Wichita County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Wichita County

Wichita County, Kansas genealogy and family history research page. Guide to genealogy, history, 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
Wichita County Courthouse 206 S 4th Street PO Drawer 968 Leoti, KS 67861-0279 Phone: 316.375.4454 Probate Judge has marriage and probate records from 1887 and court records. City Clerk has death and burial records from 1887. Clerk District Court has divorce records from 1887. Register of Deeds has land records from 1885.

Parent County
1873--Wichita County was created 6 March 1873 from Indian Lands. County seat: Leoti

Neighboring Counties

 * Greeley
 * Hamilton
 * Kearny
 * Logan
 * Scott
 * Wallace

Military

 * Sherman County was organized after the Civil War.

Obituaries
Midwest Historical and Genealogical Society has a number of scrapbooks in their library that contain obituaries cut from The Wichita Eagle and Beacon. Site gives an alphabetical listing of names appearing in those scrapbooks for the years 1955-2008.

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.
 * Wichita County, Kansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Wichita County, Kansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)