Scott County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Scott County

Guide to Scott 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
Scott County Courthouse 303 Court Street Scott City, KS 67871-1122 Phone: 620.872.2420 City Clerk has birth and death records. Probate Judge has probate records.

District Court has marriage records. County Clerk has burial records. Clerk Court has divorce and court records.

Parent County
1873--Scott County was created 6 March 1873 from unorganized territory. County seat: Scott City

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

Neighboring Counties



 * Finney
 * Gove
 * Kearny
 * Lane
 * Logan
 * Wichita

Military

 * Scott County was organized 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

 * 1840 - 1935 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1855 - 1911 Kansas, County Marriages, 1855-1911 at Ancestry.com — images $

Societies and Libraries
Old Fort Genealogical Society of Southeastern Kansas, Inc. At 3rd and National (entrance on the west side of the Memorial Hall) PO Box 786 Fort Scott, KS 66701 Telephone: 620-223-3300 E-mail:[mailto:ofgs@pbxmail.com ofgs@pbxmail.com] Website

Scott County Historical Society PO Box 155 Scott City, Kansas 67871 Website

El Quartelejo Museum 902 W. 5th Scott City, Kansas 67871 Telephone: 620-872-5912 Website

Web Sites

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