Harper County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Harper County

Guide to Harper 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
Harper County Courthouse 200 Jennings Avenue Anthony, KS 67003 Phone. 316.842.5555 Probate Judge has marriage and probate records. Clerk District Court has divorce and court records. Register of Deeds has land records.

Parent County

 * 1867--Harper County was created 26 February 1867 from Marion County. County seat: Anthony

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

Neighboring Counties



 * Alfalfa County, Oklahoma
 * Barber
 * Grant County, Oklahoma
 * Kingman
 * Sumner

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
Harper City Historical Society 10020 Oak Harper 67058

Harper County Genealogical Society 1002 Oak Harper 67058

Web Sites

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