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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[edit | edit source]

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

Kansas Research Tips[edit | edit source]

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.

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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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 *[[How to Find Kansas Marriage Records|How to find Kansas Marriage Records]]
 *[[How to Find Kansas Death Records|How to find Kansas Death Records]]
+*[[GuidedResearch:Kansas|Guided Research]]
+*[[Step-by-Step Kansas Research, 1880-Present]]
+*[[Step-by-Step Kansas Research, 1850-1910]]
+*[[Kansas Descendancy Research]]
+*[[Kansas Research Tips and Strategies|Research Strategies]]
+*[[Kansas Record Finder|Kansas Record Finder]]
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 *'''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]].
-=== 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]].'''
-{| width="70%" border="1"
-|-
-| style="padding:10px"| '''1. What you are looking for:'''
-| style="padding:10px"| '''2. Try these records first:'''
-| style="padding:10px"|'''3. Other useful records'''
-|-
-| style="padding:10px"|
-Birth information
-| style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|
-*[[How to Find Kansas Birth Records|Birth records]]
-*[[How to Find Kansas Death Records|Death records]]
-*[[Kansas Obituaries|Obituaries]]
-*[[Kansas Church Records|Church records]]
-| style="padding:10px"|
-*[[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]]
-| style="padding:10px"|
-*[[Kansas Church Records|Church records]]
-*[[Kansas Probate Records|Probate records]]
-*[[Kansas Military Records|Military records]]
-|-
-| style="padding:10px"|Death information
-| style="padding:10px"|
-*[[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]]
-|-
-| 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]]
-|-
-| 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]]
-| style="padding:10px"|
-*[[Kansas Voting Records|Voting Records]]
-*[[Kansas Biography|Biography]]
-*[[Kansas Periodicals|Periodicals]]
-|-
-| style="padding:10px"|
-Physical description
-| style="padding:10px"|
-*[[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]]
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