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

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

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 $

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 Kansas, County Marriages, 1855-1911 at Ancestry.com — images $

Societies and Libraries
Lane County Historical Society PO Box 821 Dighton 67839

Web Sites

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