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Purpose of Research Tips and Strategies Wiki Page
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.

Kansas Research Strategies

Below are links to different research strategy pages to help you locate your ancestors in Kansas

Kansas Research Tips

These tips will help you as you research your ancestors in Kansas.

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 to improve accuracy.
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. Search Kansas death records
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. Search U.S. Censuses.

Kansas Record Finder

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.

1. What you are looking for:	2. Try these records first:	3. Other useful records
Birth information	Birth records Death records Obituaries Church records	Cemeteries Naturalization and Citizenship (after 1906) Bible records Military records
Marriage information	Marriage records Obituaries Bible records	Church records Probate records Military records
Death information	Death Records Cemeteries Obituaries	Probate Records Church Records Bible Records
Parents	Birth records Death records Obituaries Census Church records	Biography Genealogy
Maiden name	Marriage Records Obituaries Probate records	Church Records Military Records
Immigration date	Emigration and Immigration Naturalization and Citizenship (after 1906) Census	Obituaries Biography History
Naturalization	Naturalization and Citizenship (after 1906) Census Court Records	Voting Records Biography Periodicals
Physical description	Military Records Naturalization and Citizenship (after 1906) (after 1906)	Biography History

Further Kansas Research

Remember, for a more complete Record Finder, covering additional research needs, see Kansas Record Finder.
For online record collections, go to Kansas Online Genealogy Records.
For more research on Kansas, including research at the county level, visit the Kansas page on the Research Wiki.
Search all of the Kansas record collections at FamilySearch.

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 === Kansas Research Strategies  ===
 Below are links to different research strategy pages to help you locate your ancestors in Kansas<br>
-:[[Kansas Online Genealogy Records|Kansas Online Genealogy Records]]
+*[[Kansas Online Genealogy Records|Kansas Online Genealogy Records]]
-:[[How to Find Kansas Birth Records|How to find Kansas Birth Records]]
+*[[How to Find Kansas Birth Records|How to find Kansas Birth Records]]
-:[[How to Find Kansas Marriage Records|How to find Kansas Marriage Records]]
+*[[How to Find Kansas Marriage Records|How to find Kansas Marriage Records]]
-:[[How to Find Kansas Death Records|How to find Kansas Death Records]]
+*[[How to Find Kansas Death Records|How to find Kansas Death Records]]
 === Kansas Research Tips  ===
-These tips will help you as your research your ancestors in Kansas.
+These tips will help you as you research your ancestors in Kansas.
-*'''Birth information:''' Birth records in Kansas start on the county level in 1905 - although not all counties complied with the law. The best substitute record for locating birth information is [[How to Find United States Death Records|death records]]&nbsp;(the majority of death records will list the date of birth of the decedent, and since death certificates are considered a primary resource, they can provide you with the same documentation as a birth certificate). Or, try these other [[Substitute Records For United States Birth Information|substitute records]].
+*'''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.
-*'''Finding Parents:''' The State of Kansas began recording deaths in 1905. They often will list the parents of the deceased and their birth information. [[How to Find United States Death Records|Search Kansas death records]]
+*'''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]]
 *'''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]].
-[[Category:Kansas]]
+=== Kansas Record Finder  ===
+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]].'''
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+Birth information
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+*[[How to Find Kansas Birth Records|Birth records]]
+*[[How to Find Kansas Death Records|Death records]]
+*[[Kansas Obituaries|Obituaries]]
+*[[Kansas Church Records|Church records]]
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+*[[Kansas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
+*[[Kansas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
+*[[Kansas Bible Records|Bible records]]
+*[[Kansas Military Records|Military records]]
+|-
+| style="padding:10px"|Marriage information
+| style="padding:10px"|
+*[[How to Find Kansas Marriage Records|Marriage records]]
+*[[Kansas Obituaries|Obituaries]]
+*[[Kansas Bible Records|Bible records]]
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+*[[Kansas Church Records|Church records]]
+*[[Kansas Probate Records|Probate records]]
+*[[Kansas Military Records|Military records]]
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+| style="padding:10px"|Death information
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+*[[How to Find Kansas Death Records|Death Records]]
+*[[Kansas Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
+*[[Kansas Obituaries|Obituaries]]
+| style="padding:10px"|
+*[[Kansas Probate Records|Probate Records]]
+*[[Kansas Church Records|Church Records]]
+*[[Kansas Bible Records|Bible Records]]
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+| style="padding:10px"|Parents
+| style="padding:10px"|
+*[[How to Find Kansas Birth Records|Birth records]]
+*[[How to Find Kansas Death Records|Death records]]
+*[[Kansas Obituaries|Obituaries]]
+*[[Kansas Census|Census]]
+*[[Kansas Church Records|Church records]]
+| style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|
+*[[Kansas Biography|Biography]]
+*[[Kansas, United States Genealogy|Genealogy]]
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+| style="padding:10px"|
+Maiden name
+| style="padding:10px"|
+*[[How to Find Kansas Marriage Records|Marriage Records]]
+*[[Kansas Obituaries|Obituaries]]
+*[[Kansas Probate Records|Probate records]]
+| style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|
+*[[Kansas Church Records|Church Records]]
+*[[Kansas Military Records|Military Records]]
+|-
+| style="padding:10px"|
+Immigration date
+| style="padding:10px"|
+*[[Kansas Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[Kansas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
+*[[Kansas Census|Census]]
+| style="padding:10px"|
+*[[Kansas Obituaries|Obituaries]]
+*[[Kansas Biography|Biography]]
+*[[Kansas History|History]]
+|-
+| style="padding:10px"|
+Naturalization
+| style="padding:10px"|
+*[[Kansas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
+*[[Kansas Census|Census]]
+*[[Kansas Court Records|Court Records]]
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+*[[Kansas Voting Records|Voting Records]]
+*[[Kansas Biography|Biography]]
+*[[Kansas Periodicals|Periodicals]]
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+Physical description
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+*[[Kansas Military Records|Military Records]]
+*[[Kansas Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906) (after 1906)
+| style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|
+*[[Kansas Biography|Biography]]
+*[[Kansas History|History]]
+|}
+=== Further Kansas Research  ===
+*'''Remember, for a more complete Record Finder, covering additional research needs, see [[Kansas Record Finder]].'''
+*For online record collections, go to [[Kansas Online Genealogy Records|'''Kansas Online Genealogy Records.''']]
+*For more research on Kansas, including research at the county level, visit the [[Kansas, United States Genealogy|'''Kansas''']] page on the Research Wiki.
+*Search all of the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/location/35?region=United%20States%20of%20America Kansas record collections] at FamilySearch.<br>
+[[Category:Kansas Research Strategies]]
+[[Category:United States Research Strategies]]
+[[Category:Research Tips and Strategies]]