The Wyandotte County Historical Museum has various archival research materials. If you want to research a topic within Wyandotte County, please complete a research request form to get started. You may also be able to locate valuable information, including cemetery records, in the indexes available below.
Need help getting started with research? Check out these finding aids.
The Museum holds the records for multiple non-active cemeteries in Wyandotte County. Many of these records are included in the finding aids below. To search these records, knowing the cemetery name, the deceased full name, and birth and/or death date is helpful. Numerous graves in these cemeteries are unmarked. If you are looking for a loved one's unmarked grave, looking at the index organized by section to find a marked grave nearby is useful. The plot maps provided are intended to help navigate the cemeteries. If you are unable to locate your ancestor in our records, please contact us at (913) 573-5002. If you are not sure what cemetery your ancestor was buried in, we recommend starting with Find a Grave.
Includes Elm Park, Griffin, Oak Grove, Old Quindaro, Pleasant Ridge-Douglas, Prairie Township, Saylor, Shawnee Township, Wyandotte National Burial Grounds:
Highland Park - (913) 371-0667 Memorial Park - (913) 321-5100 Maple Hill - (913) 262-6610 Chapel Hill - (913) 334-3366 Mt. Calvary - (913) 371-4040 Find a Grave
The museum has a range of research files categorized by topic. Listed below are a few of these indexes.
The museum has various resources available for genealogical research. Here are some indexes to help with your search.
Indexed Newspaper Announcements 1871-1964(PDF, 499KB)
Each of these finding aids is filtered by keyword. As a result, some searches may include more than one topic. Please complete a research request form to view any of these photographs or for more information. Please include the corresponding catalog numbers with your request. If you do not find what you are looking for in these finding aids, please complete a research request. We have many additional photographs in our archives.
Here are other great links to historical resources.
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