Decatur County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Decatur County

Decatur 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.

County Courthouse
Decatur County Courthouse 120 E Hall; PO Box 89; Oberlin, KS 67749 Phone: 785.475.8102 Clerk District Court has birth, marriage and death records 1885-1913, divorce and court records from 1881, probate records from 1891 and naturalization records from 1880. Register of Deeds has land records from 1878 and military discharge records from 1862.

History


The county is named after U.S. naval officer Stephen Decatur (1779-1820).

Parent County
1873--Decatur County was created 6 March 1873 from unorganized territory. County seat: Oberlin

Neighboring Counties

 * Furnas County, Nebraska
 * Hitchcock County, Nebraska
 * Norton
 * Rawlins
 * Red Willow County, Nebraska
 * Sheridan
 * Thomas

Cemeteries
Decatur County Cemeteries gives the location of each cemetery and a transcription of graves in that cemetery. Some cemeteries have not been transcribed as yet.

Vital Records
Links to Deaths in Decatur County links to Obituaries, 1880 Mortality Schedule, Registered Deaths November 28, 1885-July 1, 1911, and The Obituary Daily Times web site

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.
 * Decatur County, Kansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Decatur County, Kansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)