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Kansas state government agency/institution publications can be helpful resources in locating missing ancestors/relatives in your genealogical research. The following list consists of Kansas state government directories, annual/biennial reports and other publications with names and other information which have been digitized and provided online. You'll find state employee telephone directories, professional/retail directories, Soldiers Home residents, state school information, G.A.R. organizational reports, and reports of two African American colleges.
All of these digitized publications, with the exception of Kansas Legislators Past and Present, are located at the State Library of Kansas' Kansas Government Information (KGI) Online Library.
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES
Official Topeka State Offices Directories
1958-1975
KANS-A-N Telephone Directories
1976-2002 (Statewide state employee directory)
ARCHITECTS, KANSAS BOARD FOR REGISTRATION/EXAMINATION
Annual Report With List of Registered Architects
1949/50-1974/75
BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES REGULATORY BOARD
Certified Psychologists of Kansas
1980-1994
BLIND, KANSAS SCHOOL FOR THE
1913/14-1920/21 (Staff, students, alumni)
1876/78, 1908/10, 1939/40-1956/58 (Staff, alumni lists)
DEAF, KANSAS SCHOOL FOR THE
1871-1875, 1900/02-1902/04 (Faculty, staff, student lists)
DENTAL BOARD, KANSAS STATE
Lists of Registered Dentists and Dental Hygienists
1927-1959 (Dental hygienists added in 1935)
EDUCATION (KANSAS STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES)
1923/24, 1940/41-present (Administrators, superintendents, principals, organizations)
EMBALMING, KANSAS BOARD OF
Licensed Embalmers, Funeral Directors 1946, 1948, 1951
ENGINEERING EXAMINERS, KANSAS BOARD OF
Roster of Licensed Professional Engineers 1948-1975
ENTOMOLOGICAL COMMISSION, KANSAS
Certified Nurseries and Plant Growers 1931/32-1998
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS REGISTRATION BOARD, KANSAS
Roster of Registrants 1969-1976
LEGISLATURE, KANSAS
Kansas Legislators Past and Present (1861-present)
MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS
Kansas Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War - Convention Journals
1927-1972
Kansas Grand Army of the Republic - Annual Encampments
1882-1944
Kansas Grand Army of the Republic - Roster
(1894 Roster includes all GAR members statewide)
Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic (Kansas) - Annual Convention
MINES AND METALLURGY STATE SCHOOL (Weir, Kansas)
General Catalog 1914/15-1916/17 (Student lists and Faculty)
MINING AGENCIES, KANSAS
Annual and Biennial Reports, 1884-1954/56
Reports include accident/injury/death reports with names
NURSING, KANSAS STATE BOARD OF
Registered Nurses in Kansas 1913-1921, 1935-1948
PENITENTIARY, KANSAS STATE (Lansing)
Annual and Biennial Reports - (1861-1882/84 reports include convict lists)
PHARMACY, KANSAS STATE BOARD OF
1891, 1898, 1907, 1908, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1948, 1955, 1958
REAL ESTATE COMMISSION, KANSAS
Licensed Real Estate Brokers/Salespersons 1948-67, 1981-82
REVENUE, KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF
Liquor Retailers Licensed by the State 1949-1999
SECRETARY OF STATE, KANSAS
State Officers, Boards and Commissions 1902-1939
SOLDIERS HOME, KANSAS STATE and BICKERDYKE ANNEX
Annual and Biennial Reports 1889/90-1956/58 (Members/residents/workers/staff)
Not all reports include members. Reports stop including members with 1933/34 report
Bickerdyke Home reports start with 1906/07 Report but don't include residents until 1926/28
VOCATIONAL SCHOOL, KANSAS (Topeka)
Biennial Report of the Kansas Vocational School
1925/26 Staff, Faculty, Students, Alumni (1914-1926 list)
1927/28-1939/40 Staff, Faculty
Student Handbook 1935/36 - Alumni (1904-1935 list)
WESTERN UNIVERSITY (Kansas City, Kansas)
Annual Catalogue 1908/09-1932/33 includes students and faculty