* Annual Settlements.   V. 21, 1880-1882.     ( KSHS has 2nd V. 21 1881-1883)
* Inventories & Appraisements, Decedent. V. 22, 1880-1882.
* Journal, V. 23, 1880-1882.
* Journal. V. 24, 1881-1883 (NOTE: v. 25 is missing in both libraries)
* Annual Accounts., V. 26, 1884-1888. (KSHS has 2nd V. 26, Journal 1885-1887).
* Record of Wills. V. 27, 1886-1893.
* Journal, V. 28, 1885-1887.
* Journal. V. 29, 1887-1888.
* Letters of Administrators & Bonds, V. 30, 1887-1896.
* Letters of Guardianships & Bonds, V. 31, 1888-1899.
* Annual Accounts. V. 32, 1888-1893.
* Journal. V. 33, 1888-1890.
* Journal. V. 34, 1890-1891.
* Journal. V. 35, 1891-1892.
* Letters Testamentary & Bonds., 2nd V. 35, 1891-1901.
* Annual Accounts. V. 36, 1890-1896.
*   Journal. V. 37, 1892-1894.
*   Record of Wills. V. 38, 1893-1902.
* Inventory & Appraisements, - Minors. V. 39, 1893-1930.
* Inventory & Appraisements, - Decedent V. 40, 1894-1902.
* Journal. V. 41, 1894-1910.
* Sale of Real Estate, - Decedent. V. 42, 1893-1910.
* Sale of Real Estate, - Minors. V. 43, 1901-1904 (KSHS has 2nd V. 43, Sales of Real Estate - Minors. 1893-1901)
* Journal. V. 44, 1895-1896.
* Annual Accounts, V. 45, 1896-1899.
* Foreign Transcripts. V. 46, 1894-1904.
* Journal. V. 47, 1896-1897.
* Record of Wills. V. 48, 1902-1906. Note: KSHS has 2nd V. 48 Record of Wills. 1906
* Letters of Guardians & Bonds. V. 49, 1899-1909.
* Journal. V. 50 1897-1898
* Journal, Record of Claims., V. 51   1897-1906.
* Proof of & Probate of Wills. V. 52 1897-1906. NOTE: V. 53 is missing at both libraries.
* Journal, V. 54 1899-1900.
* Annual Account Book, V. 55 1899-1902
* Journal, V. 56   1900-1901.
* Journal. V. 57 l901-1902. (KSHS has 2nd V. 57 Journal, 1902)
* Letters of Administration. V. 58 1901-1906.
* Sale Bills. V. 59 1901-1904.
* Druggist Permits. V. 60. no dates.
* Annual Account Books. V. 61. 1902-1904NOTE; KSHS has 2nd V. 61 Account Books 1904-1905
* Inventory & Appraisements - Decedents.   V. 62. 1902-1908.
*Journal.   V. 63. 1903-1904. (NOTE: V. 64 is missing, also missing at KSHS)
* Journal. V. 65. 1904-1907.
* Sale of Real Estate - Minors. V. 66. 1904-1911.
* Journal, V. 67. 1905-1908.
* Record of Foreign Wills, 1905-1911, also includes Industrial School Commitments. V. 68.
* Annual Account Book. V. 69. 1905-1906. ( KSHS has 2nd V. 69 Annual Account Book. 1906-1909)
* Letters of Administrators & Accounts - Decedents v. 70. 1906-1909.   Probate Court of Shawnee Co., Kans.
*Journal Record of Claims. V. 71. 1906-1909.
*Journal. V. 72. 1907-1912.
* Record of Wills. V. 73. 1907-1914. (NOTE: V. 74 is missing, also at KSHS)
* Journal.    V. 75. 1907-1909. (KSHS has 2nd V. 75 Journal 1909)
* Annual Account Book. V. 76 1908-1910.
* Inventory & Appraisement Records, V. 77 1908-1913.
* Record-Petition of Probate of Wills, V. 78 1908-1914.
* Journal. V. 79. 1909-1913.
* Letters of Guardianships & Bonds. V. 80. 1909-1915. ( KSHS has 2nd V. 80, Guardianships & Bonds. 1915-1919.)
* Letters of Administrators & Accounts - Decedents. V. 81. 1909-1912.
* Journal. V. 82. 1907-1912.
* Journal of Record of Claim. V. 83. 1909-1913.
* Administrators, Sales of Real Estate. V. 84. 1909-1921.
* Inventory & Appraisements- Inheritances. V. 85. 1909-1911.
* Journal. V. 86. 1909-1910.
* Annual Accounts.   V. 87. 1909-1910. (KSHS has 2nd Vol. 87 Accounts 1910.)
* Record of Feeble Minded - Epileptics & Deaf. V. 88. no date.
* Short Form Inventory. V. 90. 1910-1917.
* Sales of Real Estate Minors. V. 91. 1911-1915.
* Record of Foreign Wills.   V. 92. 1911-1915.
* Journal. V. 93. 1910.
* Annual Accounts.   V. 94. 1911-1912.
* Journal.   V. 95. 1911-1912.
* Letters of Administrators & Miscellaneous.    V. 96. 1911-1914.
* Inventory and Appraisements- Inheritances.    V. 97. 1913-1918.
* Final Settlements - Distribution of Estates. V. 98. 1913-1916.
* Journal.   V. 99. 1912-1913.
* Letters of Administrators & Guardians Appointments. V. 100. 1912-1918.
* Annual Accounts.   V. 101. 1912-1914.
* Journal - Record of Claims.   V. 102. 1913-1915. (KSHS has 2nd Vol. of 102 Journal 1915-1916.)
*Journal.   V. 103. 1913-1914.
* Journal.   V. 104. 1913.
* Inventory & Appraisements. V. 105. 1913-1917.   (KSHS has 2nd V. 105 Inventory & Appraisements. 1917.)
* Record.   V. 106. 1914-1918. : (KSHS has one V. 106 Journal.   1914-1918.)
* Annual Accounts.   V. 107. 1914-1915.
* Record. V. 108. 1915-1922.
* Journal V. 109. 1914-1915.
* Record. V. 110. 1915-1918. (KSHS has 2nd V. 110 Record 1918-1920)
* Record of Wills. V. 111. 1914-1916.
* Letters of Administrators & Bonds. V. 112. 1915-1935.
* Journal. V. 113. 1915-1916.
* Annual Accounts. V. 114. 1915-1917.
* Foreign Transcripts. V. 115. 1915-1917. (KSHS has 2nd Vol. 115 Foreign Transcripts. 1917-1920)
* Final Settlements Distribution of Estates. V. 116. 1916-1917.
* Claims Record.   V. 117. 1916-1920.
* Inventory & Discharge Record. V. 118. 1917-1924.
* Journal. V. 119. 1916-1917.
* Annual Accounts. V. 120. 1917. (KSHS has 2nd Vol. 120 Accounts 1917-1918.)
* Journal.   V. 121. 1917.
* Record of Petitions for Probate of Wills.   V. 122 1918-1921.
* Administrators & Guardian Appointments.   V. 123 no date (V. 124 is missing both at KSHS & TGS)
* Journal. V. 125. 1917-1918.
* Journal.   V. A. 1859-1860.
* Inventory and Appraisements- Inheritances.    V. 97. 1913-1918.
* Final Settlements - Distribution of Estates. V. 98. 1913-1916.
* Journal.   V. 99. 1912-1913.
* Letters of Administrators & Guardians Appointments. V. 100. 1912-1918.
* Annual Accounts.   V. 101. 1912-1914.
* Journal - Record of Claims.   V. 102. 1913-1915. (KSHS has 2nd Vol. of 102 Journal 1915-1916.)
* Journal.   V. 103. 1913-1914.
* Journal.   V. 104. 1913.
* Inventory & Appraisements. V. 105. 1913-1917. (KSHS has 2nd V. 105 Inventory & Appraisements. 1917.)
* Record.   V. 106. 1914-1918. : (KSHS has one V. 106 Journal.   1914-1918.)
* Annual Accounts.   V. 107. 1914-1915.
* Record. V. 108. 1915-1922.
* Journal V. 109. 1914-1915.
* Record. V. 110. 1915-1918. (KSHS has 2nd V. 110 Record 1918-1920)
* Record of Wills. V. 111. 1914-1916.
* Letters of Administrators & Bonds. V. 112. 1915-1935.
* Journal. V. 113. 1915-1916.
* Annual Accounts. V. 114. 1915-1917.
* Foreign Transcripts. V. 115. 1915-1917. ( KSHS has 2nd Vol. 115 Foreign Transcripts. 1917-1920)
* Final Settlements Distribution of Estates. V. 116. 1916-1917.
* Claims Record.   V. 117. 1916-1920.
* Inventory & Discharge Record. V. 118. 1917-1924.
* Journal. V. 119. 1916-1917.
* Annual Accounts. V. 120. 1917. ( KSHS has 2nd Vol. 120 Accounts 1917-1918.)
* Journal.   V. 121. 1917.
* Record of Petitions for Probate of Wills.   V. 122 1918-1921.
* Administrators & Guardian Appointments.   V. 123 no date (V. 124 is missing both at KSHS & TGS)
* Journal. V. 125. 1917-1918.
* Journal.   V. A. 1859-1860.
* Probate Court Index, Book 1, 1855-1890.
* Probate Court Index, Book 2, 1865-1891.
* Probate Court Index, Book 3, 1877-1896.
* Probate Court Index, Book 4, 1895-1901.
* Probate Court Index, Book 5, 1901-1908. (KSHS has 2nd V. 5 on microfilm 1904-1907).
* Probate Court Index, Book 6, 1905-1909.
* Probate Court Index, Book 7, 1909-1912.
* Probate Court Index, Book 8, 1912-1915.
* Probate Court Index, Book 9, 1916-1918.
* Probate Court Index, Book 10, 1918-1920.
* Probate Court Index, Book 11, 1920-1936.
* Journal Record of Druggists Permits #1., 1881-1884
* Journal #26, Druggist Permits & Insanity Hearings, 1887-1890.
* Journal of Probate Court, Druggist Permit to Sell Intoxicating Liquors, 1887-1902.
* Record of Accounts When Due, Probate Court Records, Book I, 1895?-1898.
* Record of Real Estate, Probate Court Records, Guardianships, Book A., 1878-1879.
* Record of Real Estate, Probate Court Records, Guardianships, Book B., 1881-1885.
* Record of Sales of Real Estate,    Book A., 1882-1884.
* Probate Journal of District Court, Shawnee Co., Kans. Book A. Oct. 1856-1861.
* Journal E. District Court, Shawnee Co., Kans. 1868 to 10 June 1870.
* Journal Q. Probate Court July Term, 1867 to 1871.

Schools
Directory - The Public Schools of Topeka, KS, 1957/58, 1959/60.
Forty Years Of History in the Topeka High School.
Ichabod Excellence. The Washburn Basketball History.
Randolph School Class of 1950 Reunion. History and pictures of this class prepared for a reunion.
Silver Lake, KS Golden Eagle - A Time to Fly, 1983.
Sixty-two Years of History in the Topeka High School.
The Highlander, 1927, 1928, 1929. Incl. list of graduates from 1917-1927, group pictures of grade schoolers. 1928
The Shamrock, 1926 (Yearbook)
Topeka High School Alumni Directory. (School years 1870+)
Topeka High School Scrapbook. Hall Lithograph Co., Incl history of schools - Topeka, KS
Topeka, KS High School Yearbook (The Sunflower), 1912. 1914-17, 1920-24, 1928-30, 1935, 1940, 1942, 1946, 1975
Washburn Alumni Directory, 1994
Washburn College 1865-1928. Sixty-third annual commencement. Graduating exercise of the Class of 1928.
Washburn High School, Yearbook (Chimes) 1943
Washburn University Alumni, 1970.
Washburn University School of Law Yearbook, 1969.
Washburn University yearbook. (The Kaw) 1922, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1949, 1951, 1970, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1991/92,

Shawnee County Historical Society Bulletins
Bulletin # 01 - Chronology of Shawnee County Grocery stores and Ghost Towns.
Bulletin # 02 - 1st Census (1855); Early settlers. Topeka township.
Bulletin # 03 - 92 Years of Newspapers; Topeka's Year I.
Bulletin # 04 - Founders of Topeka; Soldier Twp; Early blacksmith shops in Topeka; Dr. Franklin Loomis Crane.
Bulletin # 05 - Topeka Transportation; Flour Mills;      Williamsport Twp; Topeka in 1856.
Bulletin # 06 - 1st Dry goods store was also library; Light and power in Topeka; Winning the State Capitol; Auburn Twp.
Bulletin # 07 History of the Topeka Free Public Library; Topeka founded on Wyandott (Indian) float; Mission Twp.
Bulletin # 08 - Topeka's first days; Cyrus K. Holliday; Tecumseh Twp.
Bulletin # 09 - 1st Congregational Church of Topeka; Ward-Meade house; Col Veale's Mansion; Dover and Monmouth townships; Old Trail thru Topeka.
Bulletin # 10 - 25th Anniv of Topeka Mail & Breeze newspaper; Silver Lake twp; 'Why Topeka's Streets are Wide'; Oldest Families; Indianola; Smokers Club; Article by Louis Charles Laurent.
Bulletin # 11 - In Memoriam-Cecil Howes 1880-1950; Old Shawnee Co Families; Rossville township; conclusion of article by Louis C. Laurent; 1st Congregational Church; '50 Years later'; Uncle Chet Thomas.
Bulletin # 12 - Early Hospitals of Topeka; Old Shawnee County Families; 1st Congregational Church; Jacob Chase's Story; Cone History; Husking Bee; Told by a Pioneer by John Speer; Chronology of Shawnee County.
Bulletin # 13 - 1st Congregational Church of Topeka; Reminiscences of Mrs. E. S. Ritchie; Topeka in 1877. Felitz' Island; Generous Ichabod; The Cone History; Topeka Fetes Royalty.
Bulletin # 14 - Do You Remember; Old SN Co Families; 1st Congregational Church; Generous Ichabods; In the Tradition (Paul Sweet); The Came to Kansas (Schmidt & Bolz); Go East Young Man; Chronology of Shawnee County. (contained in several volumes) 1858 roads; German Immigrants.
Bulletin # 15 - Local History in the Making; Why Shawnee's Boundaries Changed; Underground Railroad in Topeka; Gasper C. Clemens; 1st Congregational Church; What it was like in 1903; A Vanished Local Industry (apple orchards) 1903 flood.
Bulletin # 16 - Washburn's Campus, John Ritchie's Gift; 1st Congregational Church; Recollections of Baseball in Topeka; Earthquakes in Topeka; My Experiences during the Flood (1903) by Iva Maze; Joseph Groff Waters 1837-1926; History of Topeka (from Radges Directory)
Bulletin # 17 - James White Frierson Hughes 1860-1945; 1st Congregational Church; Joab Mulvane House; Washburn and the Lakin Tract; Topeka House Numbers-Old Style; Col Hughes and the Legislative War.
Bulletin # 18 - Fire, Fire, Fire; Local History in the Making; Valentine House; Topeka-Operas: Nautilus (club) Memories (Org 1894) Burnett's Mound;
Bulletin # 19 - In Memoriam-Paul Adams; The Topeka Turn Verein; Topeka's Fall Festivals; Some Early Bridge History; Some Topeka Firsts; Dyche Museum; Social Invitations were Interesting; Topeka Chronology (contained in several volumes)
Bulletin # 20 - The History of Potwin.
Bulletin # 21 - Local History in the Making-1953; What Became of the Fountain?; Topeka and the Emigrant Aid Company, Pt 1 - The Founding of Topeka; Potwin Place People;
Bulletin # 22 - Shawnee County's Centennial 1854-1954; Pioneer Days; Topeka and the Emigrant Aid Company - Pt 2, Finance & Investments; Early Days in Topeka; Robert Simmerwell, Pioneer Educator of Shawnee Co; James Bond Whitaker of Mass - Bill of Sale; Washburn Letters (Avery Washburn); Old Buildings in Auburn; Story of the Land.
Bulletin # 23 - History in the Making-1954; First Days at the Kansas River Mission; Quantrell's Massacre; Memories of Burning of Topeka High School; Letters from Kansas; History of Potwin.
Bulletin # 24 - The History of North Topeka.
Bulletin # 25 - Name of Topeka; Cyrus Packard; Letters from Kansas.
Bulletin # 26 - History of Highland Park.
Bulletin # 27 - Story of My Life by Albee Burge Whiting; History of Potwin; 49ers and the Pottawatomie Mission; The Konzas; 1256 Western Avenue & the People who Lived There; Julia Ward Howe Visits Kansas.
Bulletin # 28 - Robert Stone; Letter from Kansas Territory; Story by Whiting cont; History of Potwin.
Bulletin # 29 - History of Tecumseh.
Bulletin # 30 - Mr. Phineas Taylor Barnum visits Kansas; Eliza Reader Campdoras; Dr. M. A. Campdoras; Early Elections in Shawnee County; Whiting cont; History of Potwin, cont.
Bulletin # 31 - Auburn; Stahl's Picnic; Lewis Lindsey Dyche; Bishop William Alfred Quayle; Davis-Dickey-Brobst Families; History of Dover; Tomsons of Dover & Wakarusa; Jacob Haskell Letter; Saga of the Old Stone Wall; Hattie E. Bassett-Aldrich M.D.; On the Wakarusa; Letter from Sen Samuel Pomeroy; Battle of Big Blue; Rebecca Heberling Foltz: Newspapers of Auburn & Dover; Industries etc.
Bulletin # 32 - Marco Morrow 1869-1959; An Inviolable Secret (protective society in Topeka); Uneasy Days in 1881 (James & Younger gangs); Story by Mary Vascalders Longaker ('Aunt Mary'); Chronology of Topeka-1860; Sod House; Early Elections in Shawnee County, Pt 2; Veterans buried in Mission Center Cemetery; Jaketown; Vidette-Prairie Hill school.
Bulletin # 33 - Pioneer Industries - That Tribe of Indians; Fuss & Feathers; Early Grocery Store; Early Day Photography; Topeka's Sweet Tooth; Gleanings from the George A. Root Collection of Notes on Topeka Hotels; Trade Cards; I Remember Kitchell & Marburgs (toy store); The Lesser Smiths, the Great Smith and the Stafford (autos); Some Early Architects; Sweets & Sours.
Bulletin # 34 - Miss Karolyn B. Whittlesey & her school of music; Chronology of SN County; Grange Wedding; Early Elections in Shawnee Co; That's What Mr. Edison Said; How Did They Travel? Who Were They? Incidents From the Old Days; Origin of Mission Twp; 100 Years Ago Drouth in Kansas; The Ice Business; First Passenger Train to Reach Topeka.
Bulletin # 35 - Centennial Bulletin - A Century of Statehood; Greetings from John Anderson, Gov. of KS; Turbulent Road to Statehood; John James Ingalls, US Senator 1872-1890; Kansas' Three Musketeers; The County Clerk's Seal; Charles Robinson, First Governor of Kansas; Albert Ward Tinkham; The First Supreme Court of Kansas; plus several more Centennial oriented articles.
Bulletin # 36 - The Century Records: Ray Yarnell 1888-1961; Society News through the Years: Topeka's First Newspaper; Arthur Capper & the Topeka Daily Capital; Topeka State Journal & Frank P. Maclennan; Topeka Daily Capital's Sheldon Week: J. E. House & his 'Second Thought' Column; Charley Trapp's Pink Rag; John S. Collins Murder Trial. General J. K. Hudson; Numerous names of prominent newspaper people.
Bulletin # 37 - Early Days in Kansas; Letters from Mrs. Curtis; Chronology of Shawnee Co; Pioneer Spirit; A Contrast; Did You Know That-(notes from early newspapers).
Bulletin # 38 - College Hill history.
Bulletin # 39 - Governor Landon's Study; Governor's Mansion 1901-1962; Erasmus Bennett; Maude Bishop Reminisces; C. V. Cochran Edits Church History; Thomas Lillard; Joseph Gardner and the Great Smith; Louis Rollin Smith 1894-1962; Richard Baxter Foster; Central Congregational Church; County's 1st Health Officer/Quarantine; College Hill School; Boswell Jr HS; Merriam Family; Joseph R. Silver; Ephriam H. Blake.
Bulletin # 40 - Aristocratic Topeka Avenue and Its Environs.
Bulletin # 41 - A Souvenir Album of Topeka Kansas, 1889-1906.
Bulletin # 42 - Courthouses of Shawnee County, KS,1855-1965.
Bulletin # 43 - Stage, Screen and Radio Shawnee County, 1871-1941.
Bulletin # 44 - In His Steps. What Would Jesus Do? Charles M. Sheldon.
Bulletin # 45 - Potwin Place. Its History and Traditions.   Charlotte McLellan & John W. Ripley editors
Bulletin # 46 - From Omnibus to Motor Bus. A History of Shawnee County's Street Transit Systems from 1869 to 1969.
Bulletin # 47 - Topeka Public Library; Its First Hundred Years.
Bulletin # 48 - Albert T. Reid's Sketchbook. Fads, Foibles & Politics: 1896-1908.
Bulletin # 49 - Those Dreadful Devil-Wagons. Shawnee County's Automobile Owners, Dealers, Manufacturers, 1900-1925.
Bulletin # 50 - Legacy of Sam Radges. Publisher and Historian.
Bulletin # 51 - An Album of 19th Century Homes of Shawnee County. Illustrated.
Bulletin # 52 - Topeka at the Turn of the Century.
Bulletin # 53 - Witness of the Times - A History of Shawnee County.
Bulletin # 54 - A Century of Music. John W. Ripley, Ed.
Bulletin # 55 - The Sporting Scene. John W. Ripley, Editor.
Bulletin # 56 - The Santa Fe in Topeka. A Book of Nastalgic Recollections about Santa Fe Personalities & Events. John W. Ripley, editor.
Bulletin # 57 - A Century of Healing Arts, 1850-1950. John Ripley, Ed.
Bulletin # 58 - The Melting Pot. A History of Shawnee County's Ethnic Communities. John W. Ripley, editor.
Bulletin # 59 - Communications. Early Years of the Telephone, Telegraph, Radio and Newspapers in Shawnee County. John W. Ripley. Editor.
Bulletin # 60 - The Circus World of Willie Sells. With accounts of Circus Performances in Topeka, 1858-1908. Orin C. King, compiler.
Bulletin # 61 - Clubs of Shawnee County From A to Z.
Bulletin # 62 - The Prairie Star. A Journal of Kansas Philomathic Institute for 1857.
Bulletin # 63 - Fire Service of Topeka - The Early Years.
Bulletin # 64 - Oakland's First One Hundred Years and Ghost Towns of Shawnee County.
Bulletin # 65 - Town Hall Tonight. Ripley, Richmond & Jarboe, Editors.
Bulletin # 66 - The Good Guys: A History of Law Enforcement in Shawnee County.
Bulletin # 67 - Gone But Not Forgotten: The Lost Schools of Topeka. Dan Fitzgerald, Editor.
Bulletin # 68 - John Ritchie: Portrait of an Uncommon Man.
Bulletin # 69 - The Home Front. Shawnee County During World War I.
Bulletin # 70 - Walking Five Miles in the Snow. A social history of Shawnee County Rural Schools
Bulletin # 71 - Sunday Open House: George Mack's Historic Homes.
Bulletin # 72 - The Last Time We Were Together, Shawnee Co., in WW II.
Bulletin #73. T M Topeka Magazine's Look at the Kansas Capital 1946
Bulletin # 74. Annals. Oakwood Farm. Biography of a Kaw Valley Homestead. Incl: England, Lyons, Kreipe, Hopkins Farms, Tomson Ranch, Howard Farm, Kingsville (Wilson Ranch), Howell Farm, Cloverdale Farm (Ostrand), Summit View Farm (Priddy).
Bulletin # 76. Dec. 1999. A Park in the Country. Gage Park's Century.. Douglass W. Wallace, Editor.
Bulletin # 77. A Topekan for All Seasons. The life of Chester Woodward. Douglass W. Wallace, Editor.   Incl.:Wilder, Darlington and Bullene.
Bulletin #78   Flood. Tales of a rampaging Kaw
Paul Adams Memorial Index of Bulletins of the Shawnee County Historical Society - Dec 1946-Dec 1962 Inclusive.

Vital Records (Births, Deaths, Marriages)
Shawnee Co., KS, Index To Vital Records In The Topeka City Clerk's Office. Includes indexes to births, deaths, and infectious diseases for 1886-1911. Book I, V. 1 - V. 4, 1886-1903.
Shawnee Co., KS, Index To Vital Records In The Topeka City Clerk's Office. Includes indexes to births, deaths, and infectious diseases for 1886-1911. Book II, V. 5 - V. 9, 1904-1911.
Index of Births and Deaths recorded by the Topeka City Clerk. Jan. 1898-Dec 1903. V. 4. (Original books are at the City Clerks Office, City Hall, Topeka, Kans. and microfilm copies of these books are at the KSHS).
Deaths Recorded in the Court House of Shawnee County, Kansas (1894-1911)
Marriage Records, Shawnee Co., KS and index to microfilmed marriage licenses with Bride's Index. Vol I. 1 Feb 1856 - 31 Dec 1890 with bride's index.
Marriage Records, Shawnee Co, KS and index to microfilmed marriage licenses with Bride's Index. Vol II. 1 Jan 1891- 10 Jun 1906.
Marriage Records, Shawnee Co., KS and index to microfilmed licenses with Bride's Index. Vol III. 11 June 1906 - 1 May 1913.
Topekans Whose Marriage Licenses Were Issued in Jefferson Co., KS.
Marriages of Topeka People 1924-1925