Chase County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Chase County

Guide to Chase 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
Chase County Courthouse Courthouse Square Cottonwood Falls, KS 66845 Phone: 316.273.6423

County Clerk has birth records 1886-1911 and death records 1886-1910. Register of Deeds has land records. Probate Judge has probate records.

Parent County

 * 1859--Chase County was created 11 February 1859 from Butler and Wise (Old) Counties. County seat: Cottonwood Falls

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

Neighboring Counties



 * Butler
 * Greenwood
 * Lyon
 * Marion
 * Morris

Military
Men from Chase County enlisted in the following regiments and companies in the Civil War:


 * Regiment 1
 * Regiment 2, Companies Fand D
 * Regiment 5 Cavalry
 * Regiment 6, Missouri
 * Regiment 7, Company H
 * Regiment 9, Companies B, D, I, M
 * Regiment 10, Companies I and Q
 * Regiment 11, Companies M and C, Cavalry
 * Regiment 15, Company H
 * Regiment 17, Company C.  Regiments are infantry unless otherwise noted.

Obituaries
Chase County Death and Obituary Index for the period 1863-2005. Index gives name and newspaper date of obituary and provides information ordering a copy.

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 $

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
Chase County Historical Society 301 Broadway Cottonwood Falls 66845 Telephone Number: 602-273-8500 Website

Web Sites

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