Lyon County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Lyon County

Guide to Lyon 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
Lyon County Courthouse 402 Commercial Emporia, KS 66801-4000 Phone: 316.342.4950 Formerly Breckenridge Co. Name changed to Lyon 5 Feb 1862. Clerk District Court has marriage records from 1861, divorce records from 1860, probate records from 1859 and court records from 1858. Register of Deeds has land records from 1856. City Clerk has birth and death records.

Parent County
1857--Lyon County was created 17 February 1857 as an original county. County seat: Emporia

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

Neighboring Counties



 * Chase
 * Coffey
 * Greenwood
 * Morris
 * Osage
 * Wabaunsee

Civil War
During the Civil War men from Lyon County enlisted in the Emporia Guards, the Emporia Artillery and the Emporia Cavalry, 2nd Regiment Kansas Volunteer Infantry, Company H; 8th Regiment Kansas Infantry, Company H which was tranferred to the 9th Regiment Kansas Infantry, Company B; and the 11th Regiment Kansas Cavalry, Company C.


 * - 11th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry (Union), Company B

Newspapers
Emporia Gazette

Obituaries
Emporia Gazette Death Notices Index 1892-1989 - Site gives information on the Index and how to obtain a copy of the obituary.

Emporia Gazette Death Notices Index 1990-1999 - Site gives information on the Index and how to obtain a copy of the obituary.

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
Lyon County Historical Society 118 East 6th Avenue Emporia 66801

Lyon County History Center 225 E 6th St Emporia, KS 66801 E-mail[mailto:lchsresearchcenter@gmail.com] Website

Flint Hills Genealogical Society PO Box 555 Emporia, KS 66801-0555

Family History Centers



 * Emporia Kansas Family History Center

Web Sites

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