Neosho County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Neosho County

Guide to Neosho 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
Neosho County Courthouse 100 S Main Street PO Box 237 Erie, KS 66733 Phone: 316.244.3293 Formerly Dorn County. Name changed to Neosho 3 Jun 1861. Probate Court has probate record from 1866 and marriage record from 1864. Clerk Disrict Court has naturatlization records from 1868. Register of Deeds has land records from 1866.

Parent County
1855--Neosho County was created 30 August 1855 as an original county. It was formerly known as Dorn County, until the names was changed 3 June 1861. County seat: Erie

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

Neighboring Counties



 * Allen
 * Bourbon
 * Crawford
 * Labette
 * Montgomery
 * Wilson
 * Woodson

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

Societies and Libraries
Neosho County Historical Society PO Box 113 St. Paul 66771

Chanute Genealogical Society 607 S. Ashby Chanute, KS 66720 Telephone Number: 620-431-5200 Fax: 620-431-5209 E-mail:[mailto:chanutegenealogy@chanute.org hanutegenealogy@chanute.org] Website

Chanute Genealogical Society 1010 South Allen Chanute KS 66720

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

Web Sites

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