Montgomery County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Montgomery County

Guide to Montgomery 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
Montgomery County Courthouse 217 E Myrtle; PO Box 446; Independence, KS 67301 Phone: 316.330.1200 County Clerk has birth and death records 1886-1911. Probate Court has marriage and probate records from 1870. Clerk District Court has divorce and court records from 1870. Register of deeds has land records from 1870.

Parent County

 * 1867--Montgomery County was created 26 February 1867 from Wilson County. County seat: Independence

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

Neighboring Counties



 * Chautauqua
 * Elk
 * Labette
 * Neosho
 * Nowata County, Oklahoma
 * Washington County, Oklahoma
 * Wilson

Military

 * For information about Civil War records see Wilson County.

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
Montgomery County Historical Society PO Box 100 Independence 67301

Montgomery County Genealogy Society PO Box 444 Coffeyville 67337

Family History Centers



 * Independence Kansas Family History Center

Web Sites

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