Graham County, Kansas Genealogy

Graham 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.

United States Kansas  Graham County

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

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.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * Graham County, KSGenWeb - free genealogy resources; part of the USGenWeb Project
 * Graham County, Kansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Graham County, Kansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)