Franklin County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Franklin County

Guide to Franklin 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
Franklin County Courthouse 315 S Main Ottawa, KS 66067 Phone: 785.242.1471

Clerk District Court has marriage, divorce, probate and court records. Register of Deeds has land and military records.

Parent County
1855--Franklin County was created 30 August 1855 as an original county. County seat: Ottawa

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

Neighboring Counties



 * Anderson
 * Coffey
 * Douglas
 * Johnson
 * Linn
 * Miami
 * Osage

Military

 * Men from this County enlisted in 1st Infantry Regiment, Company A and 15th Cavalry Regiment, Company A.

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

Societies and Libraries
Franklin County Historical Society 1124 W 7th St Terrace PO Box 145 Ottawa 66067 Telephone Number: 785-242-1232 Website

Franklin County Genealogical Society PO Box 353 Ottawa, KS 66067 E-mail:[mailto:contactus@franklincountykansas.net contactus@franklincountykansas.net] Website In the Genealogical Data section, a number of sources are indexed, such as probates, naturalizations, county marriages, county divorces, cemeteries, births, etc.

Family History Centers



 * Ottawa Kansas Family History Center

Web Sites

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