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      Kansas State Vital Records Office Information

        Office of Vital Statistics
        1000 S W Jackson, Suite 120
        Topeka, KS 66612
        (785) 296-3253
        Fax: (785) 357-4332

        Make check or money order payable to Kansas Vital Statistics. There is an additional $8.00 processing fee when you pay by Credit Card. For earlier records, write to County Clerk in county where event occurred.

        Note: Certified copies of vital records are released to the person named on the record, immediate family, a legal representative, or anyone who can prove a direct interest, such as a named beneficiary or someone who jointly owns property with the person whose record is requested. The record must be necessary for the determination of personal or property rights. Proof of legal representation, direct interest, or written authorization is required if the requestor is not named on the record or an immediate family member.

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        Birth$15.00since July 1911Order OnlineMail Order

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        Census1790 through 1940Search U.S. Federal Census Records Online


      Index to Kansas County Vital Records Offices

        Before statewide registration in July 1911, the county clerk was responsible for the recording of births and deaths. Most of the records don't begin until the mid 1880's.

        Marriages were recorded by the probate judge, and most of these records date from the county's inception date.

        Follow this link to determine what county a city or town is in.

          Allen .   Anderson .   Atchison .   Barber .   Barton .   Bourbon .   Brown .   Butler .   Chase .   Chautauqua .   Cherokee .   Cheyenne .   Clark .   Clay .   Cloud .   Coffey .   Comanche .   Cowley .   Crawford .   Decatur .   Dickinson .   Doniphan .   Douglas .   Edwards .   Elk .   Ellis .   Ellsworth .   Finney .   Ford .   Franklin .   Geary .   Gove .   Graham .   Grant .   Gray .   Greeley .   Greenwood .   Hamilton .   Harper .   Harvey .   Haskell .   Hodgeman .   Jackson .   Jefferson .   Jewell .   Johnson .   Kearney .   Kingman .   Kiowa .   Labette .   Lane .   Leavenworth .   Lincoln .   Linn .   Logan .   Lyon .   Marion .   Marshall .   McPherson .   Meade .   Miami .   Mitchell .   Montgomery .   Morris .   Morton .   Nemaha .   Neosho .   Ness .   Norton .   Osage .   Osborne .   Ottawa .   Pawnee .   Phillips .   Pottawatomie .   Pratt .   Rawlins .   Reno .   Republic .   Rice .   Riley .   Rooks .   Rush .   Russell .   Saline .   Scott .   Sedgwick .   Seward .   Shawnee .   Sheridan .   Sherman .   Smith .   Stafford .   Stanton .   Stevens .   Sumner .   Thomas .   Trego .   Wabaunsee .   Wallace .   Washington .   Wichita .   Wilson .   Woodson .   Wyandotte .  



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      Searchable Databases and other Helpful Links

      • Kansas USGenWeb Project
        genealogical gateway to the state and counties
      • Search Kansas Databases Online
        Search for birth, marriage, census, death, immigration, naturalization, military records and more at Ancestry
      • Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet - Kansas
        your genealogy starting point online
      • Archives.com - Search Kansas Death Records
      • Archives.com - Search Kansas Birth Records
      • USGenWeb - Kansas Marriage Project
        Marriage Applications and other Marriage Records
      • Kansas Genealogy and Family History Resources
        search record collections, history and genealogy resources for Kansas
      • Search the Social Security Death Index
      • Search for Kansas birth, death and marriage records online

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