Kansas, County Births - FamilySearch Historical Records

United States Kansas

What is in the Collection?
This collection includes birth records from 1885-1911, for a few county courthouses in Kansas. Counties include: The time period and record content vary by county.
 * Butler
 * Cherokee
 * Clay
 * Elk
 * Marion

What Can These Records Tell Me?
Birth records may contain:
 * The name of the child.
 * The birth date and birth place of the child.
 * The father's name and birth place.
 * The mother's maiden name and birth place.

How Do I Search the Collection?
To begin your search it is helpful to know at least one of the following:
 * The name of your ancestor.
 * The approximate date of birth.
 * Place where the birth occurred.
 * The names of the child's parents.

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What Do I Do Next?

 * Whenever possible, view the original records to verify the information and to find additional information that might not be reported. These pieces of information can lead you to additional records and family members.
 * In case you need to find this record again later, copy the citation below in the Citing This Collection section. It's always a good idea to keep your citation on a Research Log. This is an important tool to help keep track of what you have and have not found.  Family search wiki has a  Example Research Log that you can download and use.
 * Print or download a copy of the record, or extract the genealogical information needed.

I Found Who I was Looking for, What Now?

 * Use the information to find other records such as marriage, census, church, land and death records..
 * Use the occupations to find employment or military records.
 * Use the information to establish a migration pattern and find additional family members.
 * Repeat this process with additional family members found, to find more generations of the family.
 * Church Records often were kept years before government records were required and are a good source for finding ancestors before 1900.

I Can’t Find Who I’m Looking for, What Now?

 * Try viewing the original record to see if there were errors in the transcription of the name, age, residence, etc. Remember that there may be more than one person in the records with the same name.
 * Collect entries for every person who has the same surname. This list can help you identify possible relations that can be verified by records.
 * If you cannot locate your ancestor in the locality in which you believe they lived, then try searching records of a nearby locality in an area search.
 * Standard spelling of names typically did not exist during the periods our ancestors lived in. Try variations of your ancestor’s name while searching the index or browsing through images.
 * Remember that sometimes individuals went by nicknames or alternated between using first and middle names. Try searching for these names as well.
 * Search the indexes and records of Kansas, United States Genealogy.
 * Search in the Kansas Archives and Libraries.

Citing this Collection
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