Ford County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Ford County

Guide to Ford 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
Ford County Courthouse 100 Gunsmoke Dodge City, KS 67801 Phone: 316.277.3184 County Clerk has birth, death and burial records. Probate Judge has marriage, probate and court records. Clerk District Court has divorce records. County Clerk has land records.

Parent County

 * 1873--Ford County was created 6 March 1873 from Marion County and unorganized territory. County seat: Dodge City

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

Neighboring Counties



 * Clark
 * Edwards
 * Gray
 * Hodgeman
 * Kiowa
 * Meade

Military

 * For information about Civil War records see Marion County.
 * Death-Burial Records Soldiers Home

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 $


 * Death-Burial Records Soldiers Home

Marriage Records

 * 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 $

Societies and Libraries
Ford County Historical Society PO Box 131 Dodge City 67801-0131 Website

Family History Centers

 * Garden City Kansas Family History Center

Web Sites

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