This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Vm.2ADE/1211.1 Message Board Post: I don't know when death certificates were first issued, but I believe that birth and death records in Kansas have to be obtained from Topeka. The library in Hutchinson may have some information for you on deaths , but I think to get the actual certificate you have to go through Topeka. I know my cousin and I had to obtain birth and death certificates in Topeka last summer. Jan (Shelton, WA)