Municipal Records

Municipal (city, town, village) records are an enormous part of local government records. Separate municipal offices fulfill different duties, and not all municipalities have the same amount of offices or structure, even though many share common offices.

Here is a list of some city offices:

City Clerk

City Council

Fire Department

City Engineer/Surveyor/Planning

City Manager/Chief Administrative Officer

Mayor

Municipal Court/Administrative Judge

City Attorney/Counselor

City Treasurer

Police Department

The Local Government Records Guide, which is available in (.pdf) format (Adobe Acrobat), contains a brief listing of records included in two municipal offices and many county offices.

Local Records on Microfilm

County Records

Court Records

Births/Deaths

Marriage/Divorces

Topeka Building Permits Index, 1880-1914