Osborne County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Osborne County

Guide to Osborne 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
Osborne County Courthouse 423 W Main Street Osborne, KS 67473 Phone: 785.346.5911

Probate Judge has marriage, probate and court records from 1872. Register of Deeds has land records.

Parent County
1867--Osborne County was created 26 February 1867 from unorganized territory. County seat: Osborne

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

Populated Places

 * Downs
 * Osborne

Neighboring Counties



 * Ellis
 * Jewell
 * Lincoln
 * Mitchell
 * Rooks
 * Russell
 * Smith

Military

 * Osborne 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
Downs Public Library: 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.

Osborne Public Library: 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.
 * Osborne County, Kansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Osborne County, Kansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)