Great Bend Genealogy (in Barton County, KS)
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Great Bend Birth Records
1885-1911 Kansas Births and Christenings Index Ancestry 
Kansas, Birth Records, 1911-present Kansas Office of Vital Statistics
Great Bend Cemetery Records
Abstracts of deaths from Great Bend, Kansas newspapers & area cemeteries, 1876-1899 WorldCat
Deaths from Great Bend, Kansas newspapers & area cemeteries, 1876-1899 WorldCat
Dundee Valley Cemetery Find a Grave
Everett Cemetery Kansas Gravestones
Great Bend Cemetery Billion Graves
Great Bend Cemetery Interment
Great Bend Cemetery Kansas Gravestones
Great Bend Cemetery Find a Grave
Hillcrest Memorial Park Billion Graves
Hillcrest Memorial Park Interment
Kansas Deaths and Burials Index, 1885-1930 Ancestry
Pleasant Ridge Cemetery Billion Graves
Great Bend Census Records
1875 Kansas State Census Ancestry
1885 Kansas State Census Ancestry
1895 Kansas State Census Ancestry
1905 Kansas State Census Ancestry
1915 Kansas State Census Ancestry
1925 Kansas State Census Ancestry
Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925 Ancestry
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage
United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search
Great Bend Church Records
Great Bend City Directories
Great Bend, Kansas, city directory FamilySearch Library
Polk's Great Bend (Barton County, Kansas) City Directory, 1963 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Polk's Great Bend City Directory, 1952 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Polk's Great Bend City Directory, 1954 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Polk's Great Bend City Directory, 1956 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Polk's Great Bend City Directory, 1958 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Polk's Great Bend City Directory, 1959 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Polk's Great Bend City Directory, 1961 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Polk's Great Bend City Directory, 1962 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
The Great Bend City Directory and Business Gazetteer, 1886 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Great Bend Death Records
Abstracts of deaths from Great Bend, Kansas newspapers & area cemeteries, 1876-1899 WorldCat
Database of obituaries published in the Great Bend Tribune WorldCat
Death register 1892-1911 : Barton County, Kansas FamilySearch Library
Deaths from Great Bend, Kansas newspapers & area cemeteries, 1876-1899 WorldCat
Great Bend Tribune obituary index WorldCat
Kansas Deaths and Burials Index, 1885-1930 Ancestry
Kansas, Death Records, 1911-present Kansas Office of Vital Statistics
Obituaries, Larned, Pawnee, Kansas, Tiller and toiler FamilySearch Library
Great Bend Immigration Records
Great Bend Map Records
Bird's eye view map of Great Bend, Kans. : c.s. of Barton County, 1882. Library of Congress
Great Bend 1882 Bird's Eye View Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Great Bend, Barton County, Kansas, 1905 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Great Bend, Barton County, Kansas, 1909 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Great Bend, Barton County, Kansas, 1914 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Great Bend, Barton County, Kansas, August 1887 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Great Bend, Barton County, Kansas, November 1892 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Great Bend, Barton County, Kansas, October 1884 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Great Bend, Barton County, Kansas, September 1899 Library of Congress
Great Bend Marriage Records
Kansas, Marriage Records, 1913-present Kansas Office of Vital Statistics
Great Bend Newspapers and Obituaries
Abstracts of deaths from Great Bend, Kansas newspapers & area cemeteries, 1876-1899 WorldCat
Arkansas Valley Democrat 1877-1882 Newspapers.com
Barton County Democrat 1886-1915 Newspapers.com
Barton County Democratﾠ(1886-1915) Newspaper Archive
Barton County Times 1883-1883 Newspapers.com
Barton County democrat (Great Bend, Kan.) (from Nov. 11, 1886 to Feb. 12, 1915) MyHeritage
Barton County democrat 11/11/1886 to 02/12/1915 Genealogy Bank
Barton County democrat. (Great Bend, Kan.) (from Nov. 11, 1886 to Feb. 12, 1915) Chronicling America
Christian Educator and God's Defender 1903-1905 Newspapers.com
Daily Item 1900-1908 Newspapers.com
Database of obituaries published in the Great Bend Tribune WorldCat
Deaths from Great Bend, Kansas newspapers & area cemeteries, 1876-1899 WorldCat
Die Barton County Presse 1901-1913 Newspapers.com
Enterprise 1878-1878 Newspapers.com
Evening News 1890-1897 Newspapers.com
Evening Star 1893-1893 Newspapers.com
Great Bend Beacon 1890-1903 Newspapers.com
Great Bend Daily Graphic 1887-1888 Newspapers.com
Great Bend Daily Item 1908-1908 Newspapers.com
Great Bend Daily Tribune 1952-63 and 1965-72 (Great Bend, Kansas) Ancestry
Great Bend Daily Tribuneﾠ(1952-1972) Newspaper Archive
Great Bend Morning News 1910-1910 Newspapers.com
Great Bend Post 11/12/2019 to Current Genealogy Bank
Great Bend Register 1874-1908 Newspapers.com
Great Bend Sunday Tribuneﾠ(1957-1959) Newspaper Archive
Great Bend Tribune 1904-1976 Newspapers.com
Great Bend Tribune 1915, 1962-65, and 1971-76 (Great Bend, Kansas) Ancestry
Great Bend Tribune obituary index WorldCat
Great Bend Tribuneﾠ(1963-1977) Newspaper Archive
Great Bend Weekly Tribune 1876-1915 Newspapers.com
Great Bend Western Kansas Pressﾠ(1962-1968) Newspaper Archive
Kansas Educator 1892-1900 Newspapers.com
Kansas Workman 1882-1931 Newspapers.com
New West 1878-1878 Newspapers.com
Normal Herald 1892-1892 Newspapers.com
Normal Weekly 1891-1892 Newspapers.com
Obituaries, Larned, Pawnee, Kansas, Tiller and toiler FamilySearch Library
Truth About God 1905-1915 Newspapers.com
Valley Banner 1878-1878 Newspapers.com
Western Kansas Press 1962-1966 Newspapers.com
Western Kansas Press 1962-64 and 1966 (Great Bend, Kansas) Ancestry
Western Kansas Pressﾠ(1962-1967) Newspaper Archive
Offline Newspapers for Great BendAccording to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers. Arkansas Valley Democrat. (Great Bend, Kan.) 1877-1883 Arkansas Valley. (Great Bend, Kan.) 1872-1870s Barton Beacon. (Great Bend, Kan.) 1892-1901 Barton County Beacon. (Great Bend, Kan.) 1890-1892 Barton County Democrat the Great Bend Tribune. (Great Bend, Kan.) 1918-1925 Barton County Democrat. (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915 Barton County Democrat. (Great Bend, Kan.) 1915-1918 Daily Item. (Great Bend, Kan.) 1900-1908 Evening News. (Great Bend, Kan.) 1888-1897 Great Bend Beacon. (Great Bend, Kan.) 1901-1903 Great Bend Daily Graphic. (Great Bend, Kan.) 1887-1888 Great Bend Daily Tribune. (Great Bend, Kan.) 1908-1911 Great Bend Daily Tribune. (Great Bend, Kan.) 1950-1972 Great Bend Graphic. (Great Bend, Kan.) 1956-1958 Great Bend Herald-Press. (Great Bend, Kan.) 1953-1962 Great Bend Herald. (Great Bend, Kan.) 1937-1953 Great Bend Press. (Great Bend, Kan.) 1949-1953 Great Bend Register and the Great Bend Tribune. (Great Bend, Kan.) 1908-1909 Great Bend Register. (Great Bend, Kan.) 1874-1908 Great Bend Rustler. (Great Bend, Kan.) 1904-1908 Great Bend Tribune. (Great Bend, Kan.) 1887-1908 Great Bend Tribune. (Great Bend, Kan.) 1909-1915 Great Bend Tribune. (Great Bend, Kan.) 1911-1918 Great Bend Tribune. (Great Bend, Kan.) 1925-1950 Great Bend Tribune. (Great Bend, Kan.) 1972-Current Inland Tribune. (Great Bend, Kan.) 1876-1887 Western Kansas Press. (Great Bend, Kan.) 1962-1968 |
Great Bend School Records
Barton Community College, Spoke, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1992, 1993, 1993, 1994, 1994, 1995, 1995, 1996 Internet Archive
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