Links to Shawnee County Resources, Found Elsewhere Online
In addition to the resources and finding aids that the Topeka Genealogical Society has collected and compiled, there are lots of other interesting resources available on other websites:
- Berrett, Howard D. Who’s Who in Topeka, 1905, from Internet Archive
- Biographies of Early Prominent Citizens, from My Genealogy Hound
- Census of Tennessee Town neighborhood, Topeka, ca. 1900, from Kansas Memory
- Cone, William. Historical Sketch of Shawnee County, 1877, from Internet Archive
- Directories – 1870-1871 Topeka City Directory, from Hathi Trust
- Directories – 1874-75 Topeka City Directory (transcription), from Kansas GenWeb
- Directories – 1890-91 Topeka City Directory, part 1, from Internet Archive
- Directories – 1890-91 Topeka City Directory, part 2, from Internet Archive
- Directories – 1901 Topeka City Directory, from Hathi Trust
- Directories – 1902 Topeka City Directory, from Internet Archive
- Directories – 1905 Topeka City Directory, from Internet Archive
- Directories – 1907 African-Americans of Topeka, from Internet Archive
- Directories – 1912 Topeka Section of Polk’s Kansas State Gazetteer & Business Directory (transcribed), from Kansas Genweb
- Directories – 1928 Colored Directory, Topeka & Outlying areas , from Kansas Memory
- Directories – 1934 Colored Directory, Topeka, from Kansas Memory
- Farmers’ and Immigrants’ Guide, 1879, from Internet Archive
- Giles, F.W. – Historical Sketch of Shawnee County, 1876, from Internet Archive
- Giles, F.W. – Thirty Years in Topeka, A Historical Sketch, 1886, from Internet Archive
- Jackson, Mary E. Topeka Pen & Camera Sketches, 1890, from Internet Archive
- King, James L. – History of Shawnee County, 1905, from Internet Archive
- Manual of the Public Schools of Topeka, 1886, from Internet Archive
- Maps: 1873 Atlas of Shawnee County, from Kansas GenWeb
- Maps: 1898 Atlas of Shawnee County, from Kansas Memory
- Maps: 1913 Atlas of Shawnee County, form Kansas Memory
- Maps: 1921 Atlas & Plat Book, Shawnee County, Kansas Farmers’ Mail & Breeze, from Kansas Memory
- Maps: 1963 Directory Service Co. Shawnee County Farm & Home Atlas, from Historic Map Works
- Maps: 1972 Directory Service Co., Shawnee County Farm & Home Atlas, from Historic Map Works
- Obituary Index, Topeka, created and maintained by the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library
- Owens, A.W. , Topeka Illustrated, 1911: A Capital City, from Internet Archive
- Proceedings of the Re-Union of Ex-POWs, 1881-82, Topeka, from Internet Archive
- Public Health Survey of Topeka, 1914 (Part 1), from Hathi Trust
- Ritchie Cemetery Project – What started as a quest to find native plant species turned into a much bigger project to clean up, research and document the lives of individuals who are buried in this historic Topeka cemetery. Kudos to Jeff Hansen and Jan Johnson for their amazing work on this project, and for sharing their results!
- Rossville Area Genealogy Resources, from the Rossville Community Library
- Shawnee County Births and Deaths, 1894-1911, from the Shawnee County Clerk’s Office
- Shawnee County Historical Society Bulletins, full-text searchable, digital collection from the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library
- Shawnee County, Kansas GenWeb
- Shawnee County, Kansas History & Heritage Project, from Kansas GenWeb
- WWI Honor Roll, Shawnee County, from Internet Archive
- WWII – Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Shawnee County, from FamilySearch.org