Geary County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Geary County

Guide to Geary County, Kansas ancestry, family history and genealogyand 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
Geary County Courthouse 8th &amp; Franklin; Junction City, KS 66441 Phone: 785.238.3912 Formerly Davis County. Name changed to Geary 28 Feb 1889. Probate Court has marriage and probate from 1860. Clerk District Court has divorce records from 1860. County Court has court records from 1937. Register of Deeds has land records from 1858.

Parent County
1855--Geary County was created 30 August 1855 as an original county. County seat: Junction City

Neighboring Counties



 * Clay
 * Dickinson
 * Morris
 * Riley
 * Wabaunsee

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 $

Family History Centers



 * Junction City Kansas Family History Center

Web Sites

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