Lincoln County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Lincoln County

Guide to Lincoln 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
Lincoln County Courthouse 216 E Lincoln Lincoln, KS 67455-2097 Phone: 785.524.4757 County Clerk has some cemetery, land and court records and some local census records from 1913. Clerk District Court has marriage, divorce, probate, court and naturalization records 1870. Register of Deeds has land records from 1870 and military discharge records from 1880.

Parent County
1867--Lincoln County was created 26 February 1867 from unorganized territory. County seat: Lincoln

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

Populated Places

 * Lincoln

Neighboring Counties



 * Ellsworth
 * Mitchell
 * Osborne
 * Ottawa
 * Russell
 * Saline

Military

 * Lincoln County was not organized until after the Civil War.

Obituaries
Lincoln County Obituary Index Web page provides the information to obtain a copy of the obituary.

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 $
 * 1886 - 1989 Lincoln County Death Register, 1886-1989. Index will provide:
 * Surname
 * Given Name
 * Month
 * Day
 * Year
 * Book and Page

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
Lincoln Carnegie Library: Library holdings can be searched in Pathfinder Central. The library may have cataloged unique items related to genealogy and local history, in addition to published works for this area.

Web Sites

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