Ottawa Genealogy (in Franklin County, KS)
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NOTE: Additional records that apply to Ottawa are also found through the Franklin County and Kansas pages.
Ottawa Birth Records
1885-1911 Kansas Births and Christenings Index Ancestry 
Kansas, Birth Records, 1911-present Kansas Office of Vital Statistics
Vital statistics register, 1892-1907 FamilySearch Library
Ottawa Cemetery Records
Evergreen Mound Baxter Cemetery Find a Grave
Evergreen Mound Cemetery Genealogy Trails
Foster Cemetery Find a Grave
Fouts Cemetery Find a Grave
Highland Cemetery Billion Graves
Highland Cemetery Find a Grave
Hope Cemetery Find a Grave
Hope Cemetery Kansas Gravestones
Hope Cemetery, Ottawa, Kansas. WorldCat
Interment register, 1865-1913 FamilySearch Library
Kansas Deaths and Burials Index, 1885-1930 Ancestry
Mount Calvary Cemetery Find a Grave
Peoria Cemetery Find a Grave
Peoria Cemetery Billion Graves
Roselawn Cemetery Billion Graves
Ottawa Census Records
1855 Kansas State Census Ancestry
1856 Kansas State Census Ancestry
1859 Kansas State Census Ancestry
1865 Kansas State Census Ancestry
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
Ottawa Church Records
1885-1911 Kansas Births and Christenings Index Ancestry
Church records, 1884-1934 (St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Ottawa, Kansas)) FamilySearch Library
First Baptist Church (Ottawa, Kan.) records (microform), 1871-1948 Archive Grid
North Baptist Church records, Ottawa, Kan. 1889-1935 Archive Grid
Trinity United Methodist Church (Ottawa, Kan.) records (microform), 1883-2005 Archive Grid
Ottawa City Directories
Directory of the City of Ottawa, 1884 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Ottawa (Kansas) city directories FamilySearch Library
Ottawa City Directory 1921 MyHeritage
Ottawa City Directory 1924 MyHeritage
Ottawa City Directory 1926 MyHeritage
Ottawa City Directory 1928 MyHeritage
Ottawa City Directory 1930 MyHeritage
Ottawa City Directory 1938 MyHeritage
Ottawa City Directory 1941 MyHeritage
Ottawa City Directory 1946 MyHeritage
Ottawa City Directory 1953 MyHeritage
Ottawa City Directory 1957 MyHeritage
Ottawa City Directory 1959 MyHeritage
Ottawa, KS 1903-1933 City Directories Allen County Public Library
Ottawa, KS, 1903-1921 City Directories Allen County Public Library
Ottawa, Kansas, City Directory, 1903 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Ottawa, Kansas, City Directory, 1905 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Ottawa, Kansas, City Directory, 1907 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Ottawa, Kansas, City Directory, 1910 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Ottawa, Kansas, City Directory, 1913 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Ottawa, Kansas, City Directory, 1916 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Ottawa, Kansas, City Directory, 1921 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Ottawa, Kansas, City Directory, 1924 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Ottawa, Kansas, City Directory, 1926 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Ottawa, Kansas, City Directory, 1928 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Ottawa, Kansas, City Directory, 1930 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Ottawa, Kansas, City Directory, 1933 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Ottawa, Kansas, City Directory, 1936 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Ottawa, Kansas, City Directory, 1938 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Ottawa, Kansas, City Directory, 1941 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Ottawa, Kansas, City Directory, 1946 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Ottawa, Kansas, City Directory, 1950 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Ottawa, Kansas, City Directory, 1953 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Ottawa, Kansas, City Directory, 1955 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Ottawa, Kansas, City Directory, 1957 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Ottawa, Kansas, City Directory, 1959 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Polk's Ottawa (Franklin County, Kans.) city directory FamilySearch Library
Polk's Ottawa City Directory, 1961 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Polk's Ottawa City Directory, 1962 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Ottawa Death Records
First Baptist Church (Ottawa, Kan.) records (microform), 1871-1948 Archive Grid
Funeral registers, 1912-1919 FamilySearch Library
Kansas Deaths and Burials Index, 1885-1930 Ancestry
Kansas, Death Records, 1911-present Kansas Office of Vital Statistics
Lamb-Roberts Funeral Home (Ottawa, Kan.) undertaker register 1912-1919. WorldCat
Surname index to obituaries appearing in the Ottawa Herald, Ottawa, Kansas, 1981-1990 WorldCat
Vital statistics register, 1892-1907 FamilySearch Library
Ottawa Immigration Records
Kansas, Federal Naturalization Records, 1865-1984 Ancestry
Naturalization records, 1869-1928 FamilySearch Library
Ottawa Land Records
Deed records, 1857-1908; General index, 1857-1901 FamilySearch Library
Ottawa Map Records
Bird's-eye view map of Ottawa, the largest city of its age in Kansas, 1872 : looking south-west Library of Congress
Ottawa 1872 Bird's Eye View Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas, 1905 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas, 1912 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas, June 1893 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas, May 1899 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas, October 1884 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas, September 1888 Library of Congress
Ottawa Marriage Records
1811-1911 Kansas County Marriages Ancestry
First Baptist Church (Ottawa, Kan.) records (microform), 1871-1948 Archive Grid
Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911 Ancestry
Kansas, Compiled Marriage Index from Select Counties, 1854-1873 Ancestry
Kansas, Marriage Records, 1913-present Kansas Office of Vital Statistics
Marriage records, 1858-1918 FamilySearch Library
Vital statistics register, 1892-1907 FamilySearch Library
Ottawa Newspapers and Obituaries
Costigan's Weekly 1898-1898 Newspapers.com
Dart 1896-1896 Newspapers.com
Educational Aid 1892-1893 Newspapers.com
Evening Herald 1896-1914 Newspapers.com
Fireside, Factory and Farm 1886-1888 Newspapers.com
Franklin County Booster 1921-1922 Newspapers.com
Franklin County Press 1903-1903 Newspapers.com
Franklin County Record 1899-1899 Newspapers.com
Free-Thought Vindicator 1895-1895 Newspapers.com
Freethought Ideal and Vindicator 1901-1901 Newspapers.com
High School Opinion 1895-1898 Newspapers.com
Independent-Journal 1870-1906 Newspapers.com
Irrigation Farmer 1895-1896 Newspapers.com
Kansas Baptist Union 1896-1896 Newspapers.com
Kansas Common School Record 1890-1890 Newspapers.com
Kansas Free Trader 1883-1884 Newspapers.com
Kansas Grange Monthly 1918-1984 Newspapers.com
Kansas Home News 1879-1880 Newspapers.com
Kansas Lever 1888-1895 Newspapers.com
Mission Banner 1891-1891 Newspapers.com
Mustard Seed 1888-1889 Newspapers.com
New Thought Ideal and Health Vindicator 1901-1901 Newspapers.com
Ottawa Bulletin 1869-1870 Newspapers.com
Ottawa Campus 1884-1930 Newspapers.com
Ottawa Campus 1907-1946 Newspapers.com
Ottawa Campusﾠ(1917-1967) Newspaper Archive
Ottawa Commercial Bulletin 1894-1894 Newspapers.com
Ottawa Courier 1892-1893 Newspapers.com
Ottawa Daily Eagle 1896-1896 Newspapers.com
Ottawa Daily Local-News 1886-1888 Newspapers.com
Ottawa Daily Republic 1879-1902 Newspapers.com
Ottawa Daily Republic 1892-1914 Newspapers.com
Ottawa Evening Journal 1915-1916 Newspapers.com
Ottawa Free Trader 1883-1883 Newspapers.com
Ottawa Gazette 1879-1879 Newspapers.com
Ottawa Guardian 1901-1919 Newspapers.com
Ottawa Herald 04/08/1996 to Current Genealogy Bank
Ottawa Herald 1882-2009 Newspapers.com
Ottawa Heraldﾠ(1941-2018) Newspaper Archive
Ottawa Home Journal: 1865-1867 US Gen Web Archives
Ottawa Independent 1905-1905 Newspapers.com
Ottawa Leader 1880-1881 Newspapers.com
Ottawa Leader 1882-1883 Newspapers.com
Ottawa Lever 1887-1893 Newspapers.com
Ottawa Tribune 1889-1893 Newspapers.com
Ottawa Weekly News 1934-1934 Newspapers.com
Ottawa Weekly Republic 1873-1906 Newspapers.com
Ottawa Weekly Times 1894-1898 Newspapers.com
Ottawa World 1917-1922 Newspapers.com
Ottawa campus, 1909-1910 Ottawa University LDS Genealogy
Ottawa campus, 1909-1910 Ottawa University Internet Archive
R.R. Employes' Companion 1888-1890 Newspapers.com
Republic 1869-1869 Newspapers.com
Sunday Bee 1888-1888 Newspapers.com
Surname index to obituaries appearing in the Ottawa Herald, Ottawa, Kansas, 1981-1990 WorldCat
Times-Leader 1893-1893 Newspapers.com
Triumph 1875-1877 Newspapers.com
Weekly Broad-Axe 1898-1898 Newspapers.com
Western Home Journal 1865-1869 Newspapers.com
Offline Newspapers for OttawaAccording 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. Daily Local-News. (Ottawa, Kan.) 1885-1886 Evening Herald and the Ottawa Daily Republic. (Ottawa, Kan.) 1915-1916 Evening Herald. (Ottawa, Kan.) 1896-1914 Independent-Journal. (Ottawa, Kan.) 1905-1906 Kansas Home News. (Ottawa, Kan.) 1879-1880 Kansas Lever. (Ottawa, Kan.) 1887-1889 Kansas Lever. (Ottawa, Kan.) 1893-1895 Ottawa Bulletin. (Ottawa, Kan.) 1893-1895 Ottawa Courier. (Ottawa, Kan.) 1892-1893 Ottawa Daily Local-News. (Ottawa, Kan.) 1886-1888 Ottawa Daily Republic. (Ottawa, Kan.) 1902-1914 Ottawa Daily Republican. (Ottawa, Kan.) 1879-1902 Ottawa Daily Tribune. (Ottawa, Kan.) 1891-1892 Ottawa Evening Journal. (Ottawa, Kan.) 1915-1916 Ottawa Guardian. (Ottawa, Kan.) 1901-1919 Ottawa Herald. (Ottawa, Kan.) 1889-1895 Ottawa Herald. (Ottawa, Kan.) 1916-Current Ottawa Independent and Journal. (Ottawa, Kan.) 1902-1905 Ottawa Journal and Triumph. (Ottawa, Kan.) 1877-1897 Ottawa Journal. (Ottawa, Kan.) 1870-1877 Ottawa Journal. (Ottawa, Kan.) 1898-1902 Ottawa Leader. (Ottawa, Kan.) 1880-1881 Ottawa Leader. (Ottawa, Kan.) 1882-1883 Ottawa Lever. (Ottawa, Kan.) 1889-1893 Ottawa Republican and Weekly Times. (Ottawa, Kan.) 1898-1899 Ottawa Republican-Times. (Ottawa, Kan.) 1899-1902 Ottawa Republican. (Ottawa, Kan.) 1873-1898 Ottawa Tri-Weekly Times and Bulletin. (Ottawa, Kan.) 1895-1896 Ottawa Tribune and the Williamsburg Eagle. (Ottawa, Kan.) 1889-1890 Ottawa Tribune. (Ottawa, Kan.) 1889-1891 Ottawa Tribune. (Ottawa, Kan.) 1890-1893 Ottawa Weekly Herald. (Ottawa, Kan.) 1895-1915 Ottawa Weekly Republic. (Ottawa, Kan.) 1902-1906 Ottawa Weekly Times. (Ottawa, Kan.) 1896-1898 Ottawa World. (Ottawa, Kan.) 1917-1926 Queen City Herald. (Ottawa, Kan.) 1882-1889 R.R. Employes' Companion. (Ottawa, Kan.) 1888-1890 State Press. (Ottawa, Kan.) 1878-1879 Triumph. (Ottawa, Kan.) 1875-1877 Western Home Journal. (Ottawa, Kan.) 1865-1869 |
Ottawa Probate Records
Ottawa School Records
Tauy Talk 1931-1992 Ottawa University
The Boxer 1901-1901 Ottawa University
The Ivy Leaf 1902-1902 Ottawa University
The Le Loup News 1923-1923 Ottawa University
The Mahsinegun 1903-1903 Ottawa University
The Ottawa Bulletin 1869-1870 Ottawa University
The Ottawa Campus 1884-2011 Ottawa University
The Ottawan - 1921, Ottawa University (Kan.) Genealogy Gophers
The Ottawan - 1922, Ottawa University (Kan.) Genealogy Gophers
The Ottawan 1908-1943 Ottawa University
The Sagamore 1907-1907 Ottawa University
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