Chanute Genealogical
Society
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607 S.
Ashby, Chanute,
For information about meetings
contact us at the below address
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Membership:
$5.00
for a single membership, $7.00 for couple membership, $3.00 for a student
member. To become a
member send money order or check to: Chanute Genealogical
Society,
607 S. Ashby,
number, and e-mail address.
History of the Chanute Genealogical Society:
Chanute
Genealogical Society was formed in 1971 by Dr. Eric Conard
following
several sessions of his instructing in genealogy at the
Neosho County Community
Junior College. The
society is a non-profit organization created to promote
education in family record research, protect and preserve
public records, accumulate
records to be published for posterity, and meetings to
stimulate interest in genealogy
and the exchange of ideas.
Officers:
President
– Betty Barnhart Vice
President – Lois Lester
Secretary
– Wanda Canfield Treasurer - Shirley Dicks
Some area
places to find genealogical information:
NCCC
Library:
The NCCC Library contains many genealogical
reference materials on all the states as well as
local references. Also they have computer software for
retrieving genealogy information from
the Internet.
Chanute
Public Library:
The Chanute Public Library holdings include:
Microfilm of the Chanute newspapers, Index
of Obituaries from local
papers, reference books on local history, Chanute City Directories,
Chanute High School Annuals, vertical and
picture files of local people and events and
other miscellaneous helps.
For
information on the holdings of Probate Records of the Chanute Genealogical
Society,
Contact
us at:
Cemeteries of
Big Creek Twp. Canville Twp.
Big Creek Crane Grant-Brown Thayer
Leanna Earlton Dunkard
Odense
Prairie
View
Rush South Valley
Grant Twp. Ladore Twp.
Cosner
Huller Family Ladore Evergreen Hope
West
Bethany Richland
Bond Morehead Elmwood
Hope
St. Francis
St. Francis Church Garden Memorial
Park New
East Hill
Reeves
St.
Patrick's
Winstead
Society Publications:
Marriages
of
This book is an index to the Marriage Records from
the first recorded in
It lists the bride and groom, their ages, date
of marriage and a reference to where the record is found. This
book has been recently
reprinted and is now comb bound. The
cost for this book is $15 plus $5 for shipping
and handling.
Marriages
of
This book is an index to the Marriage Records
from Nov. 1915 to Jan. 1948. It lists
the bride and groom,
their ages, where they were
from, date of marriage plus where the marriage took place, and a reference
to where the record is
found. This book was published in 2002
and is soft cover and spiral bound. The
cost for this book is $15
plus $5 for shipping and handling.
Neosho
Co. Cemeteries Volumn I
This book contains an index of the cemeteries
by townships, maps and directions to the cemeteries as well
as the usual names, dates
and inscriptions from the stones. There
are over 28,000 names listed. The
information was obtained from the
tombstones, newspaper clippings, plat maps, funeral home records,
queries, published works and
asking individuals. This book is a soft
cover and comb bound. It also has
been reprinted. The cost for this book is $15 plus $5 for
shipping and handling.
Help us update Volume I of Neosho Co. Cemeteries. This volume will begin with the mid 1970s
to 2004. We are in the process of updating our current
cemeteries. If you know of a cemetery or
a burial
that should have been
included in Volume I or a correction to volume I please e-mail me with the
information
at barnhart@cableone.net . Your help will be greatly appreciated.
To
purchase one of our publications send your name, address, money order or check,
and the
book you wish to purchase to:
Chanute Genealogical Society, 607 S. Ashby,
Money orders or checks should be made payable
to the Chanute Genealogical Society.