Rooks County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Rooks County

Guide to Rooks 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
Rooks County Courthouse 115 N Walnut Street Stockton, KS 67669-1663 Phone: 785.425.6718 Clerk District Court has birth and death records 1888-1905, marriage and divorce records from 1888, probate records from 1881 and court records. Register of Deeds has land records.

Parent County
1867--Rooks County was created 26 February 1867 from unorganized territory. County seat: Stockton

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Ellis
 * Graham
 * Osborne
 * Phillips
 * Smith
 * Trego[[Image:Ksrooks.jpg|700px|Right]]

Military

 * Rooks 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 $

Obituaries
Obituary Index for the Plainville Times, 1888-2006. Provides the following information:


 * Last Name
 * Given Names
 * Age
 * Death Date
 * Newspaper Date

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
Rooks County Historical Society 921 S Cedar St Stockton 67669 Telephone: 785-425-7217

Web Sites

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