Stafford County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Stafford County

Guide to Stafford 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
Stafford County Courthouse 209 N Broadway Street St. John, KS 67576 Phone: 316.549.3509 Register of Deeds has land records. Probate Court has probate records.

Parent County
1867--Stafford County was created 26 February 1867 from Marion County. County seat: St. John

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

Neighboring Counties



 * Barton
 * Edwards
 * Pawnee
 * Pratt
 * Reno
 * Rice

Military

 * Stafford County was organized after the Civil War. See Marion County for Civil War Records.

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

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

Societies and Libraries
Stafford County Museum and Historical and Genealogical Society 100 N Main St Stafford, KS 67578 Telephone Number: 620-234-5664 E-mail:[mailto:staffordcountymuseum@earthlink.net staffordcountymuseum@earthlink.net] Website

Web Sites

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