A few new books in the library:
Category Archives: Library
New Books for June 2016
Just a few this month… Continue reading New Books for June 2016
New Books for May 2016
We scored several good local history books this month — come check them out! Continue reading New Books for May 2016
New Books March 2016
A grab bag of new books, journals, maps and vertical files:
Obituary Index Update
The Wichita Eagle/Beacon obituary index has been updated to include 2014 and 2015 — bringing us to a total of 626,564 indexed obituaries!
Many thanks to Bill Pennington, who keeps us up to date!
(We know that the tables don’t work well on some computers — it’s hard to find software that can handle tables this big on a budget this small. While Vince is working on a solution, we’ve decided this is better than nothing! Thanks for your patience…)
New Books for February 2016
Lots of new stuff in the library this month…and lots of interesting digital books from K-State, as well.
New Books January 2016
A very mixed lot of new books this month! There are several new Polk city directories from the 2000s. We also have Shirley Ortiz’ collection of research into the Bean family. The full list includes:
New Books for December 2015
Short month…short list
New Books for November 2015
A very mixed bunch! Thanks to the First United Methodist Church for thinking of us when faced with extra directories! And to Haroldena Plante’s family for giving us her extensive research files (see the catalog for a list of the major surnames she was researching.)
New Books for October 2015
Oops — looks like I forgot to share these! We got a donation with a lot of terrific Wichita and Kansas books