Jewell County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Jewell County

Guide to Jewell 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
Jewell County Courthouse 307 N Commercial Mankato, KS 66956-2025 Phone: 785.378.3121 Clerk District Court has marriage, probate, divorce and court records. Register of Deeds has birth, marriage and death records 1886-1894, cemetery records from 1860’s, land records from 1871, military records from 1889, yearly census assessment rolls 1871-1908 and school recordes from 1884.

Parent County
1867--Jewell County was created 26 February 1867 from unorganized territory. County seat: Mankato

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

Neighboring Counties



 * Cloud
 * Mitchell
 * Nuckolls County, Nebraska
 * Osborne
 * Republic
 * Smith
 * Webster County, Nebraska

Cemeteries
'''Burr Oak web site with access to Burr Oak, Jewel County, Kansas Cemetery list. '''

Military

 * Jewell County was not organized until after the Civil War.

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 Kansas, County Marriages, 1855-1911 at Ancestry.com — images $

Societies and Libraries
Jewell County Historical Society 118 N. Commercial Mankato, KS 66956 Telephone Number: 785/545-7658 Please leave message or send text E-mail[mailto:jwchsmuseum@gmail.com] Website

Jewell County Historical Society 201 North Commercial Mankato 66956

Web Sites

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