Rice County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Rice County

Guide to Rice 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
Rice County Courthouse 101 W Commercial Street Lyons, KS 67554 Phone: 316.257.2232 Clerk District Court has marriage records from 1872, divorce, probate and court records. Register of Deeds has land records from 1871. County Clerk has birth records 1895-1910 and burial records.

Parent County
1867--Rice County was created 26 February 1867 from Marion County. County seat: Lyons

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

Neighboring Counties



 * Barton
 * Ellsworth
 * McPherson
 * Reno
 * Stafford

Military

 * For information about Civil War records see Marion County.

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

 * 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
Rice County Historical Society 105 West Lyon Lyons 67554

Web Sites

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