Crawford County, Kansas Genealogy

Guide to Crawford County, Kansas ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Description
The County was named for Samuel J. Crawford, Governor of Kansas. The County has Girard as its seat and the County was created February 13, 1867. The County is located in the southeast area of the state.

County Courthouse
Crawford County Courthouse 111 E. Forest P.O. Box 249 Girard, Kansas 66743-0249 Phone: 316.724.6115 E-mail: [mailto:countyclerk@ckt.net countyclerk@ckt.net] Crawford County Website  County Clerk has birth and death records 1886-1911 and burial records 1860’s-1976. Clerk District Court has marriage, divorce, probate, court and naturalization records. Register of Deeds has land records from 1869 military records.

Populated Places
The following are locations in Crawford County, Kansas:

Cemeteries
CD tombstone transcriptions are avilable at the County Genealogical Society. Some Crawford County burials can be found online at
 * List of Crawford County Cemeteries
 * Interment.net - Crawford County

State and Territorial Census Records

 * 1855-1925 - Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925 at Ancestry — ($), Index and images; covers census years 1855-1859, 1865, 1875, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1925
 * 1860 - at FamilySearch — Index and images
 * 1860 - 1860 U.S. Federal Census for Kansas Territory at Ancestry — ($), Index and images
 * 1865 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1875 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1885 - at FamilySearch — images
 * 1895 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1919-1961 - Kansas, City and County Census Records, 1919-1961 at Ancestry — Partial index (4 counties) and images

Federal Census Records
The 1870 Census was the first Federal Census taken for Kansas after it became a state in 1861. For links to Federal Census indexes, see Kansas Census.

Land and Property Records
Online Land Records
 * Land records at Kansas Historical Society
 * 1879 Land Plat book for Crawford County - image of plat book
 * 1906 Land Plat book for Crawford County - image of plat book

For more information see Kansas Land and Property
 * Land Patent Search - index to federal patents and homesteads on the Bureau of Land Management website, some images available
 * 1796-1907 - U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907 at Ancestry - index, info taken from Bureau of Land Management website
 * 1861-1936 - U.S. Homestead Records 1861-1936 at Ancestry.com - ($), index and images

Local Histories
Online County Histories
 * A Twentieth Century History and Biographical Record of Crawford County, Kansas. 1905.  By Home Authors. Chicago, Illinois : Lewis Pub. Co.  Online at: Hathitrust, Internet Archive, Google Books;.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Map of Crawford County townships (Histopolis)

Military Records

 * For information about Civil War records see Bourbon County.

Newspapers
Kansas Newspapers Online Kansas Newspaper Catalogs
 * Kansas Newspapers at Newspapers.com - ($), free to Kansas residents through Kansas Historical Society
 * GenealogyBank - ($), contains images of Kansas newspapers
 * Newspaper Archive - ($), contains images of Kansas newspapers
 * Chronicling America - contains images of some Kansas newspapers; searching tips
 * Elephind - Free; search engine that retrieves newspaper images from other free newspaper websites
 * Kansas Online Historical Newspapers - contains a list of known Kansas newspapers online and the websites they are found on
 * U.S. Newspaper Directory, 1690-Present on Chronicling America - contains a list of all known newspapers and the dates they cover; once you locate a newspaper name, contact the local library to see if they have copies of the newspaper


 * Newspaperarchive.com ($) has historical newspapers available on-line. Their database has Joplin, Missouri newspapers from the early 1900's that covered local news that included residents from Crawford County communities.

Probate Records
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 * 1803 – 1987 Kansas Wills and Probate Records 1803-1987 at Ancestry.com — index and images $obate Intro|Crawford}}

Birth

 * 1818 - 1936 at FamilySearch.org — index


 * 1885 - 1911 Kansas, Births and Christenings Index, 1885-1911 at Ancestry.com — index $

Marriage

 * 1811 - 1911 at FamilySearch — index
 * 1840 - 1935 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1855 - 1911 at FamilySearch — images
 * 1855 - 1911 Kansas, County Marriages, 1855-1911 at Ancestry.com — images $

Death

 * 1885 - 1930 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1885 - 1930 Kansas, Deaths and Burials, Index, 1885-1930 at Ancestry.com — index $

Societies
The Crawford County Genealogical Society 308 N. Walnut Pittsburg, KS 66762 Telephone: 620-230-5558 E-mail: [mailto:genealogy@pplonline.org genealogy@pplonline.org] Website Crawford County Historical Society 651 South Highway 69 Pittsburg 66762

Websites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.
 * The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records
 * Crawford County, Kansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)