Introduction to Kansas Birth Certificates This article is designed to help you get a Kansas birth certificate. Counter to common belief, not everything is on the Internet. Personal birth certificates are one of the items that are not readily available online, and that is probably a good thing. You do not want your birth certificate in the public domain, where it can be seen by anyone. However, this does not mean that you can’t easily get your birth certificate. Kansas birth certificates have been maintained by the Kansas Office of Vital Statistics for individuals born in the state of Kansas since 1911. Online Databases that have Kansas Birth Information Database
| Description | Leavenworth County, Kansas Births, 1891-1900
| One of the oldest and most important communities in Kansas, Leavenworth was home to about 40,000 people in 1900. This database is an index to births in the county between 1891 and 1900. Information provided includes the name of the child, father's name, mother's maiden name, sex, race, birth date, and birth location. Each record also contains the page and card number of the original record to aid the researcher in obtaining a copy of a particular entry. With the names of over 10,000 persons revealed, this database can be a useful source of information to Ancestry.com patrons seeking ancestors from eastern Kansas. | | Leavenworth, Kansas Births, 1832-95 | Originally organized as "Indian Territory" following the Louisiana Purchase, Kansas began to see white settlers in the 1820's and 1830's. This database is a collection of birth records for persons born in Leavenworth County during these early years of the territory and state. Covering the years 1832 to 1895, this list of over 200 children gives birth dates and in some cases, additional notes regarding the child. It was compiled by the Leavenworth County Genealogical Society. | | Leavenworth Advertiser and McLouth Times (Kansas), 1898-1900 | As a record of events, newspapers often contain valuable information regarding local residents. This database contains details from two Kansas newspapers, the Leavenworth Advertiser and McLouth Times. | Western Life Newspaper Name Index, 1900-02
| | | Scots in the USA and Canada, 1825-1875 | This is the fourth book in David Dobson's Scots in the USA and Canada, 1825-1875, a series designed to compensate for the lack of official Scottish passenger lists to North America during the nineteenth century. Containing about 1,300 sketches not found in the prior books, Part Four brings the total number of descriptions of the Scottish men and women and their families who were part of this great exodus to about 6,000. In addition to skilled craftsmen, a number of the immigrants found in Part Four were dispossessed Highland farmers who had suffered as a result of the Highland Clearances, a kind of enclosure movement, or by periods of famine at mid-century. | National Huguenot Society Bible Records
| The National Huguenot Society is one of our most esteemed lineage organizations. Its members, of course, are the descendants of the French Protestants who fled their homeland during the religious wars of the 17th century and, especially, following the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV in 1685. Many of those Huguenots who ultimately fled to the American colonies would settle in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Virginia, later arrivals dispersing to Pennsylvania and other states. | U.S. County History Catalog
| Thousands of county histories organized by state and county | | Mayflower Births & Deaths, Vol. I | This work is a compilation of birth and death records from the Bowman files, the largest manuscript resource on Mayflower genealogy in existence. With references to 50,000 Mayflower relations, this two-volume work contains, besides records of births, baptisms, deaths and burials, references to burial location, cause of death, and address at death gleaned from land and will records, court and church records, transcripts of personal letters, and more. Volume I
| Mayflower Births & Deaths, Vol. II | This work is a compilation of birth and death records from the Bowman files, the largest manuscript resource on Mayflower genealogy in existence. With references to 50,000 Mayflower relations, this two-volume work contains, besides records of births, baptisms, deaths and burials, references to burial location, cause of death, and address at death gleaned from land and will records, court and church records, transcripts of personal letters, and more. Volume II | Kansas Birth Certificate Authorized Persons By Kansas state law, Kansas birth certificates are confidential records and can only be obtained by the following authorized individuals: - Person Named on the Kansas Birth Certificate
- Immediate family member of individual named on the Kansas birth certificate
- Someone who can provide legal proof the record is necessary for the determination of personal property rights
- Legal Representative of an Authorized Person of Person Named on the Kansas Birth Certificate
Kansas Birth Certificate for Genealogy Purpose Currently, the Office of Vital Statistics does allow requests for genealogical research. Pre-1940 records may be requested by an individual related as at least a cousin. Post 1940 records must be requested by an immediate family member. Kansas Birth Certificate Ordering Options Option 1 – Order Kansas Birth Certificate Online This option is the simplest and easiest way to get your Kansas Birth Certificate. Order online and you will get your Kansas Birth Certificate usually in less than a week. Many times you will have the option of receiving your vital record by next-day or second-day service. Order Birth and Death Records Online!  Option 2 – Order Kansas Birth Certificate through the Mail Follow the instructions below, if you are not ordering your Kansas birth certificate online. It usually takes 5-10 business days upon receipt of request to be sent to you:
Step 1: Download Mail-In Application
Step 2: Please provide as much of the following information as possible to locate the Kansas birth certificate: - Full name of person at birth on the Kansas birth certificate
- Date of birth on the Kansas birth certificate
- Sex on the Kansas birth certificate
- County (or city) of birth on the Kansas birth certificate
- Hospital of birth - if not in a hospital state "home"
- Full maiden name of mother on the Kansas birth certificate
- Full name of father on the Kansas birth certificate
- Your name
- Your signature
- Your relationship to the person whose Kansas birth certificate you are requesting
- Address where the Kansas birth certificate is to be mailed
- Self addressed stamped envelope
- Your daytime phone number
- By Mail: Send the above information and the appropriate fee to:
Office of Vital StatisticsCurtis State Office Building1000 SW Jackson, Suite 120Topeka, KS 66612-2221
Option 3 – In PersonIn Person in Kansas: You may go to any county health department in the State of Kansas to obtain a certified copy of a Kansas birth certificate. Most Kansas birth certificates can be issued while you wait. Kansas Birth Certificate Ordering Cost The fee to search for an Kansas birth certificate is $12.00, which includes one certified copy of the Kansas birth certificate or a "Certificate of Failure to Find." For each additional copy of the Kansas birth certificate ordered at the same time, the fee is $7.00. Checks or Money Orders should be made payable to "Vital Records." Please do not send cash. Fees are not refundable. Additional fees are required for expedited service.
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