Lane County, Kansas Genealogy

Lane 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  Lane County

County Courthouse
Lane County Courthouse 144 S Lane, PO Box 788; Dighton, KS 67839 Phone: 316.397.5552 Magistrate Court has marriage, divorce, probate and court records. Register of Deeds has land records, City of Dighton has burial records.

Parent County
1873--Lane County was created 6 March 1873 from unorganized territory. County seat: Dighton

Neighboring Counties



 * Finney
 * Gove
 * Ness
 * Scott

Military

 * Lane County was not organized until after the Civil War.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

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