Rawlins County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Rawlins County

Guide to Rawlins 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
Rawlins County Courthouse 607 Main Street Atwood, KS 67730-1896 Phone: 785.626.3351 Register of Deeds has land records. Probate Court has probate records.

Parent County
1873--Rawlins County was created 6 March 1873 from unorganized territory. County seat: Atwood

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

Neighboring Counties



 * Cheyenne
 * Decatur
 * Dundy County, Nebraska
 * Hitchcock County, Nebraska
 * Red Willow County, Nebraska
 * Sherman
 * Thomas

Probate
Online Records


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

Military

 * Rawlins County was not organized until after the Civil War.

Obituaries of Chessmore Relatives
JoAnn Chessmore Hall has these obituaries, contact at [mailto:jchall@qwest.net jchall@qwest.net]

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 Kansas, County Marriages, 1855-1911 at Ancestry.com — images $

Societies and Libraries
Rawlins County Genealogical Society PO Box 203 Atwood 67730

Rawlins County Historical Society 308 State Atwood 67730 Telephone: 785-626-3885 Website

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.
 * Kansas GenWeb is an excellent source information for vital records and cemeteries.
 * Rawlins County, Kansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Rawlins County, Kansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)