Thomas County, Kansas Genealogy

Thomas County, Kansas genealogy and family history research page. Guide to genealogy, history, 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.

United States Kansas  Thomas County

County Courthouse
Thomas County Courthouse 300 N Court Street Colby, KS 67701 Phone: 785.462.2561 County Clerk has birth, marriage and death records 1885-1910 and burial records from 1910. Clerk District Court has marriage, probate, divorce court and naturalization records from 1885. Register of Deeds has land records from 1884 and military discharge records.

Parent County
1873--Thomas County was created 6 March 1873 from unorganized territory. County seat: Colby

Neighboring Counties



 * Decatur
 * Gove
 * Logan
 * Rawlins
 * Sheridan
 * Sherman

Military

 * Thomas County was organized after the Civil War.

Family History Centers



 * Colby Kansas Family History Center

Web Sites

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