Pottawatomie County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Pottawatomie County

Guide to Pottawatomie 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
Pottawatomie County Courthouse 207 N First; Westmoreland KS 66549-0187 Phone: 785.457.3314

County Clerk has birth, marriage and death records 1885-1910. Unified Court System has divorce, probate and court records. Register of Deeds has land records.

Parent County
1857--Pottawatomie County was created 20 February 1857 from Riley and Calhoun(old) Counties. County seat: Westmoreland

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

Migration
Early migration routes to and from for European and African American settlers included:


 * Kansas River
 * Big Blue River
 * Oregon Trail 1830s to 1890s from western Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon
 * California Trail 1846 to 1869 from western Missouri to northern California
 * Mormon Trail 1846 to 1869 from Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah

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 at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1855 - 1911 Kansas, County Marriages, 1855-1911 at Ancestry.com — images $

Websites

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