Tip 3: Searching vital records
Some vital records are available online; others might be available through a governmental agency like the State Archives in Topeka, or only at a county or city location.
- Make a list of when and where vital records are available, more at kshs.org/11313
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Consider these types of public records:
- Birth records
- Deeds
- Marriage licenses
- Tax rolls
- Death records
- Wills
- Naturalization records
- Military
- Find some vital records at Familysearch.org
- Cemetery records may be available online, through a governmental agency, or only at a local sexton's office
- Visit Latter-Day-Saints resource centers in person
- Visit the Kansas Historical Society's State Archives in Topeka.
Tip 1: Gathering information
Tip 2: Searching Census
Tip 4: Newspapers
Tip 5: Were they really orphans?
Tip 6: Kansas Plat Atlas
