Russell County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Russell County

Guide to Russell 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
Russell County Courthouse 401 N Main Street Russell, KS 67665 Phone: 785.483.4641 County Clerk has marriage, probate, court records 1876 and divorce records.

Parent County
1867--Russell County was created 26 February 1867 from unorganized territory. County seat: Russell

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

Neighboring Counties



 * Barton
 * Ellis
 * Ellsworth
 * Lincoln
 * Osborne
 * Rooks
 * Rush

Lutheran

 * Records of the American Lutheran Church, Russell County, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Military

 * Russel County was organized after the Civil War.

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
Russell County Historical Society 331 Kansas, Box 245 Russell 67665 Telephone:785-483-3637 E-mail:[mailto:rchs@russellks.net rchs@russellks.net] Website

Web Sites

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