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DO YOU HAVE HARVEY COUNTY ANCESTORS?
In honor of Harvey County's 140th Anniversary in 2012, the Harvey County Genealogical Society is seeking to honor every former & current Harvey County resident by adding biographies, photographs, obituaries, etc. to their individual tribute page in the Harvey County Database. This will include family connections within the database and also documenting living descendents who would want to be contacted to share family information. If you are interested and not already on the HCGS e-mail list, be sure to send your email address to us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and we'll keep you updated as 2012 approaches.
If your ancestor has chosen to make Harvey County his/her final resting place, we are especially interested in making sure their lives are truly honored, and never forgotten. Your memories and their memoirs are needed. You can either edit their memorial page directly in the database, or send your information to the Society and we will enter it for you. The most important thing is that their biographies are written soon - before the memories become history lost in time.
Harvey County Genealogy is a labor of love - centered around those who have called Harvey County their home. We are calling for everyone to make a commitment in 2012 to honor 140 years of Harvey County history by seriously helping fill the memorial tribute database.
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In order to offer a comprehensive family history research experience as well as to preserve the history of our Harvey County ancestors, it is important to systematically document these life events through biographies, stories, transcriptions, photographs, and scanned documents of every kind. Items will be made available through the Database, HarveyCountyRoots.com, HarveyCountyHistory.com, The Homesteader, and other similar venues. As you can see, there's a lot to be done and a lot you can do, regardless of your interest level or available time - Every article Helps!
A. INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS NEEDED:
- Individual or Family Stories
- Individual or Family Photos
- Individual or Family Biographies
- Miscellaneous Stories of Harvey County Life & History
- Miscellaneous Photos of Harvey County Life & History
- Digital scans of Funeral Folders, Birth, Marriage, & Death Records, Etc.
B. COMMUNITY RESEARCHERS NEEDED:
Individual contributions in the following categories are always welcomed. However, if a particular topic excites your interest, let us know you've adopted all (or part) of the project. If a coordinator is already listed, please contact them to work together so that duplicate effort is not wasted. You can also choose to focus on a category county-wide, or just within a particular community. Of course, topics not on this list are wonderful also - this is just to get your ideas started! Thank you for your participation!
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Funeral Home Records Transcription &/or Scanning
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Cemetery Records Transcription &/or Scanning
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Buildings & Homes Histories - tied to Individuals who built/lived there
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Business Histories by Merchant, Type, or Community
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Census Transcriptions (by township)
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Church Histories
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Transcription &/or Scanning of Church Records available to you (birth, marriage, death, baptism, funeral, membership)
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Community Histories
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Deaconesses, Nurses, Etc
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Directory Transcription - Phone books, City & Rural directories, Merchant directories, etc.
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Doctors
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Ghost Towns of Harvey County
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Homestead Land Records
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Maps & Plat Map Indexes of Residents
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Marriage Records Index
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Mayors & City / County Officials
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Organizations & Club Histories - GAR, IOOF, Masonic Lodge, Reading Circles, etc. etc.
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Pioneer First Families &/or their Residences/Farms
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Politicians
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Post Office Histories
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Prominent Citizens & Their Families
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Railroad History
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School Attendance & Graduation Indexes
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School Histories, Start & Stop Dates,
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School Teachers Serving Harvey County 1872-2010
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Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff, Policemen
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Township Histories
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Unique Histories - Chisholm Trail, County Fairs, Community Events, etc.
C. NEWSPAPER TRANSCRIPTION PROJECTS
Newspaper transcriptions can be undertaken for a particular community newspaper covering a specific span of years, and may be a full issue transcription, or transcription of a particular section of the paper only. Transcriptions can be made from microfilm copies at the Libraries & Historical Societies. I am now able to obtain some microfilm rolls which are scanned as PDF files, if you prefer to transcribe from these. We ask that you transcribe complete articles, with full sourcing including page number.
- Obituary Transcriptions
- Society Page Transcriptions
- Railroad News Page Transcriptions
- Oil Field News Page Transcriptions
- Farm & Weather Report Transcriptions
- Merchant's Advertising - Create Merchant's Index
- General Interest County News Stories
- Hospital Admissions & Dismissals
- Church Page News - Create Pastor's Index
- Specific Interest Stories - Rodeo's, Jayhawk Speedway, City or County Government Issues, etc.
D. ORAL HISTORY RECORDER
Anyone with a caring demeanor would be ideal to meet with nursing home residents, or older residents in our communities, to interview them about their ancestry, their experiences, their remembrances. These interviews can be voice recorded and transcribed, or simply written. This is a vitally important project in collecting first-hand accounts of family and history.
