Hodgeman County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Hodgeman County

Guide to Hodgeman County, Kansas ancestry, genealogy, and family history, in 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
Hodgeman County Courthouse 500 Main St; PO Box 247 Jetmore, KS 67854-0247 Phone: 316.357.6421

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.

Parent County

 * 1867--Hodgeman County was creaeted 26 February 1867 from Marion County. County seat: Jetmore

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

Neighboring Counties



 * Edwards
 * Finney
 * Ford
 * Gray
 * Ness
 * Pawnee

Military

 * For information about Civil War records see Marion County.

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
Hodgeman County Genealogical Society PO Box 441 Jetmore 67854

Hodgeman County Historical Society Route 2, Box 114 Jetmore 67854

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

Web Sites

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