Sheridan County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Sheridan County

Guide to Sheridan 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
Sheridan County Courthouse PO Box 899 Hoxie, KS 67740-0899 Phone: 785.675.3361 County Clerk has incomplete birth and death records 1887-1910. Clerk District Court has marriage, divorce, probate and court records. Register of Deeds has land records.

Parent County
1873--Sheridan County was created 6 March 1873 from unorganized territory. County seat: Hoxie

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

Neighboring Counties



 * Decatur
 * Gove
 * Graham
 * Norton
 * Thomas

Cemeteries
Sheridan County Cemeteries. Provides the name of the cemetery, location and and transcription of the graves. The transcription may provide:


 * Name
 * Date of birth
 * Date of death
 * Remarks

Military

 * Sheridan County was organized after the Civil War.

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

 * 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
Sheridan County Historical Society & Mickey's Museum 1224 Oak PO Box 274 Hoxie 67740 Telephone: 785-675-3501 E-mail:[mailto:schs@ruraltel.net schs@ruraltel.net] Museum E-mail:[mailto:jsschs@ruraltel.net jsschs@ruraltel.net] Website

Sheridan County Historical Society and Museum 850 Sibley Circle Sheridan, WY 82801 Telephone:307-675-1150 Website

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.
 * Sheridan County, Kansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Solomon Valley Chronicles - a website for genealogy and local history of Graham, Norton and Sheridan Counties.
 * Solomon Valley Chronicles - a website for genealogy and local history of Graham, Norton and Sheridan Counties.