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

Kansas Births and Christenings Index, 1885-1911 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

Federal Census of 1940, Dover, Kansas LDS Genealogy online

Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925 Ancestry online

Kansas State Census, 1855 Ancestry online

Kansas State Census, 1857 Ancestry online

Kansas State Census, 1859 Ancestry online

Kansas State Census, 1865 Ancestry online

Kansas State Census, 1875 Ancestry online

Kansas State Census, 1885 Ancestry online

Kansas State Census, 1895 Ancestry online

Kansas State Census, 1905 Ancestry online

Kansas State Census, 1915 Ancestry online

Kansas State Census, 1925 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Dover Church Records

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

Kansas Births and Christenings Index, 1885-1911 Ancestry online

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

Kansas, Federal Naturalization Records, 1865-1984 Ancestry online

Dover Marriage Records

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

Kansas Wills and Probate Records, 1803-1987 Ancestry online

Dover School Records

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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