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Death Certificates

Creator: Sedgwick County. Public Library

Date: 1887-1910

Level of Description: Series

Material Type: Government record

Call Number: Unavailable

Unit ID: 196767

Space Required/Quantity: Microfilm

Title (Main title): Death Certificates

Scope and Content

Scope and content: Record of death certificates in Sedgwick County, compiled from the city historian's records at the Wichita Public Library. Information provided includes a listing of the individual's name, age, sex and color, date of death, address, cause of death, and names of medical attendant and undertaker (if known/applicable). Listings also include information taken from city directories and for places of burial, if that information could be found. By year; the collection also includes an index by surname, list of abbreviations, introduction, and table of contents.

Locators:

No Locators Identified

Microfilm:

  • MF 1670: DEATH CERTIFICATES ROLL 1 1887 - 1891 1887-1891
  • MF 1671: NO LTR/NUM 1892-1894
  • MF 1672: NO LTR/NUM 1895-1899
  • MF 1673: NO LTR/NUM 1899-1901
  • MF 1674: NO LTR/NUM 1902-1905
  • MF 1675: NO LTR/NUM 1905-1908
  • MF 1676: NO LTR/NUM 1909-1910
  • MF 6567 no. 3: No Vol No. or Ltr. 1887-1899
  • MF 6567 no. 4: No Vol No. or Ltr. 1900-1900
  • MF 6567 no. 5: No Vol No. or Ltr. 1901-1901
  • MF 6567 no. 6: No Vol No. or Ltr. 1902-1902
  • MF 6568: No Vol No. or Ltr. 1903-1903
  • MF 6568 no. 2: No Vol No. or Ltr. 1904-1904
  • MF 6568 no. 3: No Vol No. or Ltr. 1905-1905
  • MF 6568 no. 4: No Vol No. or Ltr. 1906-1906
  • MF 6569: No Vol No. or Ltr. 1907-1907
  • MF 6569 no. 2: No Vol No. or Ltr. 1908-1908
  • MF 6569 no. 3: No Vol No. or Ltr. 1909-1909
  • MF 6569 no. 4: No Vol No. or Ltr. 1910-1910

Related Records or Collections

Indexes: See the online index to Sedgwick County death certificates from 1887-1910 on the Wichita Genealogical Society's website.

Index Terms

Subjects

    Wichita (Kan.) -- Genealogy
    Death records
    Death -- Kansas -- Wichita
    Genealogy -- Kansas -- Wichita -- Sources

Agency Classification:

    Local Government Agencies. Sedgwick County. Cities. Wichita. Public Library.