One of the main goals for genealogists is finding birth, marriage, and death (BMD) information about their ancestors.
Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians and archivists (as well as the largest of them all - FamilySearch), a great number of indexes to birth, marriage, and death collections have been provided for free online. These searchable indexes provide specific BMD information, and sometimes scanned images of the actual birth, marriage, and death certificates themselves. These free online collections have hundreds of millions of records in them in total.
There are a great number of online and offline collections that may include birth, marriage, and death information that are not included in the lists below. For example, newspapers, draft registration files, naturalization records, etc. have BMD info. To find out which types of other records may include BMD information, please see:
- 27 Ways to Find Ancestor Birth Information
- 22 Ways to Find Ancestors Marriage Information
- 21 Ways to Find Ancestors Death Information
The lists below are specific birth, marriage, and death indexes and record collections that are available for free online for the state of Kansas.
Note 1: Many of the links listed below take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. In many cases there is a link to the digital collection in the middle of the page, but also near the bottom of the page under Film/Digital Notes is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections' images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital. Please also note that I have listed below only BMD databases that are accessible digitally from your computer (or tablet/phone)
Note 2: I have included links to Free Ancestry records and indexes. You do not need a subscription, but do need an Ancestry account. Without a subscription you can view indexes. If there is an image associated with a record, in most cases you will need a subscription, but the index does include very usable information.
(Updated May, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD)
General U.S.
- United States Births and Christenings, 1867-1931
- United States Deaths and Burials, 1867-1961
- United States Korean War Battle Deaths, 1950-1957
- United States Marriages, 1733-1990
- United States Social Security Death Index
- United States, Freedmen's Bureau Marriages, 1861-1872
- Online Searchable Death Indexes
Kansas
- Allen County Marriage Index
- Allen County Newspaper Birth, Marriage, and Death Announcements
- Allen County Marriage Records, 1856-1890
- Allen County Marriage Records, 1856-1920
- Anderson County Marriages
- Anderson County Marriage Records, 1857-1868
- Anderson County, Kansas Marriages to 1927
- Bourbon County Marriage Records, 1855-1919
- Bourbon County, Marriage Records, 1857-1875
- Brown County Death Index
- Brown County Deaths 1907-1911
- Brown County Atchison Globe : Births, weddings, anniversaries, 1998
- Brown County Marriage Records, 1873-1904
- Brown County Marriages & Deaths Recorded from The Morrill News : Jan 1907 - Feb 18, 1907; Jan 1916 - Dec 1916
- Butler County Marriage Records
- Butler County Register of Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1886-1911
- Chautauqua County Marriages
- Chautauqua County Marriage Licenses, and other Marriage Records, 1870-1913
- Cherokee County Death Index
- Cherokee County Births, Deaths and Marriages, 1894-1911
- Cherokee County Marriage License Records and Indexes, 1867-1919
- Clark County Marriage License Record book 1, pages 1-387
- Clay County Births, Marriages, and Deaths
- Clay County Marriage Records, 1867-1913, 1917-1951; Index to Marriage Records, 1867-1986
- Clay County Record of Births, 1885-1911
- Cloud County Early Deaths, before 1903
- Cloud County Marriage Indexes 1868-1895
- Coffey County Marriage Index
- Coffey County Divorce Packets, 1881-1903
- Coffey County Marriage Affidavits, 1877-1917
- Coffey County Marriage Records, 1877-1908
- Coffey County Registers of Vital Statistics, 1877-1908
- Comanche County Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes
- Comanche County Births and Marriages
- Cowley County Marriage Affidavits and License Records, 1870-2001
- Crawford County Birth and Death Index
- Crawford County Early Marriage Records, 1867-1882
- Crawford County Birth and Death Records, 1887-1911
- Crawford County Divorce cases, 1867-1917 ; Indexes 1867-1985
- Crawford County Marriage Records, 1867-1918
- Decatur County Deaths 1885-1911
- Decatur County Marriage Index 1881-1912 and 1917-1926
- Dickinson County Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes
- Dickinson County Birth and Death notices from Early Enterprise newspapers, 1883 - 1900
- Dickinson County Marriage Register, 1861-1913, bk. A-I
- Dickinson County, Marriages 1887-1913
- Doniphan County Marriage Records, 1856-1902
- Douglas County Deaths
- Douglas County Marriages 1854-1896
- Douglas County Divorce Packets, 1864-1917
- Douglas County Marriage Records, 1863-1904, Indexes, 1863-1920
- Elk County Marriage Licenses 1886
- Elk County Divorce files, var. 1875-1917
- Elk County Index to Marriages; Marriage Records, 1895-1953
- Ford County Marriage Indexes
- Ford County Marriages 1874-1903
- Franklin County Marriage Index
- Franklin County Marriages
- Franklin County Marriage Records, 1858-1907
- Geary County Marriages
- Geary County Marriage Records, 1860-1908
- Gove County Marriage Index
- Gove County Gove County, Death Records, 1892-1943
- Gove County, Birth Records, 1892-1942
- Greenwood County Marriages
- Greenwood County Vital Statistics Registers, 1885-1911
- Greenwood County Marriage Records 1856-1901
- Harper County Marriages
- Harvey County Marriage Licenses, 1872-1908; Index to Marriage Licenses, 1872-1913
- Harvey County Marriages 1872-1913
- Harvey County Marriage Records, 1872-1951
- Harvey County Register of Deaths, 1886-1911
- Harvey County, Kansas, Marriage License Index 1872-1913
- Haskell County Births
- Jackson County Marriage Records, 1855-1867
- Jefferson County Marriages 1883, 1885
- Jefferson County Marriage Records, 1856-1867
- Jefferson County Marriage Records, 1867-1910
- Johnson County - Marriage Records
- Johnson County Death Index
- Johnson County Marriage Index 1867-1870
- Johnson County Marriage Index 1870-1879
- Johnson County Marriage Search
- Johnson County Divorce Packets, 1883-1887
- Johnson County Marriage Records, 1857-1908
- Kansas Births and Christenings, 1818-1936
- Kansas City (Kansas) Record of Births, v. A-B, 1892-1903
- Kansas City (Kansas) Record of Mortality, 1892-1911
- Kansas County Birth Records, 1885-1911
- Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911
- Kansas Deaths and Burials, 1885-1930
- Kansas Historical Society Marriage Index, 1854-1861
- Kansas Marriage Records - Miscellaneous by County
- Kansas Marriages, 1840-1935
- Kansas, Fraternal Order Death Index, 1873-1969
- Kansas, Marriages, 1811-1911
- Kansas, Mortality schedule 1870
- Labette County Birth Records, 1885-1892
- Labette County Marriages 1873-1874
- Labette County Marriage Records, 1867-1903
- Leavenworth Marriage Index Book E, January 7, 1876 - January 13,1883
- Lincoln County Deaths 1886-1989
- Lincoln County Vital Indexes
- Linn County Marriages 1892-1893
- Linn County Marriage Records, 1855-1904; Court Records, 1856-1862
- Linn County Record of Vital Statistics, 1885-1911
- Linn County, Marriage Records 1855-1865
- Lyon County Birth, Death, and Marriage Indexes
- Marshall County Marriages
- Marshall County Birth and Death Records, 1885-1911; Birth Index, 1885-1911
- Marshall County Marriage Licenses, 1885-1905
- Marshall County Marriage Records, 1883-1905
- Marshall County Miscellaneous Records, 1857-1995 ; indexes, 1858-1972
- McPherson County Death Index
- McPherson County Marriage Licenses Index
- McPherson County Birth-Death-Marriage Index
- McPherson County Marriage Licenses, 1870-1915
- McPherson County Marriage Records, 1870-1902
- Meade County Marriage Indexes
- Miami County Births
- Miami County Deaths
- Miami County Marriages
- Miami County Deeds Records, 1857-1902 ; Indexes, 1857-1904
- Miami County Marriage Records, 1857-1902
- Miami County Registers of Marriages, Births & Deaths, 1870-1902
- Miami County, Genealogy Records
- Miscellaneous BMD Records by County
- Montgomery County Marriages
- Montgomery County Births, Deaths, and Marriages, 1887-1911
- Montgomery County Marriage License Record, 1870-1918
- Morris County Marriages
- Morris County Marriage Records, 1859-1908
- Nehama County Marriage Records, 1861-1906
- Nemaha Deaths and Marriages
- Neosho County Marriages
- Neosho County Marriages Records, 1864-1908
- Neosho County Vital Statistics, 1892-1905
- Neosho County, Marriage Records, 1864-1889
- Norton County, Death Records, 1886-1901
- Norton County, Marriage Records, 1886-1902
- Online Searchable Death Indexes
- Osage City Death Index
- Osage County Marriage Affidavits – Bride Index
- Osage County Marriage Affidavits – Groom Index
- Osage County Marriages
- Osage County Marriage Licenses and Affidavits, 1889-1954
- Ottawa City Vital Statistics Register, 1892-1907
- Pawnee County, Marriage Records, September 15, 1873 to January 1, 1889
- Phillips County Marriages
- Plainville Death Index
- Potawatomi Agency Vital Statistics : Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1901-1933
- Pottawatomie County Marriages
- Pottawatomie County Marriage Records, 1858-1911
- Pottawatomie County Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1885-1911
- Pratt County Marriage Records
- Rawlins County Birth and Marriage Indexes
- Reno County Deaths
- Riley County Vital Records
- Riley County Marriage Records, 1856-1903
- Rooks County Births
- Rooks County Deaths
- Rooks County Marriages
- Rooks County, Marriage Records, 1913-1974
- Rush County Death Index
- Saline County Marriages 1891-1892
- Saline County Marriage License Affidavits, 1873-1910
- Saline County, Marriage Records 1882
- Saline County, Marriage Records 1876-1881
- Scott County Births 1904-1911
- Scott County Marriage Index 1886-1899
- Sedgwick County Marriage Affidavits
- Sedgwick County Certificates of Death, 1903-1910
- Sedgwick County Marriage Licenses, 1879-1910
- Sedgwick County, Marriage Records 1870-1900
- Sedgwick Marriage Indexes
- Seward County Marriages
- Shawnee County Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes
- Shawnee County Death Indexes
- Shawnee County Marriage Records, and Index to microfilmed Marriage Licenses
- Sheridan County, Birth Records, 1886-1936
- Sheridan County, Death Records of C.E. Montgomery, undertaker, 1893-1938
- Sheridan County, Marriage Records, 1886-2000
- Sisseton Agency Birth and Death Records, 1928-1945
- Smith County Births, Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church
- Smith County, Marriage Records, 1870-1989
- Stafford County Births and Deaths
- Sumner County Marriage Records
- Topeka Surname Index
- Victoria St. Fidelis Parish, Register of Deaths 1876-1951
- Wabaunsee County Marriages
- Wabaunsee County Marriage License and Affidavit Records, 1859-1906
- Wallace County Marriage Index
- Washington County Marriage Records, 1879-1908
- Wichita County Marriage Indexes
- Wichita Marriages
- Wichita Death Certificates
- Wilson County Marriages, 1864-1900
- Wilson County Marriage Records, 1864-1902
- Woodson County Births and Deaths
- Woodson County Deaths, 1980 - 1989
- Woodson County Marriage Records, 1860-1904
- Wyandotte County Marriage Records, Book one, July 1859-Oct. 1867
Check out the links for other states on the BMD Records page.
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
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