Did you know that the Kansas City region has lots of great resources for genealogy research?
We have the Midwest Genealogy Center which has many records on microfilm that haven't yet been digitized, along with lots of other wonderful resources. We also have the Great Plains regional office of the National Archives and Records Administration.
Whenever I am stuck with researching online, I am often able to go to one of these repositories and find what I need. They have many books that are relevant to genealogy research, including for other countries. I was able to find a record of a very distant ancestor who arrived on a ship from LaRochelle, France, in Quebec in the 1670s, as well as great books about immigration into Canada from Scotland, books at the county level from all over the US, Native American genealogy sources, and lots of great maps. These all help to build a picture of a family and its members, where they went, what they did, whom they married, etc.
Also close by in Concordia KS is the National Orphan Train Complex, which I look forward to visiting some time soon!
And for local research here in the KS-MO area, there is the Missouri Valley Room of the Kansas City Public Library. A gem to be sure; I used to bring students there when I was teaching at UMKC.
Lots of resources to help with family history research - let's see what we can do with them!
Gretchen Green (aka "GreenGenes"!)
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