Montgomery County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas Montgomery County

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

County Courthouse
Montgomery County Courthouse 217 E. Myrtle P.O. Box 446 Independence, Kansas 67301-0446 Phone: 316.330.1200 Montgomery County Website County Clerk has birth and death records 1886-1911. Probate Court has marriage and probate records from 1870. Clerk District Court has divorce and court records from 1870. Register of deeds has land records from 1870.

Populated Places
The following are locations in Montgomery 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 — images

Military Records

 * For information about Civil War records see Wilson 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 — index and 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 $

Family History Centers

 * Independence Kansas Family History Center

Societies
Montgomery County Historical Society PO Box 100 Independence 67301

Montgomery County Genealogy Society PO Box 444 Coffeyville 67337

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
 * Montgomery County, Kansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)