Edwards County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Edwards County

Guide to Edwards 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
Edwards County Courthouse 312 Massachusetts Ave Kinsley, KS 67547-1099 Phone: 316.659.3121 Probate Judge has marriage, divorce, probate and court records from 1874. Register of Deeds has land records from 1874.

Parent County

 * 1874--Edwards County was created from Kiowa County. County seat: Kinsley

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

Neighboring Counties



 * Ford
 * Hodgeman
 * Kiowa
 * Pawnee
 * Pratt
 * Stafford

Military

 * For information about Civil War records see Kiowa County.

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 at FamilySearch — images
 * 1855 - 1911 Kansas, County Marriages, 1855-1911 at Ancestry.com — images $

Societies and Libraries
Edwards County Historical Society Highway 56 Kinsley 67547 Webdite

Web Sites

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