Graham County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Graham County

Guide to Graham 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
Graham County Courthouse 410 N Pomeroy Hill City, KS 67642-1645 Phone: 785.674.5433 Probate Judge has marriage and probate record. Clerk District Court has divorce and court records. Register of Deeds has land records.

Parent County
1867--Graham County was created 26 February 1867 from unorganized territory. County seat: Hill City

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

Neighboring Counties



 * Gove
 * Norton
 * Phillips
 * Rooks
 * Sheridan
 * Trego

African-American

 * Nicodemus Historical Society - Nicodemus was established in 1877 and became the largest community established by freed salave following the Civil war. The site includes an ongoing project to identify descendants of the townspeople. Freed Slaves had been encouraged to settle in the Free State Kansas.
 * Nicodemus National Park Service
 * Images of Nicodemus, Graham County, Kansas

Cemeteries
Graham County Cemeteries site lists the name of the cemeteries and a transcription of those cemeteries giving the name, date of birth, date of death, and remarks if any.

Military

 * Graham County was not organized until after the Civil War.

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 Kansas, County Marriages, 1855-1911 at Ancestry.com — images $

Societies and Libraries
Graham County Historical Society 414 North West Hill City 67642

Graham County Historical Society 103 East Cherry Hill City, Kansas 67642 Telephone Number:Betty Elliott 785-421-2543 or Lowell Beecher: 785-421-5421 E-mail[mailto:queenb@ruraltel.net] Website Archives open by appointment and there is a fee for research.There is a fee of $20.00 for first hour then $10.00 each additional hour

Web Sites

 * Graham County, KSGenWeb - free genealogy resources; part of the USGenWeb Project
 * Graham County, Kansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Solomon Valley Chronicles - a website for genealogy and local history of Graham, Norton and Sheridan Counties.
 * Solomon Valley Chronicles - a website for genealogy and local history of Graham, Norton and Sheridan Counties.