Osage County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Osage County

Guide to Osage 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
Osage County Courthouse 717 Topeka Ave Lyndon, KS 66451-0226 Phone: 785.828.4812 Formerly Weller County Name changed to Osage 11 Feb 1859 County Clerk has birth records 1886-1921, marriage records 1885-1911 and death records 1885-1909. Clerk District Court has divorce records from 1863. County Court has court records from 1929. Register of Deeds has land records from 1858.

Parent County
1855--Osage County was created 30 August 1855 as an original county. County seat: Lyndon

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

Neighboring Counties



 * Coffey
 * Douglas
 * Franklin
 * Lyon
 * Shawnee
 * Wabaunsee

Military
During the Civil War men from Osage county enlisted in the 2nd Regiment Kansas Infantry, the 11th Regiment Kansas Cavalry and the Osage County Militia Battalion.

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
Osage County Historical Society, INC.  And Hawley Genealogical Research Center 631 Topeka Avenue PO Box 361 Lyndon, KS 66541 Telephone Number:785-828-3477 E-mail:[mailto:researchosagechs@embarqmail.com researchosagechs@embarqmail.com]

Osage County Genealogy Society 127 East 6th St. Lyndon, Kansas 66451 Telephone Number: 785-828-4520

Web Sites

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