Ford County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas Ford County

Guide to Ford County, Kansas ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
Ford County Courthouse 100 Gunsmoke Street Dodge City, Kansas 67801-4482 Phone: 316.277.3184 Ford County Website County Clerk has birth, death and burial records. Probate Judge has marriage, probate and court records. Clerk District Court has divorce records. County Clerk has land records.

Populated Places
The following are locations in Ford County, Kansas:

Civil War

 * For information about Civil War records see Marion County.
 * Death-Burial Records Soldiers Home

Probate Records
'''Online Records


 * 1803 – 1987 Kansas Wills and Probate Records 1803-1987 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

Birth

 * 1818 - 1936 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1885 - 1911 Kansas, Births and Christenings Index, 1885-1911 at Ancestry.com — index $

Marriage

 * 1811 - 1911 at | FamilySearch — index
 * 1840 - 1935 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1855 - 1911 at | FamilySearch — images
 * 1855 - 1911 Kansas, County Marriages, 1855-1911 at Ancestry.com — images $

Death

 * 1885 - 1930 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1885 - 1930 Kansas, Deaths and Burials, Index, 1885-1930 at Ancestry.com — index $
 * Death-Burial Records Soldiers Home

Family History Centers

 * Garden City Kansas Family History Center

Societies
Ford County Historical Society PO Box 131 Dodge City 67801-0131 Website

Websites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.
 * The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records
 * Ford County, Kansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)