Trego County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Trego County

Guide to Trego 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
Trego County Courthouse 216 Main Street WaKeeney, KS 67672-2189 Phone: 785.743.5773 Probate Judge has marriage and probate records. Clerk Distric Court has divorce and court records.

Parent County
1867--Trego County was created 26 February 1867 from unorganized territory. County seat: WaKeeney

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

Neighboring Counties



 * Ellis
 * Gove
 * Graham
 * Ness
 * Rooks

Cemeteries
Trego County Cemeteries. Lists the names of the cemeteries, provides the location, and transcription of the cemetery. The transcription may provide:


 * Name
 * Date of Birth
 * Date of Death
 * Remarks

Military

 * Trego County was organized after the Civil War.

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
Trego County Historical Society Highway 283, Box 132 Wa Keeney 67672

Trego County Historical Society Museum Trego County Fairgrounds 128 N 13th St WaKeeney, KS 67672 Telephone Number: 785-743-3964 E-mail:[mailto:tregohistorical@ruraltel.net tregohistorical@ruraltel.net] Website

Web Sites

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