Kansas Substitute Birth, Marriage, and Death Records online

Kansas substitute birth, marriage, and death records online lists alternate places to look for BMDs including family bibles, census records, cemetery records, funeral home records, obituaries, probate records, military records, naturalization and citizenship records, and more.

**If you haven’t been able to find an ancestor in Kansas Birth, Marriage, and Death Records online, these are some great substitute birth, marriage, and death record options.**

Family Bibles	Family bibles often include a front page where family names, birth dates, and birth places are recorded
Census Records	US Census records from 1850 forward contain the age and state or country of birth for each member of a household Some census records give the month and year of birth Some census records give the relationship to the head of the household
Cemetery Records	Cemetery headstones usually give the birth and death year and sometimes the complete birth and death dates Some tombstones include the country of birth
Funeral Home Records	Funeral home records may contain copies of obituaries or notes, records about the date of death, details about the grave location, information about the funeral service, and information about surviving family, residences, and more
Obituaries	Obituaries usually include the birth date and place, marriage date, death date and place, and biographical information for the deceased as well as family names
Probate Records	Probate records may include the date of death, last will and testament listing family relations, an inventory of possessions, deeds, and more
Military Records	Military records may include the birth date and place Pension records may include the birth date and place Military records may include a physical description of the person and names of a parent
Naturalization & Citizenship Records	These may include the birth date and place Name changes and aliases Residence prior to arrival, residence after arrival, and much more

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County level Kansas substitute birth, marriage, and death collections online

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Anderson County – Newspapers – Garnett Public Library Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Brown County – Newspapers – Morrill Public Library Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Chase County – Newspapers – Chase County Historical Museum Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Cherokee County – Guardianship – Probate Court Proceedings, 1872-1918, at FS

Coffey County – Guardianship – Probate Packets, 1857-1920 ; Index to Probate Packets, 1857-1986, at FS

Coffey County – Newspapers – Coffey County Library Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Doniphan County – Newspapers – Norwegian Immigrants and Their Ancestors, Doniphan County, Kansas, at FS

Franklin County – Guardianship – Probate Packets and Index, 1859-1917, at FS

Geary County – Newspapers – The Community History Archive of the Dorothy Bramlage Public Library, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Gove County – Newspapers – Grinnell-Angelus Heritage Center Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Greenwood County – Guardianship – Petition to Sell Real Estate for Minors and Guardians,1898-1927, Greenwood County, Kansas, at FS

Jefferson County – Poorhouses, Poor Law, Etc. – Poorhouse Record, 1885-1938, at FS

Johnson County – Guardianship – Probate Court Records, 1857-1927, at FS

Johnson County – Minorities – Old Shawnee Mission, 1839-1939, at FS

Johnson County – Native Races – Abstracts of Shawnee Indian Lands in Johnson County, Kansas, 1860-1874, at FS

Johnson County – Poorhouses, Poor Law, Etc. – Poor House (later a Nursing Home) Records, 1885-1944, at FS

Leavenworth County – Newspapers – Index To: March 6, 1932, 75th Anniversary Edition of the Leavenworth Times, at FS

Leavenworth County – Occupations – General Conveyances, Ca. 1854-1934, at FS

Logan County – Newspapers – Oakley Public Library Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Lyon County – Newspapers – An Index to the Northern Lyon County Journal : Allen, Kansas, at FS

Lyon County – Newspapers – Lyon County Library Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Marion County – Newspapers – Peabody Township Library Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Marshall County – Guardianship – Court Dockets, 1887-1898, at FS

Marshall County – Guardianship – Guardian’s Index and Estate of Minor Heirs, 1862-1886, at FS

Marshall County – Guardianship – Guardian’s Letters and Bonds, 1883-1922, at FS

Marshall County – Guardianship – Miscellaneous Record Including Descent, 1917-1948, at FS

Marshall County – Guardianship – Record of Administrator’s and Guardian’s Accounts, 1883-1918, at FS

Marshall County – Guardianship – Record of Guardian Bonds, 1860-1890, at FS

Marshall County – Guardianship – Record of Inventory & Appraisement of Minor Heirs, 1883-1905, at FS

Marshall County – Guardianship – Record Sales of Real Estate, 1859-1920, at FS

McPherson County – Guardianship – Probate Records, 1877-1919, at FS

McPherson County – Minorities – The Swedish Settlements in Central Kansas : an Address, at FS

Miami County – Guardianship – Probate Case Files, 1857-ca.1919 ; Index, 1857-ca.1919, at FS

Morris County – Guardianship – Estate and Guardianship Records, 1879-1930, at FS

Nemaha County – Guardianship – Docket of Executors, Administrators and Guardians, at FS

Nemaha County – Guardianship – Probate Records, 1857-1965, at FS

Nemaha County – Guardianship – Records of Accounts when Due, 1857-1934, at FS

Nemaha County – Newspapers – Mary Cotton Public Library Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Norton County – Guardianship – Kansas, Norton County, Probate Case Files, 1877-1935, at FS

Osage County – Guardianship – Guardians and Adminstrators Records Including Sales of Real Estate, 1882-1930, at FS

Osage County – Guardianship – Guardians Letters and Bonds, 1877-1931, at FS

Osage County – Guardianship – Settlement Books, 1881-1927, at FS

Osborne County – Newspapers – The Community History Archive of the Osborne Public Library, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Pottawatomie County – Newspapers – Wamego Public Library Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Reno County – World War, 1914-1918 – Reno’s Response : History of Reno County’s War Work Activities During the World War, 1917-1918, at FS

Reno County – World War, 1939-1945 – Their Record : a Memorial of the Services and Sacrifices of the 8,346 Reno County Men and Women in the Armed Forces in World War II, at FS

Rice County – Church records – Kansas – [collection of Various History], at FS

Riley County – Guardianship – Guardianship Records, 1885-1942, at FS

Riley County – Guardianship – Records of Sales and Sale Bills, 1881-1939, at FS

Rooks County – Newspapers – Plainville Memorial Library Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Rooks County – Town Records – Census – Kansas, Rooks County, Township Census Records, 1940-1976, at FS

Russell County – Newspapers – Russell County Public Library Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Russell County – Newspapers – Russell Public Library Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Saline County – Minorities – The Swedish Settlements in Central Kansas : an Address, at FS

Saline County – Newspapers – Vital Statistics on File Cards, Ca. 1800-1991, at FS

Sedgwick County – Guardianship – Administrators/Guardians/Executors Accounts, Sedgwick County, Kansas,1873-1917, at FS

Sedgwick County – Guardianship – Administrators’ and Guardians Bonds for Sedgwick County, Kansas, 1870-1920, at FS

Sedgwick County – Guardianship – Guardian’s Inventory, 1885-1915, at FS

Sedgwick County – Guardianship – Guardianship Bonds for Sedgwick County, Kansas, 1885-1923, at FS

Sedgwick County – Guardianship – Letters of Guardianship, Sedgwick County, Kansas, 1885-1924, at FS

Sedgwick County – Guardianship – Petition for Guardianship, 1901-1919, at FS

Sheridan County – Civil War, 1861-1865 – Kansas, Sheridan County, Civil War Records, 1861-1865, at FS

Sheridan County – Korean War, 1950-1953 – Kansas, Sheridan County, Korean War Records, 1950-1953, at FS

Sheridan County – Vietnam War, 1961-1975 – Kansas, Sheridan County, Viet Nam Records, 1955-1975, at FS

Sheridan County – War with Mexico, 1845-1848 – Kansas, Sheridan County, Mexican War Records, 1846-1898, at FS

Sheridan County – World War, 1914-1918 – Kansas, Sheridan County, WWI, Honorable Discharge of the U.S. Army, 1918-1923, at FS

Sheridan County – World War, 1914-1918 – Kansas, Sheridan County, WWI Records, 1918-1919, at FS

Sheridan County – World War, 1939-1945 – Kansas, Sheridan County, WWII Records, 1941-1945, at FS

Stevens County – Newspapers – Stevens County Library Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Wabaunsee County – Guardianship – Records of Guardian Accounts, 1880-1938, at FS

Wabaunsee County – Guardianship – Records of Letters and Bonds, 1870-1937, at FS

Wabaunsee County – Guardianship – Records of Notices of Appointment, Final Settlements, and Proofs of Publication, 1899-1939, at FS

Washington County – Guardianship – Guardianship and Estate Records, Ca. 1869-1936, at FS

City level Kansas substitute birth, marriage, and death collections online

See also Kansas Census Records online

See also Kansas Military Records online

See also Kansas Obituaries online

See also Kansas Probate Records online

Admire – Newspapers – Lyon County Library Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Allen – Newspapers – Lyon County Library Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Alton – Newspapers – The Community History Archive of the Osborne Public Library, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Americus – Newspapers – Index, Americus Weekly Herald : (Americus, Lyon County, Kansas) December 7, 1880 – May 11, 1882, at FS

Arkansas City – Newspapers – The Arkansas City Traveler Newspaper Archives of Arkansas City Public Library, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Bern – Newspapers – Mary Cotton Public Library Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Blue Rapids – Newspapers – Waterville Public Library Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Bull City – Newspapers – The Community History Archive of the Osborne Public Library, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Burlington – Newspapers – Coffey County Library Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Cedar Vale – Newspapers – Marriages & Deaths, Chautauqua County, Kansas, from the Cedar Vale Commercial, Cedar Vale, Kansas : December 21, 1894-December 27, 1895, at FS

Coffeyville – Newspapers – Newspaper Articles Taken from the Coffeyville, Kansas Newspapers, February, 1903, at FS

Corning – Newspapers – Seneca Free Library Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Cottonwood Falls – Newspapers – Chase County Historical Museum Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Derby – Newspapers – Derby Public Library Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Dermot – Newspapers – Stevens County Library Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Downs – Newspapers – The Community History Archive of the Osborne Public Library, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Elk City – Newspapers – Seneca Free Library Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Emporia – Newspapers – Emporia Public Library Emporia Gazette Digital Collection, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Emporia – Newspapers – Index, Emporia Weekly Gazette, at FS

Emporia – Newspapers – Indexes, Death Notices, Emporia (KS) Gazette, at FS

Emporia – Newspapers – Kansas, Lyon County, Emporia, Newspapers : Emporia Gazette (selections Only), 1912, at FS

Emporia – Newspapers – Lyon County Library Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Emporia – Newspapers – Miscellaneous Genealogical Data, at FS

Enterprise – Newspapers – Birth and Death Notices from Early Enterprise Newspapers, 1883 – 1900, at FS

Eureka – Newspapers – Genealogical Extracts from The Lutheran Newspaper, at FS

Frankfort – Newspapers – Waterville Public Library Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Garnett – Newspapers – Garnett Public Library Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Gas – Newspapers – Humboldt Public Library Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Grainfield – Newspapers – Grinnell-Angelus Heritage Center Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Greenleaf – Newspapers – Waterville Public Library Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Grinnell – Newspapers – Grinnell-Angelus Heritage Center Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Halstead – Newspapers – Bethel College Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Hewins – Newspapers – Weekly “Hewins Sayings” Newspaper 1907-1909 : Isaac Richardson Diary : a Few Hewins Burial Dates : Addresses of Living Ex-Hewins Folks : Page Numbers of a Few Hewins Families, at FS

Hiawatha – Newspapers – Morrill Public Library Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Hugoton – Newspapers – Stevens County Library Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Humboldt – Newspapers – Humboldt Public Library Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Independence – Newspapers – Independence Public Library Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Jerome – Newspapers – Grinnell-Angelus Heritage Center Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Junction City – Newspapers – The Community History Archive of the Dorothy Bramlage Public Library, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Larned – Newspapers – Jordaan Memorial Library Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Lawrence – Newspapers – Five Indexes to the Lawrence (KS) Daily World 1892-1894, at FS

Lawrence – Newspapers – Index of Deaths and Births in Daily Newspapers of Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, 1864-1872, at FS

Leavenworth – Newspapers – Index To: March 6, 1932, 75th Anniversary Edition of the Leavenworth Times, at FS

Louisville – Newspapers – Wamego Public Library Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Marion – Newspapers – Peabody Township Library Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Moscow – Newspapers – Stevens County Library Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Natoma – Newspapers – The Community History Archive of the Osborne Public Library, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Newton – Newspapers – Bethel College Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Newton – Newspapers – Newton Public Library Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

North Newton – Newspapers – Bethel College Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Oakley – Newspapers – Oakley Public Library Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Osborne – Newspapers – The Community History Archive of the Osborne Public Library, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Ottawa – Newspapers – Ottawa University Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Peabody – Newspapers – Peabody Township Library Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Plainville – Newspapers – Plainville Memorial Library Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Portis – Newspapers – The Community History Archive of the Osborne Public Library, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Russell – Newspapers – Russell Public Library Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Russell Springs – Newspapers – Oakley Public Library Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Russell Springs – Newspapers – Russell County Public Library Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Sabetha – Newspapers – Mary Cotton Public Library Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Seneca – Newspapers – Seneca Free Library Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

St. George – Newspapers – Wamego Public Library Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Stockton – Newspapers – Plainville Memorial Library Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Summerfield – Newspapers – Bethel College Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Thayer – Newspapers – Seneca Free Library Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Voorhees – Newspapers – Stevens County Library Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

WaKeeney – Newspapers – Birth and Death Index to the Western Kansas World of WaKeeney, Kansas, from March 1879 to January 1996, at FS

Wamego – Newspapers – Wamego Public Library Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Waterville – Newspapers – Waterville Public Library Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Waverly – Newspapers – The Community History Archive of the Osborne Public Library, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Wichita – Newspapers – Abstracts of Marriages, Deaths and Other News Items from Wichita Newspapers : with Additional Information Taken from Sedgwick Co., KS. Census Records : the Wichita Daily Beacon, Sept. 1, 1879 Thru Sept. L6, 1879 and Sept. 1, 1884 Thru Mar. 31, 1885, at FS

Wichita – Newspapers – Kansas, Sedgwick County, Wichita, Newspapers : Wichita Eagle (selections Only), 1965-1971, at FS

Winona – Newspapers – Oakley Public Library Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Woodsdale – Newspapers – Stevens County Library Community History Archive, at AA (text searchable for birth announcement, wedding, marriage, vows, death, obituaries, etc)

Kansas Substitute Birth, Marriage, and Death Records online