Atchison County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Atchison County

Guide to Atchison 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
Atchison County Courthouse 423 N 5th Street Atchison, KS 66002 Phone: 913.367.1653

County Clerk has birth records 1891-1906 and death records 1891-1911; City Clerk has birth and death records from 1911. Clerk District Court has divorce Records. Magistrate Court has probate records. Register of Deeds has land records.

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

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

Neighboring Counties



 * Brown
 * Buchanan County, Missouri
 * Doniphan
 * Jackson
 * Jefferson
 * Leavenworth
 * Platte County, Missouri

Church
"The story of a Kansas parish : being a compilation from the records and a partial survey of the work and some of the workers of Trinity Church, Atchison, Kansas, from 1857 to 1911 (1911)" by Francis S White.

Some great stories and detailed information about the church's growth from 1859 forward, including photos of the ministers. You can read this book online at archive.org, no copyrights.

Local Histories
"History of Atchison County, Kansas (1916)" by Ingalls, Sheffield Lawrence, Kansas, Standard Publishing Co.

This book gives a lot of local information, including biographies and photos of prominent citizens, history of towns, churches, railroads, etc. You can read it online at archive.org ; no copyrights

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


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

Military

 * Men from Atchison County enlisted in 1st Infantry Regiment, Company A.

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

Societies and Libraries
Atchison County Genealogical Society PO Box 303 Atchison, KS 66002-0303

Atchison County Historical Society PO Box 201 200 S. 10th Street Santa Fe Depot, Atchison, KS 66002 Telephone Number: 913-367-6238 E-mail[mailto:GoWest@atchisonhistory.org GoWest@atchisonhistory.org] Website

Websites

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