Osage County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Osage County

Osage 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.

County Courthouse
Osage County Courthouse 717 Topeka Ave Lyndon, KS 66451-0226 Phone: 785.828.4812 Formerly Weller County Name changed to Osage 11 Feb 1859 County Clerk has birth records 1886-1921, marriage records 1885-1911 and death records 1885-1909. Clerk District Court has divorce records from 1863. County Court has court records from 1929. Register of Deeds has land records from 1858.

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Coffey
 * Douglas
 * Franklin
 * Lyon
 * Shawnee
 * Wabaunsee

Military
During the Civil War men from Osage county enlisted in the 2nd Regiment Kansas Infantry, the 11th Regiment Kansas Cavalry and the Osage County Militia Battalion.

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.
 * Osage County, Kansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Osage County, Kansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)