Greenwood County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas Greenwood County

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

County Courthouse
Greenwood County Courthouse 311 N. Main Street PO Box 268 Eureka, Kansas 67045-1321 Phone: 316.583.7421 Greenwood County Website County Clerk has birth records 1885-1947, marriage records 1885-1911 and death records 1885-1965. Clerk District Court has divorce, probate and court records. Register of Deeds has land and military records.

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

Civil War

 * During the Civil War men from Greenwood County enlisted in the 1st Kansas Volunteer Infantry Regiment, the 12th Kansas Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company K, and the 14th Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. Men from Wilson, Woodson and Greenwood counties organized a mounted militia regiment in 1861.

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

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 — index and 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 $

Societies
Greenwood County Historical Society 120 W 4th ST P.O. Box 86 Eureka KS 67045 Telephone Number: 620-583-6682 E-mail: [mailto:gwhistory@sbcglobal.net gwhistory@sbcglobal.net] Website

Websites

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