Ellsworth County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Ellsworth County

Guide to Ellsworth 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
Ellsworth County Courthouse 210 N Kansas Ave; PO Box 396 Ellsworth, KS 67439 Phone: 785.472.3022

Probate Judge has marriage and probate records. City Clerk has death and burial records. Clerk District Court has divorce records. County Court has court records Register of Deeds has land records.

Parent County

 * 1867--Ellsworth County was created 26 February 1867 from Marion County and unorganized territory.

County seat: Ellsworth

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

Populated Places

 * Ellsworth
 * Holyrood
 * Kanopolis
 * Wilson

Neighboring Counties



 * Barton
 * Lincoln
 * McPherson
 * Rice
 * Russell
 * Saline

Cemeteries
Kanopolis Cemetery Index

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

Societies and Libraries
J.H. Robbins Library, Ellsworth: Library holdings can be searched in Pathfinder Central. The library may have cataloged unique items related to genealogy and local history, in addition to published works for this area.

Lang Memorial Library, Wilson: Library holdings can be searched in Pathfinder Central. The library may have cataloged unique items related to genealogy and local history, in addition to published works for this area.

Web Sites

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