Dickinson County -- What's New?
MARCH 2017
~ under "Vital Records": Manchester (aka Willowdale) Presbyterian Church Baptisms, 1881-1921
FEBRUARY 2017
~ under "Vital Records": 1887-1932 baptisms, Carlton Presbyterian Church
~ under "Directories": 1906 Herington City Directory
~ under "Photo Album": Enoch Eliason farm, Carlton, 1916 (photos and story)
JANUARY 2017
~ under "Directories": 1878 Farmers' Directory
~ under "Vital Records": 1914-1930 weddings, St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, Herington
NOVEMBER 2016
~ under "Obituaries": Obits and death notices, 1885 & 1886 Herington Tribune
APRIL 2015
~ under "Deaths": Abilene G.A.R. Post #63 Necrology, 1890-1939
~ under "Deaths": Funeral records, 1925-1939, St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, Herington
~ under "Births": Baptism records, 1913-1920, St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, Herington
FEBRUARY 2015
~ Under "Obituaries": Obituaries and death notices, 1920 Abilene Daily Chronicle
~ Under "Marriages"--1887 marriages, by groom
~ Under "History"--1887 Post offices and postmasters
~ Under "Directories"--1914 Chapman City directory
~ Under "Family Files"--Family reunion page added
JANUARY 2013
~ Under "Obituaries"--20 obits from the "Gospel Messenger" from 1891-1899
~ Under "History"--1886 Township Trustees
DECEMBER 2012
~ Under "Obituaries"--Dickinson County obits from the "Longford Leader" (a Clay County newspaper), 1914-1917
NOVEMBER 2012
~ Under "Obituaries"--Sept.-Dec., 1883 and Jan.-Dec., 1884 obits from the "Abilene Reflector"
~ Under "History"--"Around Newbern Township"; sketches of some Newbern Twp. farms and residents
~ Under "History"--1891 township officers
~ Under "Schools"--School reports, various years
~ Under "History"--1892 township officers
~ Under "History"--"Homes of the Husbandmen"; a review of some of the farms in northern Dickinson Co. in 1883.
~ Under "Obituaries"--Jan.-Mar., 1888 obits from the "Abilene Reflector"
APRIL 2012
~ Under "Census"--1940 index and census images for Cheever Twp.
~ Under "Directories"--1878 Gazetteer and Business Directory
~ Under "Obituaries"--added 45 obituaries, all from the 1885 Abilene Reflector
~ Under "Directories"--1887 Abilene Telephone Directory
~ Under "History"--1889 Dickinson County real estate transactions, May-Dec.
~ Under "History"--1885 Dickinson County Fair, list of winners and premiums
~ Under "Schools"--1884-1885 Abilene High School Student Roster
MARCH 2012
~ Under "History"--Cumberland (PA) Countians in Kansas; written by the editor of the Carlisle, PA American-Volunteer
~ Under "Directories"--1885 Abilene, Solomon City and Enterprise Business Directories
~ Under "History"--"Abilene, Past and Present," by M. Hofman
~ Under "Military"--1917 G.A.R. posts and rosters
~ Under "Schools"--1940 Enterprise Senior High School; photo and identifications
~ Under "Schools"--1932 Dickinson County High School; photo and list of graduates
~ Under "History"--George W. Freeman's account of a 1855 pioneer
FEBRUARY 2012
~ Updated Index Page--this site is now part of the "Kansas History and Heritage Project"
~ Under "Military"--1894 G.A.R. posts and member rosters.
~ Under "Schools"--1940 Enterprise High School Orchestra, all students identified
~ Under "Maps"--I chucked the old set of 1909 plat/landowner maps, and added a larger, brighter set.
~ Under "Maps"--added an 1887 county map.
~ Under "History"--1874-1875 letters from James Dunlop, Hayes Twp. resident, to his family in Canada. (These are actually not new, but I de-linked them at one time, and now are again accessible)
~ Under "Maps"--added 1921 plat maps of all townships.
~ Under "Schools"--1928 Herington High School Annual, the "Heringtonian"
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