States also have taken censuses at various times and these may contain information that is different from the federal census. Most states did not begin a regular system of birth and death registration until the 20th century. Today all states maintain such records, but they are not always available to persons not directly related to the individual recorded. The Internet has become a valuable tool for conducting genealogical research. Thousands of sites include information about resources, and in many cases the resources themselves.
More information is added every day.
Several good places to begin your Internet odyssey are CyndisList , the US GenWeb Project , and Ancestry . Many other sites can be accessed through search engines. The Kansas State Historical Society library and archives division collects a wealth of resources for conducting family history research. We also have indexes to historical and genealogical holdings in other institutions including the Library of Congress and the Newberry Library. Federal and state censuses for Kansas are available in the research room.