Chase County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Chase County

Chase County, Kansas genealogy and family history research page. Guide to genealogy, history, 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
Chase County Courthouse Courthouse Square Cottonwood Falls, KS 66845 Phone: 316.273.6423

County Clerk has birth records 1886-1911 and death records 1886-1910. Register of Deeds has land records. Probate Judge has probate records.

Parent County

 * 1859--Chase County was created 11 February 1859 from Butler and Wise (Old) Counties. County seat: Cottonwood Falls

Neighboring Counties

 * Butler
 * Greenwood
 * Lyon
 * Marion
 * Morris

Military
Men from Chase County enlisted in the following regiments and companies in the Civil War:


 * Regiment 1
 * Regiment 2, Companies Fand D
 * Regiment 5 Cavalry
 * Regiment 6, Missouri
 * Regiment 7, Company H
 * Regiment 9, Companies B, D, I, M
 * Regiment 10, Companies I and Q
 * Regiment 11, Companies M and C, Cavalry
 * Regiment 15, Company H
 * Regiment 17, Company C.  Regiments are infantry unless otherwise noted.

Obituaries
Chase County Death and Obituary Index for the period 1863-2005. Index gives name and newspaper date of obituary and provides information ordering a copy.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

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