Seward County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Seward County

Guide to Seward 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
Seward County Courthouse 415 N Washington Liberal, KS 67901 Phone: 316.626.0211 City Clerk has birth and death and burial records. Probate Judge has marriage and probate records. Clerk District Court has divorce and court records. Register of Deeds has land records. County Clerk has newspapers from 1873.

Parent County
1873--Seward County was created in 1873 from unorganized territory. County seat: Liberal

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

Neighboring Counties



 * Beaver County, Oklahoma
 * Haskell
 * Meade
 * Stevens
 * Texas County, Oklahoma

Military

 * Seward 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
Seward County Historical Society 567 E Cedar St Liberal, KS 67901 Telephone Number: 620-624-7624 Website

Family History Centers



 * Liberal Kansas Family History Center

Web Sites

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