Dover Genealogy (in Shawnee County, KS)

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


Dover Birth Records

1885-1911 Kansas Births and Christenings Index Ancestry online

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

Dover Cemetery Records

Kansas Deaths and Burials Index, 1885-1930 Ancestry online

Dover Census Records

1855 Kansas State Census Ancestry online

1857 Kansas State Census Ancestry online

1859 Kansas State Census Ancestry online

1865 Kansas State Census Ancestry online

1875 Kansas State Census Ancestry online

1885 Kansas State Census Ancestry online

1895 Kansas State Census Ancestry online

1905 Kansas State Census Ancestry online

1915 Kansas State Census Ancestry online

1925 Kansas State Census Ancestry online

Federal Census of 1940, Dover, Kansas LDS Genealogy 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

Dover Church Records

1885-1911 Kansas Births and Christenings Index Ancestry online

Church records, 1894-1920 (First Baptist Church of Mission Creek at Dover (Kansas)) FamilySearch Library

Dover Death Records

Kansas Deaths and Burials Index, 1885-1930 Ancestry online

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

Dover Immigration Records

Index to naturalization records of Shawnee County, Kansas 1865-1930 FamilySearch Library

Kansas, Federal Naturalization Records, 1865-1984 Ancestry online

Naturalization records, 1865-1929 FamilySearch Library

Dover Land Records

Deeds, 1859-1916 ; Indexes, 1869-1901 FamilySearch Library

Dover Marriage Records

Index to marriage records, 1856-1994 FamilySearch Library

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

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

Dover Newspapers and Obituaries

Dover Weekly Herald 1911-1913 Newspapers.com online

Offline Newspapers for Dover

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.

Dover Weekly Herald. (Dover, Kan.) 1911-1913

Dover Probate Records

1803-1987 Kansas Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Dover School Records

Dover High School - Yearbook (Dover, KS), 1937, 1938, 1942 E Yearbook online

Dover High School yearbook, 1937, 1938, 1942, 1950, 1951, 1956, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1971 Classmates online

Dover High School yearbook, 1937, 1938, 1942, 1950, 1951, 1956, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1971 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Dover High School yearbook, 1937, 1938, 1942, 1950, 1951, 1956, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1971 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online


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