Cloud County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Cloud County

Guide to Cloud 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
Cloud County Courthouse 811 Washington Street Concordia, KS 66901-3415 Phone: 785.243.4319 Formerly Shirley Co. Name changed to Cloud 26 Feb 1867 County Clerk has birth, marriage and death records 1885-1910. Clerk District Court has divorce records. Probate Judge has probate and court records. Reg of Deeds has land records.

Parent County
1860--Cloud County was created 27 February 1860 as an original county. County seat: Concordia

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

Populated Places

 * Clyde
 * Concordia

Neighboring Counties



 * Clay
 * Jewell
 * Mitchell
 * Ottawa
 * Republic
 * Washington

Military

 * Cloud County was organized after the Civil War. See Washington County for information on 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 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
Cloud County Genealogical Society PO Box 202 Concordia 66901-0202 Website

Cloud County Historical Society 635 Broadway Concordia 66901

Family History Centers



 * Concordia Kansas Family History Center

Web Sites

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