Lane County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Lane County

Guide to Lane 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
Lane County Courthouse 144 S Lane, PO Box 788; Dighton, KS 67839 Phone: 316.397.5552 Magistrate Court has marriage, divorce, probate and court records. Register of Deeds has land records, City of Dighton has burial records.

Parent County
1873--Lane County was created 6 March 1873 from unorganized territory. County seat: Dighton

Neighboring Counties



 * Finney
 * Gove
 * Ness
 * Scott

Military

 * Lane 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 $

Web Sites

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