Marion County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Marion County

Guide to Marion 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
Marion County Courthouse 204 S 4th St; PO Box 219; Marion, KS 66861 Phone: 316.382.2185 County Clerk has birth and death records 1885-1911. Clerk District Court has marriage records from 1800’s, divorce, probate and court records. Register of Deeds has school records 1873-1964 and land records.

Parent County
1855--Marion County was created in 1855 as an original county. County seat: Marion

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

Neighboring Counties



 * Butler
 * Chase
 * Dickinson
 * Harvey
 * McPherson
 * Morris
 * Saline

Maps

 * Township Map of 1887 Marion County, Kansas with enlarged views of each township (My Genealogy Hound)

Military

 * During the Civil War Marion County was designated as a minicipal township attached to Chase County for judicial purposes. The population was only about 80 in 1861.  See Chase County for information about Civil War Records.

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 $

Websites

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