Hodgeman County, Kansas Genealogy

Guide to Hodgeman County, Kansas ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Description
The County was named for Dudley P. Haskell, a Kansas Congressman. The County has Sublette as its seat and the County was created March 23, 1887. The County is located in the southeast area of the state.

County Courthouse
Hodgeman County Courthouse 500 Main Street PO Box 247 Jetmore, Kansas 67854-0247 Phone: 316.357.6421 Hodgeman County Website

City Clerk has birth, death and burial records from 1911. Probate Judge has marriage and probate records from 1887. Clerk district Court has divorce and court records from 1887. Register of Deeds has land records from 1879.

Populated Places
The following are locations in Hodgeman County, Kansas:

Census Records
State Census
 * 1865 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1875 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1885 - at FamilySearch — images
 * 1895 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Local Histories
Online County Histories
 * A History of Hodgeman County. 1961. By Margaret Haun Raser and Ina Rumford. N.p. : Hodgeman County Centennial Committee.  Online at: ;.

Military Records

 * For information about Civil War records see Marion County.

Probate Records
'''Online Records


 * 1803 – 1987 Kansas Wills and Probate Records 1803-1987 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

Birth

 * 1818 - 1936 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1885 - 1911 at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1885 - 1911 Kansas, Births and Christenings Index, 1885-1911 at Ancestry.com — index $

Marriage

 * 1811 - 1911 at | FamilySearch — index
 * 1840 - 1935 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1855 - 1911 at | FamilySearch — images
 * 1855 - 1911 Kansas, County Marriages, 1855-1911 at Ancestry.com — images $

Death

 * 1885 - 1930 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1885 - 1930 Kansas, Deaths and Burials, Index, 1885-1930 at Ancestry.com — index $

Societies
Hodgeman County Genealogical Society PO Box 608 Jetmore, KS 67854 Telephone Number: 620-357-6594 E-mail[mailto:hcgs18m@hotmail.com hcgs18m@hotmail.com] Website

Hodgeman County Historical Society Route 2, Box 114 Jetmore 67854

Websites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records
 * Hodgeman County, Kansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)