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== Historical Background == | == 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. 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 == | == Indexes == | ||
Revision as of 09:21, 29 July 2008
Additional Information may be found on the United States Census Portal page.
Availability[edit | edit source]
1870-1930--The Family History Library has the federal censuses for the state of Kansas.
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]
A soundex (phonetic) index is available on microfilm for part of the 1880 and all of the 1900, 1910, and 1920 censuses. The Family History Library also has a street index for Kansas City (FHL fiche 6331481) for use with the 1910 census. The Family History Library has a published statewide index for 1855 and county-wide indexes for other years. The State Historical Society has indexes to the 1855, 1860, and 1865 censuses, and to most of the 1875 census.
Voters censuses exist for 1856, 1857, and 1859 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 (see the "Periodicals" section of this outline).
Special Census[edit | edit source]
Mortality schedules exist for the 1860, 1870, and 1880 censuses. The schedules and indexes are available in book or microfilm format at the Family History Library and at the Kansas State Historical Society.
State Census[edit | edit source]
Territorial Censuses[edit | edit source]
The Family History Library has the 1860 federal census for the Territory of Kansas and parts of Colorado and an index.
Censuses taken by the territory and the state also exist for 1855, 1865, 1875, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, and 1925. 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 1855 to 1895 censuses on 305 microfilms. All are available at the Kansas State Historical Society.
Web Sites[edit | edit source]
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/
Bibligraphic Citations [edit | edit source]
Kansas Research Outline. Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001.