Riley County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Riley County

Guide to Riley 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
Riley County Courthouse 110 Courthouse Plaza Manhattan, KS 66502-6018 Phone: 785.537.0700 CountyClerk has birth and death records 1885-1886 and 1892-1909. City Clerk has birth and death records from 1910. Probate Court has probate records. Register of Deeds has land records.

Parent County
1855--Riley County was created 30 August 1855 as an original county. County seat: Manhattan

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

Neighboring Counties



 * Clay
 * Geary
 * Marshall
 * Pottawatomie
 * Wabaunsee
 * Washington

Migration
Early migration routes to and from for European and African American settlers included:


 * Kansas River
 * Big Blue River
 * Oregon Trail 1830s to 1890s from western Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon
 * California Trail 1846 to 1869 from western Missouri to northern California
 * Mormon Trail 1846 to 1869 from Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah

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
Riley County Genealogical Society 2005 Claflin Road Manhattan 66502-3415 Telephone: 785-565-6495 E-mail:[mailto:info@rileycgs.com info@rileycgs.com] Website

Riley County Historical Society 2309 Claflin Road Manhattan 66502 Telephone: 785-565-6490 E-mail:[mailto:http://ks-rileycounty3.civicplus.com/forms.aspx?fid=57] Website

Family History Centers



 * Manhattan Kansas Family History Center

Web Sites

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