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From: Bonnie M Bunce <>
Subject: It's Finished!
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1999 20:15:28 -0700


I know the subject of this message is a little off-topic, but I just had
to announce that the work is complete on the History of the State of
Kansas edited by Wm. G. Cutler and published in 1885. In May, 1995, I
helped to get started putting this 1,600-page book on the WWW because of
its inherent interest for anyone with Kansas roots, and also because it
has so many biographical sketches in it with records dating back
generations in some cases. Because the book had such tiny print, it was
concluded that scanning would not be practical, and the only way to get
it on the WWW would be to type and HTML encode it manually. I mailed out
xerox copies of the chapters to many, many volunteers and also helped to
transcribe and code with HTML many of the chapters in the book. Of
course, wouldn't you know that small sketches of my ancestors were in the
largest county chapter in the book, the one for Shawnee Co.!
Because Kansas was such a hotbed of political intrigue in the years
prior the Civil War many people came from New York and eastern states in
an effort to settle the state with more abolitionists than pro-slavery
people, so that it would enter the Union as a "free" state, that is with
slavery outlawed. The book is also really great reading for many little
incidents in the early life of Kansas, including stories of the
"bushwackers" and Indians.
There's a search engine in place on the site so you can search for links
to a particular surname, even if you might not know where in Kansas a
long-lost cousin, great-uncle or great-aunt settled. Is there a record
of someone in your family that "went West," considered a synonym in the
1800s for having died, because many people never saw their loved ones
again after they went West. You might find a record of this family
member at:

http://www.ukans.edu/carrie/kancoll/books/cutler/

Happy hunting!

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Bonnie Bunce
Aurora, CO
email:

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