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Birth Record

Creator: Shawnee County. Health Department

Date: 1930-1935

Level of Description: Series

Material Type: Government record

Call Number: Unavailable

Unit ID: 192480

Restrictions: By state law, birth records after 1911 are not open for public inspection and the requestor must be named on the record, an immediate family member, or someone who can provide legal proof the record is necessary for the determination of personal or property rights. Kansas Statutes Annotated chapter 65, article 24, section 22d.

Space Required/Quantity: 0.10 cubic feet

Title (Main title): Birth Record

Scope and Content

Scope and content: Information recorded in one volume includes child's and father's names, mother's maiden name, sex, color, date of birth, and by whom reported. Typically also includes statistical information and totals for the end of each month, including who was born at home and who in hospital. Other volume (covering July 1933 through February 1935) provides family name and address, child's name, date of birth and date when child would reach six months of age, and a column for "Letters sent regarding toxoid."

Locators:

Locator Contents
035-05-07-03   

Index Terms

Subjects

    Topeka-Shawnee County Health Department -- Records and correspondence
    Shawnee County (Kan.) -- Statistics, Vital
    Registers of births, etc. -- Kansas -- Topeka

Agency Classification:

    Local Government Agencies. Shawnee County. Cities. Topeka. Health Department.

Additional Information for Researchers

Restrictions: By state law, birth records after 1911 are not open for public inspection and the requestor must be named on the record, an immediate family member, or someone who can provide legal proof the record is necessary for the determination of personal or property rights. Kansas Statutes Annotated chapter 65, article 24, section 22d.