Seward County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Seward County

Seward County, Kansas genealogy and family history research page. Guide to genealogy, history, 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
Seward County Courthouse 415 N Washington Liberal, KS 67901 Phone: 316.626.0211 City Clerk has birth and death and burial records. Probate Judge has marriage and probate records. Clerk District Court has divorce and court records. Register of Deeds has land records. County Clerk has newspapers from 1873.

Parent County
1873--Seward County was created in 1873 from unorganized territory. County seat: Liberal

Neighboring Counties

 * Beaver County, Oklahoma
 * Haskell
 * Meade
 * Stevens
 * Texas County, Oklahoma

Military

 * Seward County was organized after the Civil War.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Liberal 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.
 * Seward County, Kansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Seward County, Kansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)