Scott County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas Scott County

Guide to Scott County, Kansas ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
Scott County Courthouse 303 Court Street Scott City, KS 67871-1122 Phone: 620.872.2420 Website City Clerk has birth and death records. Probate Judge has probate records. District Court has marriage records. County Clerk has burial records. Clerk of the Court has divorce and court records.

Populated Places
The following are locations in Scott County, Kansas:

Census Records
State Census
 * 1865 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1875 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1885 - at FamilySearch — images
 * 1895 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Military Records

 * Scott County was organized after the Civil War.

Probate Records
'''Online Records


 * 1803 – 1987 Kansas Wills and Probate Records 1803-1987 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

Birth

 * 1818 - 1936 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1885 - 1911 at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1885 - 1911 Kansas, Births and Christenings Index, 1885-1911 at Ancestry.com — index $

Marriage

 * 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 $

Death

 * 1885 - 1930 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1885 - 1930 Kansas, Deaths and Burials, Index, 1885-1930 at Ancestry.com — index $

Museums
El Quartelejo Museum 902 W. 5th Scott City, Kansas 67871 Telephone: 620-872-5912 Website

Societies
Old Fort Genealogical Society of Southeastern Kansas, Inc. At 3rd and National (entrance on the west side of the Memorial Hall) PO Box 786 Fort Scott, KS 66701 Telephone: 620-223-3300 E-mail: [mailto:ofgs@pbxmail.com ofgs@pbxmail.com] Website

Scott County Historical Society PO Box 155 Scott City, Kansas 67871 Website

Websites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.
 * The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records
 * Scott County, Kansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)