Rice County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Rice County

Rice 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.

County Courthouse
Rice County Courthouse 101 W Commercial Street Lyons, KS 67554 Phone: 316.257.2232 Clerk District Court has marriage records from 1872, divorce, probate and court records. Register of Deeds has land records from 1871. County Clerk has birth records 1895-1910 and burial records.

Parent County
1867--Rice County was created 26 February 1867 from Marion County. County seat: Lyons

Neighboring Counties

 * Barton
 * Ellsworth
 * McPherson
 * Reno
 * Stafford

Military

 * For information about Civil War records see Marion County.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

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