Welcome to Douglas County Where Your Journey Begins

Welcome to Kansas Trails' Douglas County. Our goal is helping you find your ancestors by placing data online for the Free use of all researchers.  We are proud to expand Kansas with Douglas County, providing our "experience" gained from years of researching our ancestors and website hosting.  We want to hear about you and the history of your ancestors from this beautiful State. We also need contributions of your data, history and stories to make this a great place to research.  Everything is helpful: Obituaries, Biographies, Photos and County History, to name a few.   As data becomes available, we will put it online.  Information for the County of Douglas will be posted as fast as we can find, type and/or receive it.  We welcome your feedback and comments, and of course, your data contributions.   You are welcome to browse the information here to gather the data needed in your research. Please remember that this data represents hours of painstaking research by the State Coordinator, County Host, Volunteers, and Contributors, who donate to this site. Show your respect for these efforts by not using it on other websites or publications without written permission of the host and/or Contributors nor claim as your own. If you wish to submit data of any type to this site, it will be graciously accepted and added to this site. Remember: Submitted data will always be YOURS. CONTROL of any submitted data is yours. At any time you can choose to remove it or keep it online - from any site - wherever on the web. your Temporary Douglas County host, Peggy Thompson EMAIL ME

This County is available for adoption! We're looking for people to put genealogical and historical data online for the free use of all researchers, visit our Volunteer Information page and then email Kim

Townships Clinton Eudora Grant Kanwaka Lecompton Marion Custer Palmyra Wakarusa Willow Springs   Cities Lawrence Eudora Baldwin City Lecompton

Organized in 1855, Douglas County was named for Stephen A. Douglas, famous orator and United States senator. It is the home of three universities: the University of Kansas, Baker University and Haskell Indian Nations University. Lawrence is the county seat; besides the cities listed at the left, the communities of Big Springs, Clearfield, Clinton, Globe, Grover, Hesper, Kanwaka, Lake View, Lone Star, Midland, Pleasant Grove, Sibleyville, Stull, Vinland and Worden lie within the boundaries of Douglas County.   Join Our Mailing Lists Genealogy Trails Mailing Lists This Month's Featured Data 1889 Business Directory, Lawrence Douglas County in Civil War  Biograhpies Site Last Updated July 18, 2008

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