Kansas Bible Records

Online Resources and Website
Listed below are resources for Bible records specific to Kansas. To find more resources, go to the United States Bible Records page.

Databases

 * Kansas, U.S., Vital Record Abstracts, 1854-2009 at Ancestry ($); includes bible records.
 * The Family Bible Index - Kansas at Yancey Family Genealogy

Transcriptions, Indexes, and Images

 * Aikin/Aikins Family Bible at KS Genealogy; transcriptions and images.
 * Daughters of the American Revolution (Kansas); Bible & Other Family Records at FamilySearch Catalog; Scroll down to Film/Digital Notes, then select the camera icon on the right to view images.
 * Daughters of the American Revolution, Betty Bonney Chapter (Arkansas City, Kansas); Bible and Family Records at FamilySearch Catalog; Scroll down to Film/Digital Notes, then select the camera icon on the right to view images.
 * Daughters of the American Revolution, Martha Loving Ferrell Chapter (Kansas); Bible Records at FamilySearch Catalog; Scroll down to Film/Digital Notes, then select the camera icon on the right to view images.
 * Daughters of the American Revolution, Fort Supply Trail Chapter (Ashland, Kansas); Bible Records at FamilySearch Catalog; Scroll down to Film/Digital Notes, then select the camera icon on the right to view images.
 * Daughters of the American Revolution, Eunice Sterling Chapter (Wichita, Kansas); Bible Records & Miscellanea at FamilySearch Catalog; Scroll down to Film/Digital Notes, then select the camera icon on the right to view images.
 * Daughters of the American Revolution (Kansas); Bible Records & Miscellaneous Family Records at FamilySearch Catalog; Scroll down to Film/Digital Notes, then select the camera icon on the right to view images.
 * Daughters of the American Revolution, Susannah French Putney Chapter (El Dorado, Kansas); Bible Records of Butler Co., Kansas at FamilySearch Catalog; Scroll down to Film/Digital Notes, then select the camera icon on the right to view images.
 * Daughters of the American Revolution (Kansas) and various other D.A.R. chapters in Kansas; Bible Records of Kansas at FamilySearch Catalog; Scroll down to Film/Digital Notes, then select the camera icon on the right to view images.
 * Daughters of the American Revolution, Susannah French Putney Chapter (El Dorado, Kansas); Bible Records, including some early marriages, Atchison, Kansas Territory: in two parts at FamilySearch Catalog; Scroll down to Film/Digital Notes, then select the camera icon on the right to view images.
 * Daughters of the American Revolution (Kansas); Bible, Family and Cemetery Records, Kansas at FamilySearch Catalog; Scroll down to Film/Digital Notes, then select the camera icon on the right to view images.
 * Daughters of the American Revolution (Kansas); Cemetery & Bible Records at FamilySearch Catalog; Scroll down to Film/Digital Notes, then select the camera icon on the right to view images.
 * Greenwood County Bible Records at USGenWeb Archives, transcriptions
 * Sumner County Bible Records at Kansas Genealogy Trails; transcriptions

Other places to look for Bible Record Collections

 * Family records: Check home sources by reaching out to older members of the family asking if they know of any Family Bibles and who might have it in their possession.
 * FamilySearch Catalog: Using the keyword search, type in the surname you are looking for and the word "Bible."
 * Card Catalog at Ancestry ($)
 * Periodical Source Index (PERSI): Many periodicals publish family data from Bible records. Periodical Source Index (PERSI) is an index to many of these periodicals. Learn how to use Periodical Source Index (PERSI).

Why Search for Family Bibles
Many families have traditionally recorded births, marriages, and deaths in a family bible, family record book, or book of remembrance. A bible was often given by relatives to a bride as a wedding gift, where she recorded information about her immediate family and close relatives. Relationships were seldom stated but were often implied. Names of parents, children, and their spouses, including maiden names, were frequently given along with dates of birth, marriage, and death. Sometimes the age of a person was given at the time of death. Many families kept bible records from the 1700s (and sometimes earlier) to more recent times, although few have survived. Family bibles that are no longer in the possession of the family may be at a historical or genealogical society. They are sometimes transcribed and published in genealogical periodicals or other databases

Bible records can be used as a substitute in providing birth, marriage, and date information when vital record information was not recorded.