Kearny County, Kansas Genealogy

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County Courthouse
Kearny County Courthouse 305 N Main Street Lakin, KS 67860 Phone: 316.355.6422 County Clerk has birth, marriage and death records 1900-1910; Clerk district court has divorce and court records 1894 and probate records from 1895; Register of Deeds has land records from 1894; County Clerk and County Historical Society have newspapers; County Appraiser has local census from 1913

Parent County
1873--Kearny County was created 6 March 1873 from unorganized territory. County seat: Lakin

Neighboring Counties

 * Finney
 * Grant
 * Hamilton
 * Haskell
 * Scott
 * Stanton
 * Wichita

Military

 * Kearny County was not organized until after the Civil War. See Marion County for 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.
 * Kearny County, Kansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Kearny County, Kansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)