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==Online Resources==
== Available and Lost Census Schedules  ==
*'''1905''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-20814/1905-kansas-state-census?s=275764761 1905 Kansas State Census] at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
*'''1915''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-20813/1915-kansas-state-census?s=275764761 1915 Kansas State Census] at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
*'''1925''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-20812/1925-kansas-state-census?s=275764761 1925 Kansas State Census] at MyHeritage — index & images ($)


==Online Federal Censuses==
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===Population Schedules===
|+ '''KANSAS:&nbsp; Existing and Lost Federal Census Schedules'''<ref>William Thorndale and William Dollarhide, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16509993&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790-1920]'' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1987), 60-67, and William Dollarhide, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41640325&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results The Census Book: A Genealogist's Guide to Federal Census Facts, Schedules and Indexes]'' (Bountiful, Utah: HeritageQuest, 1999), 104, and ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=W7JYAAAAMAAJ&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;dq=A+Census+of+Pensioners+for+Revolutionary+or+Military+Services&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;source=bl&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;ots=W0WZrdm6i0&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;sig=jYVSDAIoCz3Nsa0f8tBvJhDM6Eg&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;ei=B7rHSf2JJ8bgnQfKhPHnDQ&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;oi=book_result&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;resnum=5&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;ct=result A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: with Their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshals of the Several Judicial Districts, under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census]'' (Washington, D.C.: Blair and Rives, 1841), 49-61. Digitized by Google Book in 2008.</ref>
Starting in 1790, federal population schedules were taken every 10 years in the United States. [[United States Census|'''Click here for more information''']] about federal census records. <br><br>
Kansas became the thirty-fourth state admitted to the United States on January 29, 1861. It will only appear in federal censuses from 1860 onwards.  
======United States Federal Censuses with Online Links======
{| class="wikitable" width= "70%" style="display: inline-table;"
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!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:16%"|[[United States Census 1850|1850]]
| align="center" width="90" bgcolor="#ffcc99" | &nbsp;
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:16%"|[[United States Census 1860|1860]]
| align="center" bgcolor="#ffcc99" | '''Population Schedules'''
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:16%"|[[United States Census 1870|1870]]
| align="center" bgcolor="#ffcc99" | '''Vets'''
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:16%"|[[United States Census 1880|1880]]
| align="center" bgcolor="#ffcc99" | '''Slave'''
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:16%"|[[United States Census 1890|1890]]
| align="center" bgcolor="#ffcc99" | '''Mortal'''
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:16%"|[[United States Census 1900|1900]]
| align="center" bgcolor="#ffcc99" | '''Agricu'''
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| align="center" bgcolor="#ffcc99" | '''Indust'''
|Kansas not enumerated.
| align="center" bgcolor="#ffcc99" | '''Defect'''
|{{RecordSearch|1473181|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7667/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1438024|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7163/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1417683|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6742/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1610551|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5445/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1325221|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7602/ Ancestry.com]
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!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:16%"|[[United States Census 1910|1910]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:16%"|[[United States Census 1920|1920]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:16%"|[[United States Census 1930|1930]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:16%"|[[United States Census 1940|1940]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:16%"|[[United States Census 1950|1950]]
!style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:16%"|[[United States Census 1960|1960]]
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'''1855, 1856, 1857, 1858, and'''


|{{RecordSearch|1727033|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7884/ Ancestry.com]
'''1859' '''''Territorial Censuses'''
|{{RecordSearch|1488411|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6061/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|1810731|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6224/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|2000219|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2442/ Ancestry.com]
|{{RecordSearch|4464515|FamilySearch}}<br> [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62308/ Ancestry.com]<br> [https://1950census.archives.gov/search/ NARA] 
|Release Date <br> April 1, 2032
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===Non-Population Schedules for Kansas===
| &nbsp;  
Federal non-population schedules included such things mortality schedules, agriculture schedules, slave schedules, and manufacturing schedules.
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|1880
|Defective
| at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1634/ Ancestry]
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|1880
|Mortality
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry]
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|1880
| bgcolor="#ffff99" | '''1860''' Jun 1
|Manufacturing
| bgcolor="#ffff99" | Exist for all counties.
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry]
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| bgcolor="#ffff99" | &nbsp;
| bgcolor="#ffff99" | Exist
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|1880
| '''1870''' Jun 1
|Agriculture
| Exist for all counties.
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry]
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| Exist
| Exist
| Exist
| &nbsp;
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|1870
| bgcolor="#ffff99" | '''1880''' Jun 1
|Social Statistics
| bgcolor="#ffff99" | Exist for all counties.
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry]
| bgcolor="#ffff99" | &nbsp;
| bgcolor="#ffff99" | &nbsp;
| bgcolor="#ffff99" | Exist
| bgcolor="#ffff99" | Exist
| bgcolor="#ffff99" | Exist
| bgcolor="#ffff99" | Exist
|-
|-
|1870
| '''1890''' Jun 2
|Mortality
| Lost&nbsp;
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry]
| &nbsp; &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
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|1870
| bgcolor="#ffff99" | '''1900''' Jun 1
|Agriculture
| bgcolor="#ffff99" | Exist for all counties.
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry]
| bgcolor="#ffff99" | &nbsp;
| bgcolor="#ffff99" | &nbsp;
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| bgcolor="#ffff99" | &nbsp;
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| bgcolor="#ffff99" | &nbsp;
|-
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|1860
| '''1910''' Apr 15
|Social Statistics
| Exist for all counties.
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry]
| &nbsp;
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|1860
| bgcolor="#ffff99" | '''1920''' Jan 1
|Mortality
| bgcolor="#ffff99" | Exist for all counties.
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3530/ Ancestry]
| bgcolor="#ffff99" | &nbsp;
| bgcolor="#ffff99" | &nbsp;
| bgcolor="#ffff99" | &nbsp;
| bgcolor="#ffff99" | &nbsp;
| bgcolor="#ffff99" | &nbsp;
| bgcolor="#ffff99" | &nbsp;
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|1860
| '''1930''' Apr 1
|Industry
| Exist for all counties.
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry]
| &nbsp;
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| &nbsp;
|1860
| &nbsp;
|Agriculture
| &nbsp;
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/ Ancestry]
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| bgcolor="#ffff99" | '''1940'''
| bgcolor="#ffff99" | Public release coming in 2012
| bgcolor="#ffff99" | &nbsp;
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===Existing and Lost Censuses===
<br>
*[[Kansas Censuses Existing and Lost|List of existing and lost federal censuses for Kansas]]
 
== Availability  ==
 
'''United States Censuses 1860-1920'''—Free Internet census indexes and images to the [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1473181;p=collectionDetails;t=searchable 1860], [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1438024;p=collectionDetails;t=searchable 1870], [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1417683;p=collectionDetails;t=searchable 1880 (index only)], [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1325221 1900], and [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1488411 1920 (partial index only)] can be viewed on the FamilySearch Record Search. These indexes show every name listed on the census, and except for 1880 and 1920, are also linked to census images including information about each person’s residence, age, birthplace, occupation, other family members, and neighbors.
 
'''1860-1930--'''The Family History Library has the federal censuses for the state of Kansas.
 
'''1879--'''On the Lineage website there is an [http://www.lineages.com/InfoCenter/Databases/KSSettlers.cfm Index to Kansas Settlers living in 1879]. Many of the records give birth date and place.
 
'''1890--'''Census was destroyed.
 
== Historical Background  ==
 
'''1803--'''The United States acquired Kansas from France as part of the Louisiana Purchase.
 
'''1804-1820--'''United States government expeditions explored the Kansas region.
 
'''1821--'''The Santa Fe Trail across Kansas was opened.&nbsp; It served as a wagon road from Missouri to the Southwest until 1880, when the railroad was completed.
 
'''1827-1853--'''The United State Army built forts and roads in Kansas for frontier defence and to protect trade along the Santa Fe Trail.
 
'''1830-1854--'''Kansas was part of Indiana Territory, where 20 tribes from the east were relocated. The Indian Territory was closed to white settlement.
 
'''1854--'''The Kansas-Nebraska Act created two territories extending from the Missouri border westward to the tops of the Rocky Mountains and opened the area to white settlement.
 
'''1861--'''Kansas, with its present boundaries was admitted to the Union.
 
== Indexes  ==


==Online State and Territorial Censuses==
'''United States Census Indexes 1860-1920'''—Free Internet census indexes to the [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1473181;p=collectionDetails;t=searchable 1860], [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1438024;p=collectionDetails;t=searchable 1870], [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1417683;p=collectionDetails;t=searchable 1880], [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1325221 1900], and [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=collectionDetails;t=searchable;c=1488411 1920 (partial index only)] can be viewed on the FamilySearch Record Search.
State censuses are census records that were taken at the state-level rather than at the federal. Often, but not always, a state took their census in ten year increments 5 years from when the Federal Census was taken, such as 1885. State censuses can even serve as substitutes for missing federal censuses. For more information on state censuses, visit [https://www.census.gov/history/www/genealogy/other_resources/state_censuses.html United States Census Bureau].<br><br>
 
Territorial censuses were taken by the federal government to count the population in federal territories. The government needed to count the population in the territory to see if it could qualify for statehood. For more information on territorial censuses, visit the [[United States Census Territorial|US Territorial Census page]].<br><br>
'''1880, 1900-1920--&nbsp;'''A soundex (phonetic) index is available on microfilm.
{| class="wikitable" width= flexible="display: inline-table;"
 
|-
The Family History Library also has a street index for Kansas City (Family History Library fiche [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=232848&disp=Cross+index+to+selected+city+streets+and%20%20&columns=*,0,0 6331481]) for use with the 1910 census.
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;" | Year
 
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;" | Type of Census
== Special Census  ==
! style="background:#cccccc; scope:col; width:flexible;"| Links
 
|-
==== Mortality Schedules  ====
|1925
 
|State, all household members
'''1860-1880--'''Kansas has mortality schedules.&nbsp;
|at {{RecordSearch|2659395|FamilySearch}} - [[Kansas State Census, 1925 - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
 
at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1088/ Ancestry]
The schedules and indexes are available in book or microfilm format at the Family History Library and at the Kansas State Historical Society.
|-
 
|1915
[http://mortalityschedules.com/ Mortality Schedules 1850-1880]  
|State, all household members
 
|at {{RecordSearch|2640442|FamilySearch}} - [[Kansas State Census, 1915 - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
==== Voter Censuses  ====
at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1088/ Ancestry]
 
|-
'''1856, 1857, 1859--'''Censuses exist for some counties. The original records are at the Kansas State Historical Society. Many of these were printed in vols. 17-19 of ''Kansas Kin.''
|1905
 
|State, all household members
== Territorial&nbsp; and State Censuses  ==
|at {{RecordSearch|2659394|FamilySearch}} - [[Kansas State Census, 1905 - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
 
at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1088/ Ancestry]
'''1860--'''Federal census for the Territory of Kansas and parts of Colorado and an index.
|-
 
|1895
'''1855, 1865, 1875, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1925--'''Censuses taken by the territory and the state also exist.&nbsp; The 1855 census sometimes lists all the members of the family, but in some cases gives only the head of household and number of family members. The later censuses give information on the entire household and, after 1875, include the county or state of former residence. The Family History Library has the state censuses. All are available at the Kansas State Historical Society.
|State, all household members
 
|at {{RecordSearch|1825193|FamilySearch}} - [[Kansas, State Census, 1895 - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
&nbsp;In an effort to determine who in fact was an eligible voter in the 1854 &amp; 1855 elections, a comparison of poll lists was made to the 1855 Territory of Kansas Census. Information on the State of Kansas in 1855 and lists of individuals will be found on [http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/troubles.html#cen "Troubles in Kansas"] site.
at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1088/ Ancestry]<br>
 
at [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-20320/kansas-state-census-1895?s=275764761 MyHeritage]
&nbsp;
|-
 
|1885
== Web Sites  ==
|State, names of all household members
 
|at {{RecordSearch|1825188|FamilySearch}} - [[Kansas State Census, 1885 - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
[http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=allCollections;r=0 FamilySearch Record Search] has free census indexes and images for 1860, 1870, and 1900; but indexes only for 1880, and 1920.
at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1088/ Ancestry]
 
|-
Ancestry: [http://www.ancestry.com http://www.ancestry.com]  
|1875
 
|State, names of all household members
Heritage Quest Online:&nbsp; [http://www.heritagequestonline.com http://www.heritagequestonline.com]  
|at {{RecordSearch|1825178|FamilySearch}} - [[Kansas State Census, 1875 - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
 
at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1088/ Ancestry]
Census Online:&nbsp; [http://www.census-online.com/links/KS http://www.census-online.com/links/KS]  
|-
 
|1865
Genealogy Today: [http://dir.genealogytoday.com/usa/ks/census.html http://dir.genealogytoday.com/usa/ks/census.html]&nbsp;
|State, names of all household members
 
|at {{RecordSearch|1824715|FamilySearch}} - [[Kansas State Census, 1865 - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
Access Genealogy: [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/census/kansas.htm http://www.accessgenealogy.com/census/kansas.htm] &nbsp;
at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1088/ Ancestry]
 
|-
National Archives:http://www.archives.gov/ &nbsp;&nbsp;
|1859
|Territorial
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1088/ Ancestry]
|-
|1858
|Territorial (Johnson and Marshall Counties)
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1088/ Ancestry]
|-
|1857
|Territorial
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1088/ Ancestry]
|-
|1856
| Territorial (select counties)
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1088/ Ancestry]
|-
|1855
|Territorial
|at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1088/ Ancestry]
|-
|}


== Other Census Images ==
Kansas State Historical Society:http://www.kshs.org/  
*{{RecordSearch|2854369|Kansas, Gove County Enumeration Books and List of Residents, 1909-1950}} at FamilySearch - index & images - [[Kansas, Gove County Enumeration Books and List of Residents - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
*{{RecordSearch|3288444|Kansas, Grant County, Census Records, 1895-1982}} at Familysearch - index & images - [[Kansas, Grant County, Census Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2270/ Kansas, City and County Census Records, 1919-1961] at Ancestry - index & images ($)


==Why Use the Census?==
Mortality Schedules:&nbsp; [http://mortalityschedules.com/ http://mortalityschedules.com/]
State census records can be one of the easiest ways to locate where an ancestor's family lived and when they lived there. Information varies based on year and location, but information that may be included in a census can include:  
*Name of each person in the family at the time the census was taken
*Street or Avenue, or number Rural Free Delivery
*Sex
*Age
*Color
*Nativity
*Place of birth of this person
*Place of birth of Father of this person
*Place of birth of Mother of this person
*Period of Residence
*How long a resident of this State (years and months)
*How long a resident of this enumeration district (years and months)
*Regular occupation
*Military service


=== Sources and footnotes  ===
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{{reflist}}
== References  ==


{{USCensus}} {{Kansas|Kansas}}
''[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/RG/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G1&Aid=&Gid=&Lid=&Sid=&Did=&Juris1=&Event=&Year=&Gloss=&Sub=&Tab=&Entry=&Guide=Kansas.ASP Kansas Research Outline].'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001.


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United States  >  U.S. Census  >  Kansas  >  Kansas_Census

Available and Lost Census Schedules[edit | edit source]

KANSAS:  Existing and Lost Federal Census Schedules[1]
  Population Schedules Vets Slave Mortal Agricu Indust Defect

1855, 1856, 1857, 1858, and

'1859' Territorial Censuses

               
1860 Jun 1 Exist for all counties.     Exist Exist Exist  
1870 Jun 1 Exist for all counties.     Exist Exist Exist  
1880 Jun 1 Exist for all counties.     Exist Exist Exist Exist
1890 Jun 2 Lost               
1900 Jun 1 Exist for all counties.            
1910 Apr 15 Exist for all counties.            
1920 Jan 1 Exist for all counties.            
1930 Apr 1 Exist for all counties.            
1940 Public release coming in 2012            


Availability[edit | edit source]

United States Censuses 1860-1920—Free Internet census indexes and images to the 1860, 1870, 1880 (index only), 1900, and 1920 (partial index only) can be viewed on the FamilySearch Record Search. These indexes show every name listed on the census, and except for 1880 and 1920, are also linked to census images including information about each person’s residence, age, birthplace, occupation, other family members, and neighbors.

1860-1930--The Family History Library has the federal censuses for the state of Kansas.

1879--On the Lineage website there is an Index to Kansas Settlers living in 1879. Many of the records give birth date and place.

1890--Census was destroyed.

Historical Background[edit | edit source]

1803--The United States acquired Kansas from France as part of the Louisiana Purchase.

1804-1820--United States government expeditions explored the Kansas region.

1821--The Santa Fe Trail across Kansas was opened.  It served as a wagon road from Missouri to the Southwest until 1880, when the railroad was completed.

1827-1853--The United State Army built forts and roads in Kansas for frontier defence and to protect trade along the Santa Fe Trail.

1830-1854--Kansas was part of Indiana Territory, where 20 tribes from the east were relocated. The Indian Territory was closed to white settlement.

1854--The Kansas-Nebraska Act created two territories extending from the Missouri border westward to the tops of the Rocky Mountains and opened the area to white settlement.

1861--Kansas, with its present boundaries was admitted to the Union.

Indexes[edit | edit source]

United States Census Indexes 1860-1920—Free Internet census indexes to the 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, and 1920 (partial index only) can be viewed on the FamilySearch Record Search.

1880, 1900-1920-- A soundex (phonetic) index is available on microfilm.

The Family History Library also has a street index for Kansas City (Family History Library fiche 6331481) for use with the 1910 census.

Special Census[edit | edit source]

Mortality Schedules[edit | edit source]

1860-1880--Kansas has mortality schedules. 

The schedules and indexes are available in book or microfilm format at the Family History Library and at the Kansas State Historical Society.

Mortality Schedules 1850-1880

Voter Censuses[edit | edit source]

1856, 1857, 1859--Censuses exist for some counties. The original records are at the Kansas State Historical Society. Many of these were printed in vols. 17-19 of Kansas Kin.

Territorial  and State Censuses[edit | edit source]

1860--Federal census for the Territory of Kansas and parts of Colorado and an index.

1855, 1865, 1875, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1925--Censuses taken by the territory and the state also exist.  The 1855 census sometimes lists all the members of the family, but in some cases gives only the head of household and number of family members. The later censuses give information on the entire household and, after 1875, include the county or state of former residence. The Family History Library has the state censuses. All are available at the Kansas State Historical Society.

 In an effort to determine who in fact was an eligible voter in the 1854 & 1855 elections, a comparison of poll lists was made to the 1855 Territory of Kansas Census. Information on the State of Kansas in 1855 and lists of individuals will be found on "Troubles in Kansas" site.

 

Web Sites[edit | edit source]

FamilySearch Record Search has free census indexes and images for 1860, 1870, and 1900; but indexes only for 1880, and 1920.

Ancestry: http://www.ancestry.com

Heritage Quest Online:  http://www.heritagequestonline.com

Census Online:  http://www.census-online.com/links/KS

Genealogy Today: http://dir.genealogytoday.com/usa/ks/census.html 

Access Genealogy: http://www.accessgenealogy.com/census/kansas.htm  

National Archives:http://www.archives.gov/   

Kansas State Historical Society:http://www.kshs.org/

Mortality Schedules:  http://mortalityschedules.com/


References[edit | edit source]

Kansas Research Outline. Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001.

  1. ↑ William Thorndale and William Dollarhide, Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790-1920 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1987), 60-67, and William Dollarhide, The Census Book: A Genealogist's Guide to Federal Census Facts, Schedules and Indexes (Bountiful, Utah: HeritageQuest, 1999), 104, and A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: with Their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshals of the Several Judicial Districts, under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census (Washington, D.C.: Blair and Rives, 1841), 49-61. Digitized by Google Book in 2008.
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