Family Heritage - President Obama's Kansas Heritage

Family Heritage

President Obama: From Kansas to the Capital
Excellent 4-part series of reports from Susan Peters, KAKE-TV, ABC News. Originally aired Jan 19-22, 2009. Transcript available. Each link opens in new window.

Resources

Obama's Interactive Family Tree http://www.suntimes.com/images/cds/special/family_tree.html

Create your own family tree

Geni http://www.geni.com/
HeritageQuest Online http://www.eogen.com/HeritageQuestOnline (includes links to libraries with free access by state)
- Free access for KS residents – Apply for a free Kansas Library Card http://www.kslc.org/faq.jsp
- Not from KS, check Free Access to HeritageQuest by State http://genealogy.about.com/b/2005/12/09/free-access-to-heritagequest-online.htm)

Obama Through the Years – ABC News Nightline photo gallery http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/Politics/popup?id=4223496

Wikipedia Articles

Barack Obama http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama
Stanley Ann Dunham http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Dunham
Barack Hussein Obama, Sr. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama,_Sr.
Stanley Armour Dunham http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Armour_Dunham
Madelyn Lee Payne Dunham http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madelyn_Dunham

Oral Histories

The oral history library includes interviews with subjects who knew the Obama family, as well as those with a rich history of Butler County and South Central Kansas, and the culture and times when many of the Obama family were living in Kansas.

Have a story to share? We're expanding the oral histories library and currently accepting requests to be videotaped.

Virtual Museum

Started as a showcase of the Butler County History Center's collection developed by the museum's curator of education, Lisa Cooley, the virtual museum now includes photo contributions from the community at large.

Have some photos to share? We're interested in growing our collection.