Plains Genealogy (in Meade County, KS)

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NOTE: Additional records that apply to Plains are also found through the Meade County and Kansas pages.


Plains Birth Records

1885-1911 Kansas Births and Christenings Index Ancestry online

Kansas, Birth Records, 1911-present Kansas Office of Vital Statistics

Plains Cemetery Records

Atwater Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Atwater Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Kansas Deaths and Burials Index, 1885-1930 Ancestry online

Plains Cemetery Billion Graves online

Plains Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Plains Cemetery, Meade County, Kansas FamilySearch Library

Plains View Mennonite Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

West Glendale Cemetery Find a Grave online

Plains Census Records

1895 Kansas State Census Ancestry online

1905 Kansas State Census Ancestry online

1915 Kansas State Census Ancestry online

1925 Kansas State Census Ancestry online

City Census for Plains 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961 (included in Kansas City and County Census Records) Ancestry online

Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Plains Church Records

1885-1911 Kansas Births and Christenings Index Ancestry online

Plains Death Records

Kansas Deaths and Burials Index, 1885-1930 Ancestry online

Kansas, Death Records, 1911-present Kansas Office of Vital Statistics

Meade County, Kansas obituaries 1879-1909 FamilySearch Library

Plains Immigration Records

Kansas, Federal Naturalization Records, 1865-1984 Ancestry online

Plains Marriage Records

Kansas, Compiled Marriage Index from Select Counties, 1854-1873 Ancestry online

Kansas, Marriage Records, 1913-present Kansas Office of Vital Statistics

Plains Newspapers and Obituaries

Meade County, Kansas obituaries 1879-1909 FamilySearch Library

Plains Journal 1907-1919 Newspapers.com online

West Plains Mascott 1886-1889 Newspapers.com online

Offline Newspapers for Plains

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Plains Journal. (Plains, Kan.) 1907-Current

Plains School Records

Plains High School yearbook, 1950 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Plains High School yearbook, 1950, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965 Classmates online

Plains High School yearbook, 1950, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online


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