Researching Your Kansas Ancestors
Kansas came into the nation in 1803, as part of the Louisiana Purchase.
It was an unorganized territory until 1854, organized as Kansas Territory until 1861, when it became a state.
Kansas counties didn't start keeping birth and death records until the mid 1880's and then only in some counties. Some cities have birth and death records, but only after 1910. State vital record keeping began in July 1911, when the state started recording births and deaths; in July 1913 marriage records were added.