Osage County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas Osage County

Guide to Osage County, Kansas ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
Osage County Courthouse 717 Topeka Street Lyndon, Kansas 66451-0226 Phone: 785.828.4812 Osage County Website County Clerk has birth records 1886-1921, marriage records 1885-1911 and death records 1885-1909. Clerk District Court has divorce records from 1863. County Court has court records from 1929. Register of Deeds has land records from 1858.

Populated Places
The following are locations in Osage County, Kansas:

Census Records
State Census
 * 1865 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1875 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1885 - at FamilySearch — images
 * 1895 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Military Records
During the Civil War men from Osage county enlisted in the 2nd Regiment Kansas Infantry, the 11th Regiment Kansas Cavalry and the Osage County Militia Battalion.

Probate Records
'''Online Records


 * 1803 – 1987 Kansas Wills and Probate Records 1803-1987 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

Birth

 * 1818 - 1936 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1885 - 1911 at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1885 - 1911 Kansas, Births and Christenings Index, 1885-1911 at Ancestry.com — index $

Marriage

 * 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 $

Death

 * 1885 - 1930 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1885 - 1930 Kansas, Deaths and Burials, Index, 1885-1930 at Ancestry.com — index $

Societies
Osage County Historical Society, INC.  And Hawley Genealogical Research Center 631 Topeka Avenue PO Box 361 Lyndon, KS 66541 Telephone Number:785-828-3477 E-mail:[mailto:researchosagechs@embarqmail.com researchosagechs@embarqmail.com] Website

Osage County Genealogy Society 127 East 6th St. Lyndon, Kansas 66451 Telephone Number: 785-828-4520

Websites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.
 * The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records
 * Osage County, Kansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)