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Stories of the original settlers as told by the pioneers themselves and their descendents. This special bundle includes the Pioneers of the Bluestem Prairie and it's sequel, Pioneers of Riley County Kansas, 1853 to 1860. Save $11 over the price of purchasing these individually.
Brief biographical sketches of earliest settlers in Clay, Geary, Marshall, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee, and Washington counties prepared by their descendants. The sketches are organized alphabetically within each county. Book includes a surname index.
Hardbound, 608 pages. Published in 1976.
A brief description of the Riley County area is provided along with maps of the townships. Biographical descriptions are provided for the early settlers, in alphabetical order. A bibliography of sources is provided as well as an appendix of 1850 pioneers and 1850s census reports. Additionally, there is an 1859 Registry of Voters and an 1859 Election page, the 1855 Hartford colony details, and Emigrant Aid details of 1854.
Softbound, 154 pages. Published in 2004.
Translation of original Croatian hand-written record books of mid-wife Maria Harjung. Sixty-one births records in 1905, 1906, and 1908. Includes color photos, maps, and index.
Softbound, 50 pages. Published in 2006.
Discharge records for those who filed their papers in Riley County. Index included. Compiled by Sylvester Ekart.
Softbound, 134 pages. Published in 2014.
Research of the arrival of the Exodites and the impact on the City of Manhattan, Kansas. Researchers were able to provide demographics for this group, examples of their daily lives and their stories of community life at this time. Written by Marcia Schuley and Margaret Parker.
Softbound, 170 pages. Published in 2019.
Diary entries from William McManaman Robinson from his military career from 1848-1870. Robinson served in the Sturgis Rifle Corps with the majority of his time in the Washington D.C. area, and later moving to Kansas. Compiled by Helen Robinson Long.
Softbound, 70 pages. Published in 1999.
The first section provides a history of the cemetery with information about early burials by lot numbers. Includes an index. The second section contains obituaries in alphabetical order with an index. Compiled by Sylvester Ekart.
Full title: Volume II History of the Founding of St. Joseph's Cemetery, Flush, Pottawatomie County, Kansas and Obituaries of the Individuals Buried There During the Period of 1858-2010.
Softbound, 384 pages, Published in 2010.
A history of St. Patrick's Church and Cemetery and the Elbo community. Contains obituaries of the individuals buried in the cemetery. Indexes of the two sections. Compiled by Sylvester Ekart.
Softbound, 337 pages. Published in 2008.
Obituaries of people buried in Saint Patrick's Cemetery from 1880 to 2014. Compiled by Sylvester Ekart.
Softbound, 25 pages. Published in 2014.
A collection of newspaper articles about the Elbo community, Blue Township, and St. Patrick's Church and Cemetery. A partial index is included. Compiled by Sylvester Ekart.
Full title: Volume III Elbo Community and Blue Township and St. Patrick's Church and Cemetery, Pottawatomie County, Kansas.
Softbound, 220 pages. Published in 2010.
Births, marriages, deaths indexed from the Riley County Clerk's office ledger. Compiled by Margaret Parker and Marcia Schuley.
Softbound, 50 pages. Published in 2015.
Vital statistics indexed from the Riley County Clerk's office ledger. Compiled by Margaret Parker and Marcia Schuley.
Softbound, 484 pages. Published 2015.
Deaths in Riley County indexed from the ledger of the Riley County Clerk's office. Compiled by Margaret Parker and Marcia Schuley.
Softbound, 531 pages. Published in 2015.
Health officer's records of births and deaths indexed from Riley County reports. Compiled by Margaret Parker and Marcia Schuley.
Softbound, 352 pages. Published in 2015.
Health officer's records indexed from Riley County records. Compiled by Margaret Parker and Marcia Schuley.
Softbound, 606 pages. Published in 2015.
Births, marriages, and deaths indexed from microfilm publications provided by the Wamego Public Library. Compiled by Sylvester Ekart.
Full title: Index to the Births, Marriages, Deaths and Other Items Published in the St. George News during the period of January 4, 1912 thru December 31, 1920 at Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas.
Softbound, 96 pages. Reprinted in 2023. Prior publication covered the years 1912 to 1942.
Births, marriages, deaths, and other items indexed from microfilm provided by the Wamego Public Library. Compiled by Sylvester Ekart.
Full title: Index to the Births, Marriages, Deaths, and Other Items Published in the St. George News during the period of January 7, 1921 thru December 27, 1929 at Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas.
Softbound, 73 pages. Reprinted in 2023. Prior publication covered the years 1912 to 1942.
Births, marriages, deaths and other items indexed from microfilm provided by the Wamego Public Library. Compiled by Sylvester Ekart.
Full title: Index to the Births, Marriages, Deaths, and Other Items Published in the St. George News during the period of January 3, 1930 thru January 29, 1942 at Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas.
Softbound, 85 pages. Reprinted in 2023. Prior publication covered the years 1912 to 1942.
Births, marriages, deaths, and other items indexed from microfilm provided by the Manhattan Public Library. Compiled by Sylvester Ekart.
Full title: Items Printed in the Manhattan Mercury and Manhattan Daily Nationalist during the period of August 2, 1943 thru August 31, 1943, and the Manhattan Mercury Chronicle during the period of September 1, 1943 thru October 2, 1944 at Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas.
Softbound, 187 pages. Published in 2013.
Births, marriages, deaths and other items indexed from microfilm provided by the Manhattan Public Library. Compiled by Sylvester Ekart.
Full title: Items printed in 6 Riley County, Kansas Newspapers: 1) The Monthly Gleaner, December 1879 thru May 1880 & 2) News Gleaner, January 1, 1880 thru November 26, 1880, both at May Day; 3) the Randolph Leader, October 10, 1889 thru January 2, 1890, & 4) The Kansas Review, September 6, 1920 thru October 18, 1920, both at Randolph; 5) Ogden Courier, May 14, 1915 thru May 6, 1916 & 6) Ogden Reporter, January 1, 1957 thru December 31, 1959, both at Ogden.
Softbound, 63 pages. Published in 2014.
Births, marriages, deaths, and other items indexed from publication microfilm provided by the Manhattan Public LIbrary. Compiled by Sylvester Ekart.
Full title: Other Items Printed in the Manhattan Mercury Chronicle during the Period of October 25, 1944 thru December 16, 1945 at Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas.
Softbound, 185 pages. Published in 2014.
Births, marriages, deaths, and other items indexed from publication microfilm provided by the Manhattan Public Library. Compiled by Sylvester Ekart.
Full title: Items Printed in the Manhattan Mercury Chronicle during the period of February 23, 1948 thru February 28, 1949 at Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas.
Softbound, 186 pages. Published in 2014.
Births, marriages, deaths, and other items indexed from publication microfilm provided by the Manhattan Public Library. Compiled by Sylvester Ekart.
Full title: Items Printed in the Manhattan Mercury Chronicle during the period of March 1, 1949 thru March 31, 1950 at Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas.
Softbound, 190 pages. Published in 2014.
Births, marriages, deaths and other items indexed from publication microfilm provided by the Manhattan Public Library. Compiled by Sylvester Ekart.
Full title: Index to the Births, Marriages, Deaths and Other Items Printed in the Manhattan Mercury Chronicle during the period of December 17, 1945 thru January 21, 1947 at Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas.
Softbound, 198 pages. Published in 2014.
Births, marriages, deaths, and other items indexed from publication microfilm and provided by the Manhattan Public LIbrary. Compiled by Sylvester Ekart.
Full title: Index to the Births, Marriages, Deaths and Other Items printed in the Manhattan Mercury Chronicle during the period of January 22, 1947 thru February 22, 1948 at Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas.
Softbound, 187 pages. Published in 2014.
Births, marriages, deaths, and other items indexed from microfilm publication provided by the Pottawatomie, Wabaunsee Regional Library and the Eskridge Library, Kansas. Compiled by Sylvester Ekart.
Full title: Index to the Births, Marriages, Deaths, and Other Items Printed in the Eskridge Start during the period of January 6, 1887 Thru December 28, 1899 at Eskridge, Wabaunsee County, Kansas.
Softbound, 107 pages. Published in 2014.
Births, marriages, deaths, and other items indexed from microfilm publications provided by the Pottawatomie Wabaunsee Regional Library and the Eskridge Branch Library, Kansas. Compiled by Sylvester Ekart.
Full title: Index to the Births, Marriages, Deaths and Other Items printed in the Eskridge Star during the period of January 4, 1900 thru February 4, 1909 and in the Eskridge Tribune Star during the period of February 11, 1909 Thru July 29, 1909 at Eskridge, Wabaunsee County, Kansas
Softbound, 131 pages. Published in 2014.
Births, marriages, deaths, and other items indexed from the microfilm publications provided by the Pottawatomie Wabaunsee Regional Library and the Eskridge Branch Library, Kansas. Compiled by Sylvester Ekart.
Full title: Index to the Births, Marriages, Deaths and Other Items Printed in the Eskridge Tribune Star during the period of August 5, 1909 Thru September 30, 1920 at Eskridge, Wabaunsee County, Kansas.
Softbound, 125 pages. Published in 2014.
Births, marriages, deaths and other items indexed from publications and microfilm provided by Manhattan Public Library. Compiled by Sylvester Ekart.
Full title: Index to the Births, Marriages, Deaths and Other Items Printed in (1) The Clay Center Monitor, 1883-1884, at Clay Center, Kansas, (2) The leonardville Monitor 1884-1901 and (3) The Leonardville Echo 1912-1913 at Leonardville, RIley County, Kansas.
Softbound, 112 pages. Published in 2015.
Births, marriages, deaths and other items indexed from publication microfilm provided by the Manhattan Public Library. Compiled by Sylvester Ekart.
Full title: Births, Marriages, Deaths and Other Items Printed in the Leonardville Monitor, November 21, 1901 thru August 7, 1913 and also during August 6, 1914 thru December 31, 1914 and in the Echo-Monitor during the period of August 14, 1913 thru July 30, 1914 both at Leonardville, Riley County, Kansas.
Softbound, 93 pages. Published in 2015.
Births, marriages, deaths, and other items indexed from publication microfilm provided by the Manhattan Public Library. Compiled by Sylvester Ekart.
Full title: Births, Marriages, Deaths and Other Items printed in the Manhattan Mercury during the period of July 1, 1922 and May 30, 1925 at Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas.
Softbound, 174 pages. Published in 2015.
Births, marriages, deaths, and other items indexed from publication microfilm provided by the Wabaunsee Regional Library and the Eskridge Branch Library. Compiled by Sylvester Ekart.
Full title: Index to the Births, Marriages, Deaths and Other Items printed in the Wabaunsee County Tribune during the period of April 18, 1902 thru October 4, 1907 and in the Eskridge Independent during the period of February 18, 1920 thru January 26, 1928, Wabaunsee County, Kansas
Softbound, 181 pages. Published in 2015.
Births, marriages, deaths, and other items indexed from publication microfilm provided by the Wabaunsee Regional Library and the Eskridge Branch Library. Compiled by Sylvester Ekart.
Full title: Index to the Births, Marriages, Deaths and Other Items printed in the Morning Chronicle during the period of March 1, 1925 thru February 7, 1926 and the Manhattan Mercury during the period of June 1, 1925 thru May 31, 1926 at Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas
Softbound, 125 pages. Published in 2015.
Births, marriages, deaths, and other items indexed from publication microfilm provided by the Manhattan Public Library. Compiled by Sylvester Ekart.
Full title: Index to the Births, Marriages, Deaths and Other Items printed in the Manhattan Republic during the period of December 3, 1947 Thru June 29, 1949 at Manhattan Riley County, Kansas
Softbound, 196 pages. Published in 2015.
Births, marriages, deaths, and other items indexed from publication microfilm provided by the Manhattan Public Library. Compiled by Sylvester Ekart.
Full title: Index to the Births, Marriages, Deaths and Other Items printed in The Manhattan Republic during the period of July 6, 1949 thru December 27, 1950 at Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas
Softbound, 242 pages. Published in 2015.
Births, marriages, deaths, and other items indexed from publication microfilm provided by the Pottawatomie Wabaunsee Regional Library and the Eskridge Branch Library. Compiled by Sylvester Ekart.
Full title: Index to the Births, Marriages, Deaths and Other Items printed in The Eskridge Independent during the period of February 2, 1928 thru April 8, 1937 at Eskridge, Wabaunsee County, Kansas
Softbound, 242 pages. Published in 2015.
Full Title: Births, Marriages, and Deaths Chronicled in the Newspapers Printed at Westmoreland, Pottawatomie County, Kansas 1882-1918 Volume 1, Compiled by Sylvester Ekart from microfilm provided by the Pottawatomie-Wabaunsee Regional Library, St. Marys, KS, Softbound, 440 pages, Published 1999
Full Title: Births, Marriages, and Deaths Chronicled in the Newspapers Printed at Westmoreland, Pottawatomie County, Kansas January 2, 1919 thru December 29, 1949 Volume 2, Compiled by Sylvester Ekart from microfilm provided by the Pottawatomie-Wabaunsee Regional Library, St Marys, KS, Softbound, 348 pages, Published 1999
Full Title: Index to Births, marriages, deaths, and other items printed in the Manhattan Mercury and Daily Nationalist during the Period of June 1, 1925 thru December 31, 1928 at Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas. indexed from publication microfilm provided by the Manhattan Public Library. Compiled by Sylvester Ekart. Softbound, 247 pages. Published in 2006.
Full Title: Index to Births, marriages, deaths, and other items printed in the Manhattan Mercury and Daily Nationalist during the Period of January 1, 1939 thru June 30, 1931 at Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas. indexed from publication microfilm provided by the Manhattan Public Library. Compiled by Sylvester Ekart. Softbound, 242 pages. Published in 2006.
Full Title: Index to Births, marriages, deaths, and other items printed in the Manhattan Mercury and Daily Nationalist during the Period of June 1, 1931 thru December 31, 1932 at Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas. indexed from publication microfilm provided by the Manhattan Public Library. Compiled by Sylvester Ekart. Softbound, 160 pages. Published in 2006.
A continuation of stories extracted from area newspapers regarding St. Patrick's Church and Cemetery, Elbo Community. Compiled by Sylvester Ekart.
Full title: Pottawatomie County, Blue Township, Elbo Community and Saint Patrick's Church and Cemetery, Volume 2.
Softbound, 142 pages. Published in 2009.
Full Title: Index to Births, marriages, deaths, and other items printed in the Manhattan Mercury Chronicle and Daily Nationalist during the Period of October 1, 1932 thru May 31, 1934 at Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas. indexed from publication microfilm provided by the Manhattan Public Library. Compiled by Sylvester Ekart. Softbound, 158 pages. Published in 2009.
Full title: Births, Marriages, Deaths and Other Items Printed in the Onaga Herald of Pottawatomie County, Kansas During the Period of August 5, 1915 and February 23, 1928, Compiled by Sylvester Ekart from microfilm at the Pottawatomie Wabaunsee Regional Library, St Marys, KS, Softbound, 122 pages. Published 2010
Full Title: Index to Births, marriages, deaths, and other items printed in the Manhattan Mercury Chronicle and Daily Nationalist during the Period of June 1, 1934 thru January 31, 1936 at Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas. indexed from publication microfilm provided by the Manhattan Public Library. Compiled by Sylvester Ekart. Softbound, 177 pages. Published in 2010.
Full Title: Index to Births, marriages, deaths, and other items printed in the Manhattan Tribune during the Period of September 23, 1925 thru October 13, 1928 and Dec 13-27, 1928 at Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas. indexed from publication microfilm provided by the Manhattan Public Library. Compiled by Sylvester Ekart. Softbound, 157 pages. Published in 2011.
Full Title: Index to Births, marriages, deaths, and other items printed in the Manhattan Tribune during the Period of Octobr 15, 1928 thru July 30, 1936 at Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas. indexed from publication microfilm provided by the Manhattan Public Library. Compiled by Sylvester Ekart. Softbound, 143 pages. Published in 2011.
Full title: Births, Marriages, Deaths and Other Items Printed in the Onaga Herald of Pottawatomie County, Kansas During the Period of March 1, 1928 thru April 30, 1936, Compiled by Sylvester Ekart from microfilm at the Pottawatomie Wabaunsee Regional Library, St Marys, KS, Softbound, 145 pages. Published 2011
Full title: Births, Marriages, Deaths and Other Items Printed in the Onaga Herald of Pottawatomie County, Kansas During the Period of May 7, 1936 thru September 26, 1946 Compiled by Sylvester Ekart from microfilm at the Pottawatomie Wabaunsee Regional Library, St Marys, KS, Softbound, 180 pages. Published 2011
2005 Claflin, Manhattan, Kansas 66502, USA
