Genealogy & History

Discover the Civil War's legacy in the Greater Kansas City region.

Digitized documents from Kansas City's interwar period.

Non-circulating local history and genealogy resources of the Kansas City Public Library.

Weekly film trade publication between 1907 and 1928.

Historical documents on the transatlantic slave trade.

Historical fire insurance maps for towns in Missouri and Kansas.

Free digital books in the classics, history, and literature.

Primary source collections of the 19th century.

Maps and travel accounts of 19th century Europe.

Search census data, books, periodicals, Freedman's Bank records, and more.