McPherson County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  McPherson County

Guide to McPherson 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
McPherson County Courthouse 117 N Maple St; PO Box 425; McPherson, KS 67460 Phone: 316.241.3656 County Clerk has birth records 1874-1911, marriage records 1887-1911, death records 1886-2922 and local census 1932. Clerk District Court has divorce and court records from 1873, probate records from 1870 and naturalization records. Register of Deeds has land records.

Parent County

 * 1867--McPherson County was created 26 February 1867 from Marion County. County seat: McPherson

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

Neighboring Counties



 * Dickinson
 * Ellsworth
 * Harvey
 * Marion
 * Reno
 * Rice
 * Saline

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 $

Indices of McPherson County, Kansas Wills and Probate Records, McPherson County Old Mill Museum

Vital Records
The McPherson County, Kansas Official Website(Click "Department" tab, then "Clerk/Elections") has a partial list of early births, deaths, and marriages that occurred in the county.

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 — index and images
 * 1855 - 1911 Kansas, County Marriages, 1855-1911 at Ancestry.com — images $

Marriage and Divorce Records
McPherson County Research Library &amp; Archives, McPherson County Old Mill Museum

Web Sites

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