Thomas County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Thomas County

Guide to Thomas 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
Thomas County Courthouse 300 N Court Street Colby, KS 67701 Phone: 785.462.2561 County Clerk has birth, marriage and death records 1885-1910 and burial records from 1910. Clerk District Court has marriage, probate, divorce court and naturalization records from 1885. Register of Deeds has land records from 1884 and military discharge records.

Parent County
1873--Thomas County was created 6 March 1873 from unorganized territory. County seat: Colby

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

Neighboring Counties



 * Decatur
 * Gove
 * Logan
 * Rawlins
 * Sheridan
 * Sherman

Military

 * Thomas 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
Thomas County Historical Society PO Box 465 Colby 67701 Thomas County Historical Society 1905 S. Franklin Colby, KS 67701 Telephone Number: 785-460-4590 Fax: 785-460-4592 E-mail:[mailto:prairiem@st-tel.net prairiem@st-tel.net] Website

Family History Centers



 * Colby Kansas Family History Center

Web Sites

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