(This page's most recent update is April 2025)
If you follow The Ancestor Hunt, you know that we specialize in curating and presenting links to Free Online Genealogy Records, Collections, and Indexes by genealogical category. Everything that is online for free has not been captured in our link lists, as some specific categories and resources have not been curated as yet, or we may never do.
However, there are archives, libraries, unique document collections, and specialized genealogy websites throughout the state. With the list below, you should have exposure to the great majority of free online resources for the state.
- Access Genealogy – Kansas
- Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
- Ancestry Free Index Collections
- Baker University Digital Collections
- Benedictine College Digital Collections
- Brown County Genealogical Society
- Chronicling America – Kansas
- Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database
- Crawford County Genealogy Information
- Cyndi’s List – Kansas
- David Rumsey’s Historical Maps
- Dead Fred
- Death Indexes – Kansas
- Digital Commons Collections
- Digital Public Library of America – Kansas
- Emporia State University Digital Collections
- FamilySearch
- FamilySearch – Kansas Online Genealogy Records
- FamilySearch Catalog
- FamilySearch Wiki – Kansas
- FindAGrave
- Fort Hays State University Digital Collections
- Genealogy Trails – Kansas
- Google Books – Kansas
- HathiTrust – Kansas
- Hays Public Library
- I Dream of Genealogy
- Interment.net – Kansas
- Internet Archive – Kansas
- Iola Public Library
- Johnson County History
- Johnson County Library
- Kansas City Public Library Missouri Valley Special Collections
- Kansas City, Kansas Public Library
- Kansas Digital Newspapers
- Kansas Heritage Center
- Kansas Historical Society Indexes
- Kansas Historical Society State Archives
- Kansas Memory
- Kansas State Library
- Kansas State University Digital Collections
- Kansas University Digital Collections
- Kansas Council of Genealogical Societies
- Lawrence Public Library
- LDS Genealogy – Kansas
- Leavenworth County Historical Society
- Library of Congress Digital Collections
- Linkpendium – Kansas
- Miami County Genealogy Collections
- National Archives and Records Administration
- National Archives at Kansas City
- National Archives Online Exhibits
- National Archives Resources for Genealogists
- Nationwide Gravesite Locator
- New Horizons Genealogy – Kansas
- Newman University Digital Collections
- PastPerfectOnline Collections
- Pittsburg State University Digital Collections
- Riley County Genealogical Society Library
- Sanborn Maps – Kansas
- Smithsonian Digital Library
- South Central Kansas Library System Digital Library Initiative
- The Kansas Collection
- The Official Land Records Site
- Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library
- Topeka Genealogical Society Library
- United States Social Security Death Index
- University of Kansas Digital Collections
- University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library
- University of Kansas Medical Center Digital Collections
- University of Saint Mary Digital Collections
- US GenWeb – Kansas
- US GenWeb Archives – Kansas
- Washburn University Digital Collections
- Wichita Public Library Digital Archive
- Wichita State University Digital Collections
Here is the list of over 8,955 curated Kansas genealogy collection links from The Ancestor Hunt, by category:
- Newspapers
- Yearbooks
- Births
- Marriages
- Deaths
- Alumni Records
- Cemetery Records
- Church Records
- Coroner Records
- Criminal Records
- Directories
- Divorce Records
- Immigration Records
- Institutional Records
- Military Records
- Mortuary Records
- Naturalizations
- Obituaries
- Photos
- Probate and Wills
- School Records
- Tax Records
- Voter Records
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!