Baker Genealogy Center
The Baker Genealogy Center is where you will find our computer lab with resources for genealogists to discover their family connections and stories.
Popular Tools
Use these helpful tools to aid you in family research. Find databases, genealogy and local history websites, worksheets and more.
Obituary Index and Request
The obituary index is part of our most valuable genealogy research tools. It helps hundreds of people each year search for their ancestors.
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Your Ultimate Resource
The Baker Genealogy Center is where you will find our computer lab with resources for genealogists to discover their family connections and stories. Located on the second floor in the Topeka Room Suite, our computers are equipped with databases to help you find your family. In addition, we have the Scan Pro 3000 microfilm machines to help you find obituaries and newspaper articles from our collection of Topeka newspapers.
A few of our more popular databases are Ancestry.com, America’s Obituaries, and Fold3. Other items in the Topeka Room Suite include: yearbooks from Topeka area high schools and Washburn University; Topeka city directories from 1870 to the present.
Our genealogy book collection, in the Genealogy Research Room, has more than 3,000 books that cover anything from how to get started and personal family histories, to books on Kansas and many states across the country and beyond.
The computer lab provides access to a host of other electronic databases as well as a copier and printer for both regular and large size prints. Library staff is always available to help you to use our resources and to aid you with your research needs.
Find your genealogy, upstairs in the Baker Genealogy Center.
Genealogy & Local History Articles
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Fred Harvey, Topeka & the invention of fast food
January 25, 2025 ·
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December 11, 2024 ·
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Events
Genealogy & Local History Events
Jun 2 | 05:30PM - 7:00PM
African American Genealogy Workshop
Menninger Room 206
Jun
3
Jun 3 | 05:00PM - 6:30PM
Building Your Family Tree
Menninger Room 206
Jun
10
Jun 10 | 01:00PM - 3:00PM
Amelia Earhart and Flight
Learning Center
Jun
10
Jun 10 | 05:00PM - 6:30PM
Finding Your Family in Vital Records
Menninger Room 206
