Genealogy and Local History
Tips and tools for tracing your family tree, upcoming cultural events, read about books with a Kansas connection, and meet our resident genealogy experts. Plus, stuff from our art/history vault.
Recent Genealogy and Local History Blog Posts
Sunday Afternoon with Kansas Author Justin Marable
Have a prairie adventure with Noco, a young prairie dog who travels across Kansas with her Papa. Topeka artist and author Justin Marable wrote and illustrated this story highlighting scenic views and memorable places from around Kansas. This talk will be in the Marvin Auditorium, Room B at the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library [...]
52 for 150: What’s So Special About Merrell Gage?
52 for 150: What’s So Special About Robert Sudlow and Horace Eubank?
Sunday Afternoon with Kansas Author Kathryn Movius
Kansas author Kathryn Movius will talk about the process of writing and publishing her first young adult novel, The Double T’s…Cowboys At Heart as part of the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library’s Sunday Afternoons with Kansas Authors series on Sunday, June 19, 2011 from 2:00-3:00pm in the Topeka Room (Rm 204). Fourteen-year-old twins Tyran [...]
52 for 150: What’s So Special About Your Library’s Map Collection?
Library Helps Uncover Family History Mysteries
The library is loaded with resources to help you discover your family history. Read an intriguing account of one woman’s journey back through family history and learn about the library resources that helped her on her way.
52 for 150: What’s So Special About Your Library’s Yearbook Collection?
Share your “Topeka Tornado” story with the library
Remember the ’66 Tornado at a program Sunday, June 5, 2011 from 2-4 pm in the Marvin Auditorium. Add your personal stories and recollections to the Library’s local history collection, and read others’ memories of that day.
