Under a spreading walnut tree Three wagons stood side by side The horses grazing upon the grass While the women talked and sighed (From the trail diary of Carrie Sayre, 15 September 1885) Where did they come from and where did they go? This page is home to the KANSAS MIGRATIONS project and part of MIGRATIONS, an ongoing effort by volunteers to provide information on our ancestors' movements across the land and sea. This project is affiliated with the American Local History Network and with the USGenWeb Project. We welcome you to submit information on your ancestors for inclusion in this project. You may SUBMIT information for ANY location by clicking on the "submit migration information" button on any of the county pages. You may SEARCH for information specifically by Kansas county [by clicking on the links below], or by surname or other location by visiting the Migrations home page. Thanks for visiting KS Migrations. We hope you enjoy your stay! [Search ALL of Kansas] [Allen]  [Anderson]  [Atchison]  [Barber]  [Barton]  [Bourbon]  [Brown]  [Butler]  [Chase]  [Chautauqua]  [Cherokee]  [Cheyenne]  [Clark]  [Clay]  [Cloud]  [Coffey]  [Comanche]  [Cowley]  [Crawford]  [Decatur]  [Dickinson]  [Doniphan]  [Douglas]  [Edwards]  [Elk]  [Ellis]  [Ellsworth]  [Finney]  [Ford]  [Franklin]  [Geary]  [Gove]  [Graham]  [Grant]  [Gray]  [Greeley]  [Greenwood]  [Hamilton]  [Harper]  [Harvey]  [Haskell]  [Hodgeman]  [Jackson]  [Jefferson]  [Jewell]  [Johnson]  [Kearny]  [Kingman]  [Kiowa]  [Labette]  [Lane]  [Leavenworth]  [Lincoln]   [Linn]  [Logan]  [Lyon]  [Mcpherson]  [Marion]  [Marshall]  [Meade]  [Miami]  [Mitchell]  [Montgomery]  [Morris]  [Morton]  [Nemaha]  [Neosho]  [Ness]  [Norton]  [Osage]  [Osborne]  [Ottawa]  [Pawnee]  [Phillips]  [Pottawatomie]  [Pratt]  [Rawlins]  [Reno]  [Republic]  [Rice]  [Riley]  [Rooks]  [Rush]  [Russell]  [Saline]  [Scott]  [Sedgwick]  [Seward]  [Shawnee]  [Sheridan]  [Sherman]  [Smith]  [Stafford]  [Stanton]  [Stevens]  [Sumner]  [Thomas]  [Trego]  [Wabaunsee]  [Wallace]  [Washington]  [Wichita]  [Wilson]  [Woodson]  [Wyandotte]  INTERESTING LINKS TO SITES PERTAINING TO MIGRATION TO, FROM, AND THROUGH KANSAS: Most of these links have extensive links to more information on the various trails that passed through KS. Rather than repeat them all here, I'll leave you to many happy hours of making your own way through the trails of Kansas. The KSGenWeb Internet Genealogical Society, with links to all Kansas counties Kansas Americal Local History Network Kansas Historic Trails Pioneer Trails from U.S. Land Surveys The Interactive Santa Fe Trail The Overland Trail The Oregon-California Trails Association Kansas Historical Markers, A collection of roadside historical markers, a number of which mark migration trails Emigrant Graves on the Oregon and California Trails in Kansas Emigrant Graves and Cemeteries Books, letters, etc. at The Kansas Collection: Six Months in Kansas, by Hannah Anderson Ropes The Prairie Traveler, by Captain Randolph B. Marcy Went To Kansas, by Miriam Colt On the Trail, a collection of writings about several migration trails through Kansas Report of the Committee of the Kansas State Historical Society on the Santa Fe Trail Through Kansas (1911-1912) Tales and Trails of Wakarusa, by A.M. Harvey The Oregon Trail Through Pottowatomie County, by William E. Smith The Raynesford Papers, concerning the Butterfield Overland Despatch [Smoky Hill Trail] Santa Fe Trail maps: Eastern section, Central section, Western section

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