Sumner County, Kansas Genealogy

Sumner County, Kansas genealogy and family history research page. Guide to genealogy, history, 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.

United States Kansas  Sumner County

County Courthouse
Sumner County Courthouse 500 N Washington Wellington, KS 67152&lt;span Phone: 316.326.3395 Probate Judge has marriage and probate records. Clerk District Court has divorce records. County Clerk has land records.

Parent County
1867--Sumner County was created 26 February 1867 from Butler and Marion Counties. County seat: Wellington

Neighboring Counties



 * Butler
 * Cowley
 * Grant County, Oklahoma
 * Harper
 * Kay County, Oklahoma
 * Kingman
 * Sedgwick

Local Histories
A Portrait and biographical album of Sumner County, Kansas containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county... (1885) is available online free from Google Books. Parts I and II contain biographies of the U.S. presidents and Kentucky governors. Part III (starts about p.160) contains biographies of Sumner County residents.

Military

 * Sumner County was organized after the Civil War began. Please see Butler and Marion counties for Civil War records

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

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