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

Description
The County was named for the Nemaha River. The County has Seneca as its seat and the County was created August 25, 1855. The County is located in the northeast area of the state.

County Courthouse
Nemaha County Courthouse 607 Nemaha Street Seneca, Kansas 66538-1761 Phone: 785-336-2146 Nemaha County, Kansas

County Clerk has birth, marriage and death records 1885-1911. Clerk District Court has marriage, probate and court records from 1857.

Populated Places
The following are locations in Nemaha County, Kansas


 * Seneca City
 * Sabetha City
 * Kansas

Kansas counties
White

Jasper

Fulton

Franklin

Brown

Adams

Madison

Ohio

Clinton

Jackson

Cities
Anderson

Bedford

Columbus

Elkhart

Elwood

Madison

Peru

Princeton

Richmond

South Bend

History Timeline
Seneca is the county seat

French Canadian
Réné Lévesque

Old Irish
úr (heather)

Greek word
beta       βήτα

Hebrew word
courage

Cemeteries
Tombstone Photos of Nemaha County

Federal Census Records
The 1870 Census was the first Federal Census taken for Kansas after it became a state in 1861. For links to Federal Census indexes, see Kansas Census.

Newspapers
Kansas Newspapers Online


 * Kansas Newspapers at Newspapers.com - ($), free to Kansas residents through Kansas Historical Society
 * GenealogyBank - ($), contains images of Kansas newspapers
 * Newspaper Archive - ($), contains images of Kansas newspapers
 * Chronicling America - contains images of some Kansas newspapers; searching tips
 * Elephind - Free; search engine that retrieves newspaper images from other free newspaper websites

Kansas Newspaper Catalogs


 * Kansas Online Historical Newspapers - contains a list of known Kansas newspapers online and the websites they are found on
 * U.S. Newspaper Directory, 1690-Present on Chronicling America - contains a list of all known newspapers and the dates they cover; once you locate a newspaper name, contact the local library to see if they have copies of the newspaper

Seneca Area Newspaper Archive

Sabetha Herald Archive 1888-2011

Websites

 * Photos of People and Places in Nemaha County
 * Working Research Database of Nemaha County
 * 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
 * Nemaha County, Kansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)