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| <center>''The Kansas Research Tips and Strategies page consists of links to specific research strategies for Kansas. It also contains general tips and other resources for finding your ancestors in this locality.''</center><br> | | <center>''The Kansas Research Tips and Strategies page consists of links to specific research strategies for Kansas. It also contains general tips and other resources for finding your ancestors in this locality.''</center><br> |
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| === Kansas Research Strategies ===
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| Below are links to different research strategy pages to help you locate your ancestors in Kansas<br>
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| *[[Kansas Online Genealogy Records|Kansas Online Genealogy Records]]
| | == Kansas Research Strategies == |
| *[[How to Find Kansas Birth Records|How to find Kansas Birth Records]]
| | Below are links to different research strategy pages to help you locate your ancestors in Kansas:<br> |
| *[[How to Find Kansas Marriage Records|How to find Kansas Marriage Records]]
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| *[[How to Find Kansas Death Records|How to find Kansas Death Records]] | | ===Finding Kansas Birth, Marriage or Death Records=== |
| | *[[GuidedResearch:Kansas|Finding Kansas Births, Marriages, and Deaths using Guided Research]] |
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| === Kansas Research Tips === | | ===Finding Kansas Records=== |
| | *[[Kansas Record Finder|Kansas Record Finder]] |
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| These tips will help you as you research your ancestors in Kansas.
| | ===Kansas Statewide Databases=== |
| | *[[Kansas Online Genealogy Records]] |
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| *'''Birth information:''' Statewide registration of births began in 1911. A helpful substitute record to find birth information is a death record. However, date and place of birth on a death record is considered secondary information, as it was not recorded at the time of the birth event. The birth information should be corroborated with other [[Substitute Records For United States Birth Information|substitute records]] to improve accuracy. | | ===Kansas Research Process=== |
| *'''Finding Parents:''' The State of Kansas started keeping official records of deaths on July 1, 1911. They often will list the parents of the deceased and their birth information. [[How to Find United States Death Records|Search Kansas death records]] | | *[[Step-by-Step Kansas Research, 1880-Present]] |
| *'''Look in all censuses:''' Always look for your ancestor in every possible census. There are clues regarding immigration, naturalization, and occupation that can lead to other records. Sometimes parents can be found living with their children later in life. [[United States Census Online|Search U.S. Censuses]]. | | *[[Step-by-Step Kansas Research, 1850-1910]] |
| | *[[Kansas Descendancy Research]] |
| | *[[How to Find Kansas Birth Records|How to Find Birth Records]] |
| | *[[How to Find Kansas Marriage Records|How to Find Marriage Records]] |
| | *[[How to Find Kansas Death Records|How to Find Death Records]] |
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| === Kansas Record Finder ===
| | == Kansas Research Tips == |
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| This brief Record Finder is designed to help you determine the best record to search for the type of information you are looking for. It is most helpful for post-1850 research. '''For a more complete Record Finder, covering additional research needs, see [[Kansas Record Finder]].'''
| | These tips will help you as you research your ancestors in Kansas:<br> |
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| | '''Birth and Death information:'''<br> |
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| | *'''''Statewide registration:''''' The state began registering births and deaths in 1911, with general compliance by 1917. |
| | *'''''Local regististration:''''' Some cities and counties recorded birth and death records as early as 1885, although registration was inconsistent. |
| | *'''''Access to records:''''' See [[Kansas Vital Records]] for more information about birth, marriages, and deaths in Kansas. |
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| | '''Substitute Records:''' |
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| | *'''''Secondary source:''''' Substitute records are used when primary sources do not exist for an event, such as birth, marriage, and deaths. Secondary sources list information about the event but they were not recorded at the time of the event and they are not an official record of the event. |
| | *'''''Accuracy:''''' Because the information about an event in substitute records was not the official recording of the event (such as, cemetery or obituary records) inaccuracy may occur. Use other substitute records to help varify information. |
| | *'''''List of substitute records:''''' See [[Kansas Substitute Records|Kansas Substitute Records]] for more information. |
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| | '''Finding Parents:''' |
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| | *'''''Death records:''''' Death records created by the state starting in 1919 required information on parents of the deceased. Information was not always provided and the accuracy of the information was limited by the grieving relatives' memory. |
| | *'''''Obituaries:''''' Official obituaries can also include the names of parents and other family members. See [[Kansas Newspapers]] and [[Kansas Obituaries]] for more information. |
| | *'''''Church records:''''' Knowing the denomination of the church the family belonged to helps in locating information about the parents. See [[Kansas Church Records]] for more information. |
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| | '''Census Records:''' |
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| | *'''''Check all census years:''''' Always look for your ancestor in every possible census to learn more about them and their family members. See [[Kansas Census|Kansas Census Records]] for more information. |
| | *'''''Clues to other records:''''' There are clues in censuses regarding immigration, naturalization, and occupation that can lead to other records. |
| | *'''''Finding families:''''' Starting in 1850, all members of the household were listed in the census. By 1880, relationship to the head of household was added. |
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| | ==Further Kansas Research== |
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| | *[http://files.lib.byu.edu/family-history-library/research-outlines/US/Kansas.pdf Kansas Family History LibraryResearch Outline] |
| | style="padding:10px"| '''1. What you are looking for:'''
| | *[http://www.usgwarchives.net/ks/ksfiles.htm KSGenWeb] - Kansas GenWeb Project |
| | style="padding:10px"| '''2. Try these records first:'''
| | *[http://genealogytrails.com/kan/ Kansas Genealogy Trails] – Collection of transcribed data for the state of Kansas |
| | style="padding:10px"|'''3. Other useful records'''
| | *[http://www.cyndislist.com/us/ks/ Cyndi's List] – Kansas genealogy websites |
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| | *[http://www.raogk.org/kansas-genealogy/ Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness] – State of Kansas Records Guide |
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| Birth information
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| *[[How to Find Kansas Birth Records|Birth records]]
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| *[[How to Find Kansas Death Records|Death records]]
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| *[[Kansas Obituaries|Obituaries]]
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| *[[Kansas Church Records|Church records]]
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| *[[Kansas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
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| *[[Kansas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
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| *[[Kansas Bible Records|Bible records]]
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| *[[Kansas Military Records|Military records]]
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| *[[How to Find Kansas Marriage Records|Marriage records]]
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| *[[Kansas Obituaries|Obituaries]]
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| *[[Kansas Bible Records|Bible records]] | |
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| *[[Kansas Church Records|Church records]]
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| *[[Kansas Probate Records|Probate records]]
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| *[[Kansas Military Records|Military records]]
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| *[[How to Find Kansas Death Records|Death Records]]
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| *[[Kansas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
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| *[[Kansas Obituaries|Obituaries]]
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| *[[Kansas Probate Records|Probate Records]] | |
| *[[Kansas Church Records|Church Records]]
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| *[[Kansas Bible Records|Bible Records]]
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| *[[How to Find Kansas Birth Records|Birth records]]
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| *[[How to Find Kansas Death Records|Death records]]
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| *[[Kansas Obituaries|Obituaries]]
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| *[[Kansas Census|Census]]
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| *[[Kansas Church Records|Church records]]
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| *[[Kansas Biography|Biography]]
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| *[[Kansas, United States Genealogy|Genealogy]]
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| *[[How to Find Kansas Marriage Records|Marriage Records]]
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| *[[Kansas Obituaries|Obituaries]] | |
| *[[Kansas Probate Records|Probate records]]
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| *[[Kansas Church Records|Church Records]]
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| *[[Kansas Military Records|Military Records]]
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| *[[Kansas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
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| *[[Kansas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
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| *[[Kansas Obituaries|Obituaries]]
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| *[[Kansas Biography|Biography]]
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| *[[Kansas History|History]]
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| Naturalization
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| *[[Kansas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
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| *[[Kansas Census|Census]]
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| *[[Kansas Court Records|Court Records]]
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| *[[Kansas Voting Records|Voting Records]]
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| *[[Kansas Biography|Biography]]
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| *[[Kansas Periodicals|Periodicals]]
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| *[[Kansas Military Records|Military Records]]
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| *[[Kansas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]] (after 1906)
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| *[[Kansas Biography|Biography]]
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| *[[Kansas History|History]]
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| === Further Kansas Research ===
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| *'''Remember, for a more complete Record Finder, covering additional research needs, see [[Kansas Record Finder]].'''
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| *For online record collections, go to [[Kansas Online Genealogy Records|'''Kansas Online Genealogy Records.''']]
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| *For more research on Kansas, including research at the county level, visit the [[Kansas, United States Genealogy|'''Kansas''']] page on the Research Wiki.
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| *Search all of the [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/location/35?region=United%20States%20of%20America Kansas record collections] at FamilySearch.<br>
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| [[Category:Kansas Research Strategies]] | | [[Category:Kansas Research Strategies]] |
| [[Category:United States Research Strategies]] | | [[Category:United States Research Strategies]] |
| [[Category:Research Tips and Strategies]] | | [[Category:Research Tips and Strategies]] |
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