Ottawa County, Kansas Genealogy

Ottawa 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.

United States Kansas  Ottawa County

County Courthouse
Ottawa County Courthouse 307 N Concord Minneapolis, KS 67467 Phone: 785.392.2279 County clerk has marriage, divorce and probate records. City Officers have birth records from 1911 and death records. Register of Deeds has land records.

Parent County
1860--Ottawa County was created 27 February 1860 from unorganized territory. County seat: Minneapolis

Neighboring Counties



 * Clay
 * Cloud
 * Dickinson
 * Lincoln
 * Mitchell
 * Saline

Military
During the Civil War the settlers of Ottawa County were driven out by Indian raids and returned in 1863, but spent their energy in defending themselves against the Indians. After the war there was an influx of discharged Civil War Veterans coming to take advantage of their soldiers' claims.

Obituaries
Obituary Index for the Minneapolis Messenger 1920-2003. Index gives the name and death date. Instructions for ordering a copy are included on the web page.

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