Pawnee County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas Pawnee County

Guide to Pawnee County, Kansas ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
Pawnee County Courthouse 715 Broadway Street Larned, Kansas 67550-3098 Phone: 620.285.3721 Pawnee County Website Clerk District Court has marriage records from 1873, divorce, probate, court and naturalization records Register of Deeds has land records. City Clerk has birth and death records and death records 1897-1911 and burial records from 1886, census taken in 1886. County Clerk

Vital Records/Records of Pawnee County

Populated Places
The following are locations in Pawnee County, Kansas:

Court Records

 * Records of Pawnee County

Local Histories

 * Pawnee County Organization Records
 * Pawnee County Section of William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas
 * Kansas Historical Society Kansapedia for Pawnee County
 * Souvenir of Larned and Pawnee County, Kansas - Issued by the "Larned Business Men's Association" about 1908. Collection of photos and brief historical sketches.
 * Wichita State University Libraries Images of Larned
 * History of Browns Grove & Burdett, Kansas, 1876 1976 - Digital copy at FHL.
 * Pawnee County History Bibliography at Kansas Historical Society

Maps and Gazetteers



 * Map from Cutler's History of the State of Kansas
 * Pawnee County Report, 1878: Map and statistics from Kansas State Board of Agriculture First Biennial Report, 1878
 * Plat Book of Pawnee County, Kansas, 1902
 * Atlas and Plat Book of Pawnee County, Kansas, 1916
 * Township Map of 1887 Pawnee County, Kansas with enlarged views of each township (My Genealogy Hound)

Military Records
Note: Pawnee County was not organized until after the Civil War.
 * Pawnee County 1883 List of Pensioners on the Roll: KSGenWeb or Genealogy Trails
 * Pawnee County World War II casualties

Probate Records
'''Online Records


 * 1803 – 1987 Kansas Wills and Probate Records 1803-1987 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

Vital Records

 * Records of Pawnee County

Birth

 * 1818 - 1936 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1885 - 1911 Kansas, Births and Christenings Index, 1885-1911 at Ancestry.com — index $

Marriage

 * 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 $

Death

 * 1885 - 1930 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1885 - 1930 Kansas, Deaths and Burials, Index, 1885-1930 at Ancestry.com — index $

Libraries

 * Jordaan Memorial Library, Larned: Library holdings can be searched in Pathfinder Central. The library may have cataloged unique items related to genealogy and local history, in addition to published works for this area.

Societies
Old Fort Genealogical Society of Southeastern Kansas, Inc. At 3rd & National (entrance on the west side of the Memorial Hall) PO Box 786 Fort Scott, KS 66701 Telephone: 620-223-3300 E-mail:[mailto:ofgs@pbxmail.com ofgs@pbxmail.com] Website


 * Kansas Historical Society Online documents, images, publications, etc. for Pawnee County

Websites

 * Genealogy Trails/Kansas Trails Pawnee County page
 * KSGenWeb/Pawnee County
 * The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records
 * Pawnee County, Kansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)