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Genealogy: Online Resources

This guide will help explain the genealogical resources available through the Ike Skelton Combined Arms Research Library and other online sources.

Databases

Ancestry Library Edition (Access through DoD MWR Digital Library*): Provides access to records from the United States Census, military records, court, land, and probate records. church records, and more.

Fold3 World War II Archives (Access through DoD MWR Digital Library*): Includes Naval Press Clippings, Pearl Harbor Muster Rolls, photographs of Japanese soldiers, Allied prisoners of war, and US Army Air Forces, and more.

*https://www.dodmwrlibraries.org/

Other Resources

The National Archives not only maintains census, immigration/naturalization, and military service records, but also offers workshops, online guides, and more. To get started, please visit: https://www.archives.gov/research/genealogy

Another guide to government-related documents can be found here: https://www.usa.gov/genealogy

The Kansas State Library* and Kansas State Historical Society has collections of Kansas-related indexes and records. Other resources can be found through digitized Kansas State Government Publications

The State of Missouri also has genealogy-related records through its State Archives, State Library, and Missouri Digital Heritage websites.

Interested in preserving personal documents? Here are tips from the Library of Congress and the American Library Association on taking care of physical and digital items.

*To apply for a Kansas Library Card, please visit the CARL Circulation Desk.

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