Source Information
Kansas Historical Society
Ancestry.com. Kansas, U.S., Cemetery Records, 1812-1981 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.Original data: Kansas Cemetery Records. Miscellaneous Cemetery Records. Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, Kansas.About Kansas, U.S., Cemetery Records, 1812-1981
This database is a compilation of cemetery records held at the Kansas State Historical Society that were scanned onsite. They include the following titles:
- Miscellaneous Cemetery Inscriptions
- Jackson County Cemeteries
- Miscellaneous Unbindable Cemetery Records
- Index to Six Cemeteries of Southeast Kansas
- Civil War Soldiers Buried in Kansas
- Cherokee County Cemeteries Vol. 1
- Cherokee County Cemeteries Vol. 2
- Cherokee County Cemeteries Index
- Big Springs Cemetery, Douglas County
- Belle Springs Brethren Cemetery, Dickinson County
- Church of God in Christ Cemetery Records, Montezuma
- Vital Records, Graham County
- McPherson City Cemetery Records Index
- St. Patrick's Cemetery, Vine Creek
- Wabaunsee County Cemetery
- Vital Records, Stafford County
What You May Find in the Records
The records in this collection vary widely, from tombstone inscriptions to indexes of burials for a specific cemetery. Some may provide little more than a name, while others may include some of the following details:
- burial plot number
- birth date
- death date
- age
- family relationships (in particular, young children may have parents listed)
- military rank and unit
- descriptions of a marker or cemetery
- cemetery location
Some may even include transcriptions of obituaries.