Finney County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Finney County

Guide to Finney 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
Finney County Courthouse 3119 N 9th Street PO Box M; Garden City, KS 67846-0450 Phone: 316.272.3051 Formerly Sequoyah County Name changed to Finney 21 Feb 1883 Probate Judge has marriage and probate records from 1885. Clerk District Court has divorce and court records from 1885.

Parent County

 * 1873--Finney County was created 6 March 1873 from Marion County. County seat: Garden City

Neighboring Counties



 * Grant
 * Gray
 * Haskell
 * Hodgeman
 * Kearny
 * Lane
 * Ness
 * Scott

Military

 * For information about Civil War records see Marion 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

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

Web Sites

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