Montgomery County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Montgomery County

Montgomery 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
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

Neighboring Counties

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

Military

 * For information about Civil War records see Wilson County.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS 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)