Ness County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Ness County

Guide to Ness 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
Ness County Courthouse 202 W Sycamore Street Ness City, KS 67560-1558 Phone: 785.798.2401 Probate Judge has marriage and probate records. Clerk Court has divorce records; City Clerk has court records. Register of Deeds has land records.

Parent County
1867--Ness County was created 26 February 1867 from unorganized territory. County seat: Ness City

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

Neighboring Counties



 * Ellis
 * Finney
 * Gove
 * Hodgeman
 * Lane
 * Pawnee
 * Rush
 * Trego

Military

 * Ness County was not organized until 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 $

Web Sites

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