Marshall County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Marshall County

Guide to Marshall 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
Marshall County Courthouse 1201 Broadway Marysville, KS 66508-1844 Phone: 785.562.5361 County Clerk has birth and death records 1885-1911. Clerk District Court has marriage records from 1800’s, divorce and probate record. Register of Deeds has school records 1873-1964 and land records.

Parent County
1855--Marshall County was created 30 August 1855 as an original county. County seat: Marysville

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

Neighboring Counties



 * Gage County, Nebraska
 * Nemaha
 * Pawnee County, Nebraska
 * Pottawatomie
 * Riley
 * Washington

Migration
Early migration routes to and from for European and African American settlers included:


 * Big Blue River
 * Little Blue River
 * Oregon Trail 1830s to 1890s from western Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon
 * California Trail 1846 to 1869 from western Missouri to northern California
 * Mormon Trail 1846 to 1869 from Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah

Military

 * During the Civil War men from this County enlisted in 1st Kansas Infantry Regiment, Company A, 7th Regiment, Kansas Cavalry, Companies A, B and H; 13th Regiment, Kansas Infantry, Companies G and H; 2nd Regiment, Kansas Cavalry; and the 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th Kansas Regiments.

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 — index and images
 * 1855 - 1911 Kansas, County Marriages, 1855-1911 at Ancestry.com — images $

Societies
The Marshall County Historical Society can be found online on their Facebook page. They will do local research for a fee.

Web Sites

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