Sherman County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Sherman County

Guide to Sherman County, Kansas ancestry, family history and genealogy and courthouse sources including birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, wills, deeds and land records, Civil War records, family histories, cemeteries, churches, tax records, newspapers, and obituaries.

County Courthouse
Sherman County Courthouse 813 Broadway Goodland, KS 67735-3056 Phone: 785.899.7581 County Clerk has newspapers from 1898, school and census records. City Clerk has birth, death records, land records from 1887. Probate Judge has marriage and probate records from 1886. Clerk District Court has divorce and court records from 1887.

Parent County
1873--Sherman County was created 6 March 1867 from unorganized territory. County seat: Goodland

Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Neighboring Counties



 * Cheyenne
 * Kit Carson County, Colorado
 * Logan
 * Rawlins
 * Thomas
 * Wallace
 * Yuma County, Colorado

Military

 * Sherman County was organized after the Civil War.

Probate
Online Records


 * 1803 – 1987 Kansas Wills and Probate Records 1803-1987 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

Birth Records

 * 1818 - 1936 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1885 - 1911 Kansas, Births and Christenings Index, 1885-1911 at Ancestry.com — index $

Death Records

 * 1885 - 1930 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1885 - 1930 Kansas, Deaths and Burials, Index, 1885-1930 at Ancestry.com — index $

Marriage Records

 * 1811 - 1911 at FamilySearch — index
 * 1840 - 1935 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1855 - 1911 Kansas, County Marriages, 1855-1911 at Ancestry.com — images $

Societies and Libraries
Sherman County Historical Society PO Box 684 Goodland 67735

Sherman County Historical 202 W 13th St Goodland, KS 67735 Telephone Number: 785-899-6773 Website

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.
 * Sherman County, Kansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Sherman County, Kansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)