Barton County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Barton County

Guide to Barber 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


Barton County Courthouse 1400 Main Street; P O Box 1089 Great Bend, Ks 67530 Phone: 316-793-1870

County Clerk has birth and death records 1892-1911 Cemeter records. Register of Deeds has land school and military discharge records. Clerk District Court has marriage, probate and naturalization records.

Parent County
1867--Barton County was created 26 February 1867 from Marion County. County seat: Great Bend

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

Neighboring Counties



 * Ellis
 * Ellsworth
 * Pawnee
 * Rice
 * Rush
 * Russell
 * Stafford

Lutheran
Albert


 * Records of the American Lutheran Church, Albert, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Barton County


 * Records of the American Lutheran Church, Barton County, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Military

 * For information about Civil War records see Marion County.

1890 Census Veterans Schedules

Despite the destruction of the 1890 Federal Census, a few 1890 Census Veterans Schedules for the city of Great Bend in Barton County survived. They are available on roll 118 of "Special Schedules of the Eleventh Census (1890) Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Union Veterans of the Civil War" (NARA M123). The schedules list veterans and their widows who served as Union soldiers in the Civil War. For more information on the 1890 Veterans Schedules see Union Census Records.

Obituaries
Obituary Index for the Great Bend Tribune, Great Bend, Kansas. Can be accessed by name and by the date the obituary appeared in the newspaper. Index gives the Name, obituary date or dates, the town and the age. Copies can be ordered from the Great Bend Public Library.

Barton County Index of Obituaries and Death Notices. Includes people that lived in or around Barton County during their lives. Index gives name, year of birth and death. name of newspaper, date of death, and possible other information.

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
Barton County Genealogical Society PO Box 425 Great Bend 67530

Barton County Historical Society 85 South Highway 281 Box 1091 Great Bend 67530 Telephone Number: 620-793-5125 Website

Great Bend Public Library
1409 Williams Great Bend, KS 67530 (620) 792-2409 Fax: (620) 793-7270 Website

Great Bend Public Library is a FamilySearch Center. Microforms from the Salt Lake Family History Library may be ordered for use at the library.

Facilities includes two reader/printers for use. One reader also has the capability of emailing or saving images to a flash drive.

Reference librarians are available for assistance. A Genealogy collection and Kansas Collection provide other research materials for use in the building. Some duplicate items may be borrowed.

Interlibrary Loan services can also be requested. Materials from other libraries around the world can often be located and borrowed for use. If borrowing is not possible, photocopies of specific pages or index pages can be obtained.

Microfilm copies of most Barton County, Kansas, newspapers since the nineteenth century are found at the Library. Other miscellaneous microfilms, microfiche, and CD-Roms provide additional research materials.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Great Bend Kansas Family History Center

Web Sites

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