Butler County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Butler County

Guide to Butler 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
Butler County Courthouse 200 W Central Avenue El Dorado, KS 67042 Phone: 316.322.4232 County Clerk has birth and death records 1887-1912 and land records from 1887. Clerk District Court has marriage, divorce, probate and court records.

Parent County
1855--Butler County was created 30 August 1855 as an original county. County seat: El Dorado

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

Neighboring Counties



 * Chase
 * Cowley
 * Elk
 * Greenwood
 * Harvey
 * Marion
 * Sedgwick
 * Sumner

Maps

 * Township Map of 1887 Butler County, Kansas with enlarged views of each township (My Genealogy Hound)

Military
Men from Butler county enlisted in the 9th Kansas Infantry Regiment, Company L.

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
Butler County Historical Society 383 E Central Ave El Dorado, KS 67042 Telephone Number: 316-321-9333 Website

Butler County Historical Society PO Box 696 El Dorado 67042

Web Sites

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