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''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Kansas Genealogy|Kansas]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' '''Labette County'''
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Guide to '''Labette 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.<br>
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| founded date = February 7
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Guide to '''Labette County, Kansas ancestry, genealogy and family history''', birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.
=== County Information  ===


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==== Labette County, Kansas Record Dates  ====
 
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| width="100%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" colspan="6" | <center>'''Beginning Dates for Major County Records'''<ref>Alice Eichholz, Ancestry’s Red Book: American State, County and Town Sources, Revised ed. (Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1992), 232-245. At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27rb 1992</ref></center>
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<center><div id="fsButtons"><span class="online_records_button">[[Kansas Online Genealogy Records]]</span></div></center>
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| width="16.6%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | [[Labette County, Kansas#Land|'''Land''']]
| width="16.6%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | '''[[Labette County, Kansas#Probate|Probate]]'''
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| width="16.6%" align="center" | 1885
{{Infobox U.S. County 2016
| width="16.6%" align="center" | 1867
| width="16.6%" align="center" | 1885
| width="16.6%" align="center" | 1860
| width="16.6%" align="center" | 1867
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|organized=  February 7,  1867
== County Courthouse ==
|county seat= Oswego
 
|parent county= [[Neosho County, Kansas Genealogy|Neosho]] <ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Labette County, Kansas. {{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FSC|1049485|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref>
[http://www.labettecounty.com/ Labette County Courthouse]<br>501 Merchant St P O Box 387<br>Oswego KS 67356 <br>Phone:&nbsp;316 795-2227 <br>  
|variant spellings=
|county1= [[Cherokee County, Kansas Genealogy|Cherokee]]
|county2= [[Craig County, Oklahoma Genealogy|Craig (OK)]]
|county3= [[Crawford County, Kansas Genealogy|Crawford]]
|county4= [[Montgomery County, Kansas Genealogy|Montgomery]]
|county5= [[Neosho County, Kansas Genealogy|Neosho]]
|county6= [[Nowata County, Oklahoma Genealogy|Nowata (OK)]]
|county7= [[Wilson County, Kansas Genealogy|Wilson]]</br><center>[[Labette County, Kansas Genealogy#Maps and Gazetteers|See County Maps]]</center>
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|county courthouse= [[Image:KansasLabetteCourthouse.jpg|245x245px]]
|county location in state= [[Image:  200px-Map of Kansas highlighting Labette County svg.bmp|245x245px]]
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==County Information==


===Description===
County Clerk has birth records 1885-1896 and death records 1885-1889. <br>Probate&nbsp;Judge has marriage and probate records from 1870. <br>Clerk District Court has divorce and court records from 1870. <br>Register of Deeds has land records from 1875. <br>A yearly county census was taken 1915-1979.<ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Labette County, Kansas page 252, {{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|1049485|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref>


The county gets its name from a creek which runs through the county and which was named for an early trader, Pierre LaBette.<ref>Genealogy Trails History Group, “Labette, Kansas Genealogy and History”, http://genealogytrails.com/kan/labette/, accessed 8/16/2017.</ref> The county is located in the southeastern area of the state.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Labette County, Kansas," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labette_County,_Kansas, accessed 8/16/2017.</ref>
== History ==


===County Courthouse===
==== Parent County ====
{{KS Courthouse Intro|Labette}}


'''Labette County Courthouse'''<br>501 Merchant Street<br>PO Box 387<br>Oswego, Kansas 67356<br>Phone: 620-421-5255<br>
'''1867--'''Labette County was created 7 February 1867 from [[Neosho County, Kansas Genealogy|Neosho]] County. '''County seat:''' Oswego <ref name="Handybook">''The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'',10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).</ref>  
[http://www.labettecounty.com/ Labette County Website]<br><br>


County Clerk has birth records 1885-1896 and death records 1885-1889. <br>Probate Judge has marriage and probate records from 1870. <br>Clerk District Court has divorce and court records from 1870. <br>Register of Deeds has land records from 1875. <br>A yearly county census was taken 1915-1979. <ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Labette County, Kansas. {{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FSC|1049485|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref>
==== Boundary Changes  ====


===Labette County, Kansas Record Dates===
==== Record Loss ====
{{KS Records Intro}}
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| colspan="7" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" |<center>'''Known Beginning Dates for Government County Records<ref>''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Labette County, Kansas. Page 252 {{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FSC|1049485|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref>'''</center>
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| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" |'''[[Labette County, Kansas Genealogy#Birth|Birth*]]'''
| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" |'''[[Labette County, Kansas Genealogy#Marriage|Marriage]]'''
| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" |'''[[Labette County, Kansas Genealogy#Death|Death*]]'''
| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" |'''[[Labette County, Kansas Genealogy#Court Records|Court]]'''
| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" |'''[[Labette County, Kansas Genealogy#Land and Property Records|Land]]'''
| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" |'''[[Labette County, Kansas Genealogy#Probate Records|Probate]]'''
| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" |'''[[Labette County, Kansas Genealogy#Census Records|Census]]'''
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| width="14.2%" align="center" |1885
| width="14.2%" align="center" |1870
| width="14.2%" align="center" |1885
| width="14.2%" align="center" |1870
| width="14.2%" align="center" |1875
| width="14.2%" align="center" |1870
| width="14.2%" align="center" |1855
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| colspan="7" |<center>*Statewide registration for births and deaths started in 1911.  General compliance by 1917.<ref>“Kansas Research Outline”, (Salt Lake City, Utah: Family History Department, 2000), 40.</ref> </center>
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===Record Loss===
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There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.


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== Places/Localities  ==
 
==== Populated Places  ====
 
*Altamont
*Angola
*Bartlett
*Brownstone
*Chetopa
*Dennis
*Edna
*Fern
*Garvin
*Grove
*Labette
*Laneville
*Montana
*Morehead
*Mound Valley
*Orchard Park
*Oswego
*Parsons
*Penfield
*Stover
*Strauss
*Valeda
*Winway
 
==== Neighboring Counties  ====
 
[[Image:Kslabette.jpg|700px|Kslabette.jpg]]


===Boundary Changes===
*[[Cherokee County, Kansas Genealogy|Cherokee]]
{{KS Boundary Changes Intro|Labette}}
*[[Craig County, Oklahoma Genealogy|Craig County, Oklahoma]]
{|
*[[Crawford County, Kansas Genealogy|Crawford]]
|-
*[[Montgomery County, Kansas Genealogy|Montgomery]]
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*[[Neosho County, Kansas Genealogy|Neosho]]  
*'''Parent County:''' Labette County was created 7 February 1867 from [[Neosho County, Kansas Genealogy|Neosho]] County.
*[[Nowata County, Oklahoma Genealogy|Nowata County, Oklahoma]]
*'''County seat:''' Oswego <ref>''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Labette County, Kansas. {{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FSC|1049485|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref><br>
*[[Wilson County, Kansas Genealogy|Wilson]]
*[https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#Individual_County_Chronologies Kansas Individual County Chronologies] - Newberry Library list of all boundary changes by county
*[https://publications.newberry.org/ahcb/map/map.html#KS Kansas Historical Borders - Map] at Newberry Library Atlas of Historical County Boundaries; ''Also at:'' [http://www.mapofus.org/kansas/ mapofus.org] - animated maps illustrating Kansas county boundary changes<br>
|}


===Populated Places===
== Resources ==
{{KS Populated Places Intro|Labette}}
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit [https://kansas.hometownlocator.com/counties/cities,cfips,099,c,labette.cfm Hometown Locator].
The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Labette County, Kansas," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labette_County,_Kansas#Communities, accessed 21 September 2017.</ref>
{{populated places
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altamont,_Kansas Altamont]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartlett,_Kansas Bartlett]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chetopa,_Kansas Chetopa]</div>
| cities-col2=<div>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edna,_Kansas Edna]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labette,_Kansas Labette]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mound_Valley,_Kansas Mound Valley]</div>
| cities-col3=<div>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oswego,_Kansas Oswego]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsons,_Kansas Parsons]</div>
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angola,_Kansas Angola]
* Brownstone
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis,_Kansas Dennis]
* Fern
* Garvin
  </div>
| unincorp-col2=<div>
* Grove
* Laneville
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montana,_Kansas Montana]
* Orchard Park
* Penfield</div>
| unincorp-col3=<div>
* Stover
* Strauss
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valeda,_Kansas Valeda]
* Winway</div>
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* Canada
* Elm Grove
* Fairview
* Hackberry
* Howard
* Labette</div>
| townships-col2=<div>
* Liberty
* Montana
* Mound Valley
* Mount Pleasant
* Neosho</div>
| townships-col3=<div>
* North
* Osage
* Oswego
* Richland
* Walton</div>
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===History Timeline===
==== Cemeteries ====
{{KS Historical Timeline Intro|Labette}}


==Resources==
Several published books as well as archival materials exist for Labette County cemeteries. (See [http://www.worldcat.org WorldCat ]for library holdings.)&nbsp; Compilations include:
{{KS Resources Intro|Labette}}


===Bible Records===
*''Funeral Registers, 1900-1926''. Wall Funeral Home, Parsons, Kansas. Salt Lake City, Utah&nbsp;: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1987
{{KS Bible Intro|Labette}}
*''Labette County Funeral Registers, 1889-1926''.
*Murphy, D.D, and Josephine Murphy. ''Tombstone Inscriptions from Cemeteries on Montana Road, Oswego, Labette County''. , 1970.
*Rice, Tina, and Wanda Houts. ''Tombstone Inscriptions''. Parsons, KS. (P.O. Box 826, Parsons 67357: T. Rice and W. Houts, 1981.


===Biographies===
In addition, several national websites include information for Labette County graves:
{{KS Biographies Intro|Labette}}


===Business, Commerce, and Occupations===
*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScn=&CScntry=4&CSst=18&CScnty=933 Findagrave.com]
{{KS Business Records Intro|Labette}}
*[http://www.interment.net Interment.net]


===Cemeteries===
Resources for specific cemeteries are:
{{KS Cemeteries Intro|Labette}}


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| colspan="2" style="border:1px solid black" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" |<center>'''Cemeteries of Labette County, Kansas''' online and in print</center>
! scope="col" | Cemetery
! scope="col" | Information
! scope="col" | Records and Publications
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| style="border:1px solid black" width="23%" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" |<center>'''Tombstone Transcriptions Online'''</center>
| Altamont Mount Pleasant
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| <br>  
*[http://www.ksgenweb.org/archives/labette.htm KSGenWeb]
| <br>
*[http://www.usgwtombstones.org/kansas/labette.htm Tombstone Project]
*[http://kansasgravestones.org/cemeteries.php?selected_cid=50 Kansas Gravestones]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bdeath_place%3A%22Labette%20County%2C%20Kansas%22~&collection_id=2026973 BillionGraves Index at FamilySearch]
*[http://www.interment.net/us/ks/index.htm KS Interment]
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| style="border:1px solid black" width="23%" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" |<center>'''Tombstone Transcriptions in Print''' ([[The Value of Cemetery Records in Print |Often more complete]])</center>
| (unknown)
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| <br>  
*{{FSC|United States, Kansas, Labette - Cemeteries|subject|subject-id=113901654|disp=FamilySearch Library}}
| Paine, George. [''Inscriptions from Deserted Cemetery Near Bartlett'']. , 1971. Archival material.
*[http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=su%3Acemetery+Labette+Kansas&qt=advanced&dblist=638 WorldCat]
|-
|-
| style="border:1px solid black" width="23%" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" |<center>'''List of Cemeteries in the County'''</center>
| Cecil
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| Bartlett
*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScn=&CScntry=4&CSst=18&CScnty=933 Findagrave.com]
| <br>
*[https://billiongraves.com/search/results?cemetery_country=United%20States&cemetery_state=Kansas&cemetery_county=Labette&year_range=5&size=15 BillionGraves]
*[https://www.accessgenealogy.com/cemetery/kansas-cemetery-records.htm Cemetery Records by Access Genealogy]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/research/places/?reqParents=394184&reqParentsLabel=Labette%2C%20Kansas%2C%20United%20States&reqParentsType=209&reqTypes=20&reqTypeLabel=Cemetery FamilySearch Places]
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| colspan="2" style="border:1px solid black" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" |<center>See '''[[Kansas Cemeteries]]''' for more information</center>
| County Farm
| <br>
| <br>
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| Edna
| <br>
| <br>
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| Elston
| <br>
| <br>
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| Fairview
| <br>
| <br>
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| Franklin
| <br>
| <br>
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| Galesburg
| <br>
| <br>
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| Griffith
| <br>
| <br>
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| Hackberry
| <br>
| <br>
|-
| Harmony
| <br>
| ''Harmony Grove Cemetery ''[Labette County, KS]. S.l: s.n, 1900.
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| Hopewell
| <br>
| <br>
|-
| Labette
| <br>
| McAvoy, Gene P. ''Cemetery inscriptions from Labette Cemetery, Labette County, Kansas''. [S.l.&nbsp;: s.n.], 1977. (Microfilm available at FamilySearch centers.)
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| Lake Creek
| <br>
| <br>
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| Leib
| <br>
| <br>
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| Mason
| <br>
| <br>
|-
| Masonic
| <br>
| <br>
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| Memorial Lawn
| <br>
| <br>
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| Mitchell
| <br>
| <br>
|-
| Mound Valley
| <br>
| The Mound Valley Cemetery, 1885-1976 / produced by members of the Mound Valley Historical Society and the LaBette Genealogical Society of LaBette County, Kansas. Mound Valley, Kan.&nbsp;: M.V.H.S., 1977. (Available at the Kansas Historical Society)
|-
| Mount Calvary
| <br>  
| ''Mount Calvary Cemetery ''[Labette County, KS]. S.l: s.n, 1900.
|-
| Oak Hill
| Chetopa
| Miller, Retha L. B, and Brenda M. Ross. ''Oak Hill Cemetery, Labette County, Kansas: 1869-1972 Record of Burials and Their Locations. ''Chetopa, Kan: R.L.B. Miller, 1972. [http://www.billiongraves.com/pages/cemetery/cemetery.php?cemetery_id=35870 BillionGraves] has photos of some headstones plotted on a Google map and searchable.
|-
| Oakwood
| Parsons
| Oakwood cemetery, Parsons, Kansas&nbsp;: tribute and a tour. [Iron Horse Historical Society and the Parsons Sun] [Parson, Kan.&nbsp;: Iron horse Historical Society and the Parson Sun], 1987
|-
| Oswego
| <br>
| ''Oswego Cemetery Directory as of Sept 18, 1998''. S.l: s.n., 1998.
|-
| Penfield
| <br>
| <br>
|-
| Phillips
| <br>
| <br>
|-
| Pleasant Hill
| <br>
| ''Pleasant Hill Cemetery records, Labette County, Kansas''. (Microfilm available at FamilySearch centers.)
|-
| Pleasant Valley
| <br>
| ''Pleasant Valley Cemetery Labette County, Kansas''. S.l: s.n, 1900.
|-
| Richland
| <br>
| <br>
|-
| Roberts
| <br>
| <br>
|-
| Saint Rose
| Chetopa
| ''Saint Rose Catholic Cemetery Chetopa, Labette County, Kansas''. S.l: s.n., 1993
|-
| Spring Hill
| <br>
| ''Springhill Cemetery ''[Labette County, KS]. S.l: s.n, 1900.
|-
| Tibbets
| <br>
| <br>
|-
| Vance
| <br>
| <br>
|-
| Wilsonton
| <br>
| <br>
|-
| Wooden
| <br>
| <br>
|}
|}


[http://www.billiongraves.com/pages/cemetery/cemetery.php?cemetery_id=35870 Oak Hill Cemetery, Chetopa] Google map and searchable database on BillionGraves


*{{RecordSearch|2568639|Kansas, Cemetery Abstracts}} at FamilySearch - [[Kansas Cemetery Abstracts - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index
{| width="80%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="1"
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| width="30%" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" align="center" | '''Tombstone Transcriptions Online'''
| width="30%" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" align="center" | '''Tombstone Transcriptions in Print'''
| width="30%" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" align="center" | '''List of Cemeteries in the county'''
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| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSfn=&GSmn=&GSln=&GSbyrel=all&GSby=&GSdyrel=all&GSdy=&GScntry=4&GSst=18&GScnty=933&GSgrid=&df=all&GSob=n Findagrave.com]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | {{FHL|430777|subject-id|disp=Family History Library}}
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScn=&CScntry=4&CSst=18&CScnty=933 Findagrave.com]
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| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [http://www.ksgenweb.org/archives/labette.htm KSGenWeb]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=su%3Acemetery+Labette+Kansas&qt=advanced&dblist=638 WorldCat]
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [https://billiongraves.com/search/results?year_range=5&action=search_cemetery&exact=true&country=United%20States&state=Kansas&county=Labette&cemetery_name=a# Billion Graves]
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| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [http://www.usgwtombstones.org/kansas/labette.htm Tombstone Project]
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| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [http://kansasgravestones.org/cemeteries.php?selected_cid=50 Kansas Gravestones]
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| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | [https://billiongraves.com/pages/search/# Billion Graves]
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| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="3" | See [[Kansas Cemeteries|Kansas Cemeteries]] for more information.
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===Census Records===
==== Church  ====
{{Historical populations
|type = USA
|heading = Census
|footnote = Source: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labette_County,_Kansas#Demographics "Wikipedia.org".] 
|1870 |9973  
|1880 |22735
|1890 |27586
|1900 |27387
|1910 |31423
|1920 |34047
|1930 |31346
|1940 |30352
|1950 |29285
|1960 |26805
|1970 |25775  
|1980 |25682  
|1990 |23693
|2000 |22169
|2010 |21607
}}
{{KS Census Intro|Labette}}


====State and Territorial Census Records====
{{KS Church Intro}}


*'''1855-1925''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1088 Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925] at [http://search.ancestry.com/ Ancestry] — ($), Index and images; covers census years '''1855-1859, 1865, 1875, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1925'''
*Brown Chapel, African Methodist Episcopal  
*'''1860''' {{RecordSearch|1473181|1860 U.S. Federal Census for Kansas Territory}} at FamilySearch — [[United States Census, 1860 - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; Index and images
*Cecil Church (historical)  
*'''1860''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7667 1860 U.S. Federal Census for Kansas Territory] at [http://search.ancestry.com/ Ancestry] — ($), Index and images
*Center Bethel Church  
*'''1865''' {{RecordSearch|1824715|Kansas State Census, 1865}} at FamilySearch - [[Kansas State Census, 1865 - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images
*Center Chapel  
*'''1875''' {{RecordSearch|1825178|Kansas State Census, 1875}} at FamilySearch - [[Kansas State Census, 1875 - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images
*Edna Baptist Church  
*'''1885''' {{RecordSearch|1825188|Kansas State Census, 1885}} at FamilySearch - [[Kansas State Census, 1885 - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; images
*Elm Church  
*'''1895''' {{RecordSearch|1825193|Kansas State Census, 1895}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/hr/search FamilySearch] - [[Kansas, State Census, 1895 - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images
*Hopewell Church  
*'''1905''' {{RecordSearch|2659394|Kansas State Census, 1905}} at FamilySearch - [[Kansas State Census, 1905 - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index
*Mount Pleasant Baptist  
*'''1915''' {{RecordSearch|2640442|Kansas State Census, 1915}} at FamilySearch - [[Kansas State Census, 1915 - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images
*Mount Zion Baptist Church (historical)  
*'''1919-1961''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2270 Kansas, City and County Census Records, 1919-1961] at [http://search.ancestry.com/ Ancestry] — Partial index (4 counties) and images
*Pleasant Hill Church  
*'''1925''' {{RecordSearch|2659395|Kansas State Census, 1925}} at FamilySearch - [[Kansas State Census, 1925 - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index
*St. Paul's Church. [See book: ''Protestant Episcopal Church, Kansas Parish Registers of Baptisms, Burials, Marriages, Etc: Chetopa, St. Paul's Church, 1889-1960]''  
 
*Salem Church (historical)  
====Federal Census Records====
*Spring Valley Church  
The 1870 Census was the first Federal Census taken for Kansas after it became a state in 1861.<ref>William Thorndale and William Dollarhide, Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses (Bountiful, UT: American Genealogical Lending Library, 1985), page 119.</ref> For links to Federal Census indexes, see [[Kansas Census]].<br>
 
===Church Records===
{{KS Church Intro|Labette}}
 
*'''1811-1940''' {{RecordSearch|2380510|Kansas, Births and Baptisms, 1811-1940}} at FamilySearch — [[Kansas, Births and Baptisms - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images
*'''1861-1918''' {{RecordSearch|3042282|Kansas, Swedish Church Records, 1861-1918}} at FamilySearch - [[Kansas, Swedish Church Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index
 
 
*Brown Chapel, African Methodist Episcopal
*Cecil Church (historical)
*Center Bethel Church
*Center Chapel
*Edna Baptist Church
*Elm Church
*Hopewell Church
*Mount Pleasant Baptist
*Mount Zion Baptist Church (historical)
*Pleasant Hill Church
*St. Paul's Church. [See book: ''Protestant Episcopal Church, Kansas Parish Registers of Baptisms, Burials, Marriages, Etc: Chetopa, St. Paul's Church, 1889-1960]''
*Salem Church (historical)
*Spring Valley Church
*Zion Hill Church
*Zion Hill Church
<br>
'''List of Churches and Church Parishes'''
*'''[https://www.familysearch.org/research/places/?reqParents=394184&reqParentsLabel=Labette%2C%20Kansas%2C%20United%20States&reqParentsType=209&reqTypeGroups=3&reqTypeLabel=Churches%20and%20Church%20Parishes FamilySearch Places]''' <br>


===Court Records===
==== Court ====
{{KS Court Intro|Labette}}


'''Labette County Courthouse'''<br>501 Merchant Street<br>PO Box 387<br>Oswego, Kansas 67356<br>Phone: 620-421-5255<br>
Labette County Court House<br>501 Merchant St<br>Oswego KS 67356 <br>(620) 795-2227 <br>  
[http://www.labettecounty.com/ Labette County Website]<br><br>


===Directories===
The [http://www.kshs.org/ Kansas Historical Sociey] has the following on microfilm:
{{KS Directories Intro|Labette}}
*'''1970-2024''' {{RecordSearch|5000290|United States, Residence Database, 1970-2024}} at FamilySearch — [[United States, Residence Database - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index, coverage may vary


===Emigration and Immigration===
Chetopa City Clerk Ordinance book book, 1879-1881
{{KS Emigration Intro|Labette}}


===Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups===
==== Land  ====
{{KS Ethnic Groups Intro|Labette}}


===Funeral Homes===
{{KS Land Intro}}  
{{KS Funeral Homes Intro|Labette}}


* '''1900-1926''' {{FSC|645956|item|disp=Funeral Registers, 1900-1926}}(*); at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
The [http://www.labettecounty.com/department/?fDD=9-0 Labette County Register of Deeds Office ]&nbsp;has land records from 1867.


* [https://www.wallfuneralservices.com/ Carson-Wall Funeral Services] in Parsons
An additional resource is'': 'Deed records, Labette County, 1868-1877, Kansas ''by the Daughters of the American Revolution, Oceanic Hopkins Chapter (Pittsburg, Kansas)&nbsp;and Margaret Grandle. Available on microfilm at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah and FamilySearch Centers worldwide.
* [https://www.derfeltfuneralhomes.com/ Derfelt Funeral Homes] in Oswego
* [https://www.forbeshoffman.com/ Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Homes] in Altamont, Chetopa, and Parsons


===Genealogies===
==== Local Histories  ====
{{KS Genealogies Intro|Labette}}


===Guardianship===
{{KS History Intro}}  
{{KS Guardianship Intro|Labette}}
See [http://www.worldcat.org WorldCat ]to locate the following materials: [Note: some digital versions are available online.]


===Land and Property Records===
Brotherton, Mike, and Mattox, David.&nbsp;''Labette County''. Arcadia Pub. , 2011.
{{KS Land Intro|Labette}}


The [http://www.labettecounty.com/department/?fDD=9-0 Labette County Register of Deeds Office]  has land records from 1867.
Canfield, Thomas H. ''Business Directory of the City of Oswego: Labette County, Kansas, Containing a History of the Town from the Beginning, with the Present Business of the Place, Together with an Outline Map of the City and Its Surroundings, Its Population and Its Railroad Facilities, Present and Future''. Oswego: Printed by Colver &amp; M'Gill, 1870.  


An additional resource is'': 'Deed records, Labette County, 1868-1877, Kansas ''by the Daughters of the American Revolution, Oceanic Hopkins Chapter (Pittsburg, Kansas) and Margaret Grandle. Available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, Utah and FamilySearch Centers worldwide.
Case, Nelson. ''History of Labette County, Kansas: And Representative Citizens''. Chicago: Biographical Pub. Co, 1901. Digital version at [http://www.archive.org/details/historyoflabette00case Internet Archive.]


''Online Land Indexes and Records''<br>
Case, Nelson. ''History of Labette County, Kansas: From the First Settlement to the Close of 1892''. Topeka, Kan: Crane &amp; Co, 1893. Digital versions at [http://www.archive.org/details/historyoflabette01case Internet Archive]&nbsp;and [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/loc.ark:/13960/t1vd74f1k Hathi Trust].
*[http://www.kshs.org/p/land-records-and-maps/11083 Land records at Kansas Historical Society]<br>


:*[http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/209427 1906 Land Plat book for Labette County] - image of plat book<br>
Earle, Jonathan, Ted Wilson, Norman Saul, Paul Kelton, Stephen Hasiotis, and John N. Mack. ''Swords into Ploughshares: the Struggle to Build an Ordered Community of Liberty on the Southeast Kansas Frontier 1867-1876''. , 2009. Internet resource at [http://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/dspace/bitstream/1808/5430/1/Mack_ku_0099D_10317_DATA_1.pdf KU Scholar Works].
:*[http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/223965 1916 Land Plat book for Labette County] - image of plat book<br>


*[https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx?searchTabIndex=0&searchByTypeIndex=0 Land Patent Search] - index to federal patents and homesteads on the [https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspxdefault.aspx Bureau of Land Management] website, some images available<br>
Graue, Bertha I, and Norman R. Peters. ''The Bartlett Book: A Collection of Newspaper Articles Containing a History of the Many Families Who Have Lived in the Southern Part of Labette County, Kansas, 1850-1977''. Washington, D.C.] (Box 21117, Washington 20009: N.R. Peters, 1982.  
*'''1796-1907''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1246 U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907] at Ancestry - index, info taken from Bureau of Land Management website<br>
*'''1863-1908''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60593 U.S. Homestead Records 1863-1908] at Ancestry - - index & images ($)<br>
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/full-text Full-Text Search - Land Records] at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P00oMDsAsSw How to Search]


For more information see [[Kansas Land and Property]]<br>
''James Lincoln Stice Papers: Scrapbooks, Letters, Newspaper Clippings, Photographs''. Fayetteville, Ark: Special Collections Division, University Libraries, 1999.


===Local Histories===
Kinton, Maxine L. ''Some Ohioans to Labette Co., Kansas''. Mansfield, Ohio: M.L. Kinton, 1980.
{{KS Histories Intro|Labette}}


{{KS History Intro}}
''Labette County, Kansas''. S.l.: General Books, 2010.


*''History of Labette County, Kansas and Representative Citizens.'' 1901. Edited and compiled by Hon. Nelson Case. Chicago, Illinois : Biographical Pub. Co. '''Online at:''' [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/112310-history-of-labette-county-kansas-and-representative-citizens?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library], [https://archive.org/details/historyoflabette00case Internet Archive], [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=28823 Ancestry ($)]; {{WorldCat|866035687|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}.
Lightfoot, W H. ''Our Heroes in Our Defense: Labette County, Kansas''. Parsons, Kan: Printed by Commercial publishing co, 1921. Digital versions at [http://www.archive.org/details/ourheroesinourde00ligh Internet Archive] and [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t4jm2rq48 Hathi Trust].  
*''History of Labette County, Kansas, From the First Settlement to the Close of 1892.''  1893. By Nelson Case. Topeka, Kansas : Crane & Co. '''Online at:''' [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/111589-history-of-labette-county-kansas-from-the-first-settlement-to-the-close-of-1892?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library], [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008888872 Hathitrust], [https://archive.org/details/historyoflabette01case Internet Archive]; {{WorldCat|865924916|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}.
<br><br>
See [http://www.worldcat.org WorldCat] to locate the following materials: [Note: some digital versions are available online.]


Brotherton, Mike, and Mattox, David. ''Labette County''. Arcadia Pub. , 2011.
Nixon, Ruth. ''History of Big Hill and Old Mt. Zion.'' Cherryvale? (Kan.: s.n., 1982.  


Canfield, Thomas H. ''Business Directory of the City of Oswego: Labette County, Kansas, Containing a History of the Town from the Beginning, with the Present Business of the Place, Together with an Outline Map of the City and Its Surroundings, Its Population and Its Railroad Facilities, Present and Future''. Oswego: Printed by Colver &amp; M'Gill, 1870.
''Parsons, Labette County, Kansas Years from 1869 to 1895&nbsp;: Story of "the Benders".'' Parsons, Kan.&nbsp;: Bell Bookcraft, 1970. Digital version at [http://www.archive.org/details/parsonslabetteco00pars Internet Archive].


Earle, Jonathan, Ted Wilson, Norman Saul, Paul Kelton, Stephen Hasiotis, and John N. Mack. ''Swords into Ploughshares: the Struggle to Build an Ordered Community of Liberty on the Southeast Kansas Frontier 1867-1876''. , 2009. Internet resource at [http://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/dspace/bitstream/1808/5430/1/Mack_ku_0099D_10317_DATA_1.pdf KU Scholar Works].
==== Maps  ====


Graue, Bertha I, and Norman R. Peters. ''The Bartlett Book: A Collection of Newspaper Articles Containing a History of the Many Families Who Have Lived in the Southern Part of Labette County, Kansas, 1850-1977''. Washington, D.C.] (Box 21117, Washington 20009: N.R. Peters, 1982.
The [http://www.davidrumsey.com David Rumsey Map Collection website] has digitized atlas maps of Labette County, as well as the cities of Altamont, Chetopa, Dennis, Labette City, Mathewson, Montana, Mortimer, Mound Valley, Neosho Falls, Oswego, and Parsons. The maps' source is "The Official State Atlas of Kansas compiled from government surveys, county records and personal investigations" Philadelphia. L.H. Everts &amp; Co. 1887.  


''James Lincoln Stice Papers: Scrapbooks, Letters, Newspaper Clippings, Photographs''. Fayetteville, Ark: Special Collections Division, University Libraries, 1999.
==== Military  ====


Kinton, Maxine L. ''Some Ohioans to Labette Co., Kansas''. Mansfield, Ohio: M.L. Kinton, 1980.
The [http://www.worldcat.org WorldCat website ]provides holdings details for the following publications and archival materials:  


''Labette County, Kansas''. S.l.: General Books, 2010.
''Civil War Veterans to Labette Co., Kansas''. Kansas?: s.n, 1900.  


Lightfoot, W H. ''Our Heroes in Our Defense: Labette County, Kansas''. Parsons, Kan: Printed by Commercial publishing co, 1921. Digital versions at [https://www.archive.org/details/ourheroesinourde00ligh Internet Archive] and [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t4jm2rq48 Hathi Trust].
Hollingsworth, Patricia Merrill. ''World War I Draft Registration Cards Labette County Kansas''. Mariba, Kentucky&nbsp;: P.M. Hollingsworth, 2003. (Available at FamilySearch centers.)


Nixon, Ruth. ''History of Big Hill and Old Mt. Zion.'' Cherryvale? (Kan.: s.n., 1982.
Kinton, Maxine L. ''Some Civil War Veterans to Labette Co., Kansas''. Mansfield, Ohio: M.L. Kinton, 1980.  


''Parsons, Labette County, Kansas Years from 1869 to 1895 : Story of "the Benders".'' Parsons, Kan. : Bell Bookcraft, 1970. Digital version at [https://www.archive.org/details/parsonslabetteco00pars Internet Archive].
Mack, John N. "A Second Revolution: The Struggle to Define the Meaning of the Civil War in Southeast Kansas, 1867-1876." Kansas History. 32.1 (2009)


===Maps and Gazetteers===
''Memorial ... Parsons, Kansas.'' Parsons, Kan.?: s.n., 1970.
{{KS Maps Intro|Labette}}
{{KS Neighboring Counties Intro|county={{KS Labette County}}}}


*[https://www.familysearch.org/research/places/?reqParents=394184&reqParentsLabel=Labette%2C%20Kansas%2C%20United%20States&reqParentsType=209&reqTypeGroups=8&reqTypeLabel=Cities%20and%20Towns FamilySearch Places]: Map of cities and towns in this county - [[FamilySearch Places|How to Use FS Places]]
Nixon, Perry O. C. [''Civil War Memoir of Perry O.C. Nixon, Sergeant, Company C, 10th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 1861-1865'']. , 1907
*[http://www.mapofus.org/kansas/ Interactive Formation Boundary Map of Kansas] - shows boundary changes for Kansas Counties


The [http://www.davidrumsey.com David Rumsey Map Collection website] has digitized atlas maps of Labette County, as well as the cities of Altamont, Chetopa, Dennis, Labette City, Mathewson, Montana, Mortimer, Mound Valley, Neosho Falls, Oswego, and Parsons. The maps' source is "The Official State Atlas of Kansas compiled from government surveys, county records and personal investigations" Philadelphia. L.H. Everts &amp; Co. 1887.
For information about Civil War records see [[Neosho County, Kansas Genealogy|Neosho]] County.<br>


===Migration===
==== Newspapers  ====
{{KS Migration Intro|Labette}}


===Military Records===
{{KS Newspaper abstracts|Labette}}  
{{KS Military Intro|Labette}}


The [http://www.worldcat.org WorldCat website] provides holdings details for the following publications and archival materials:
Current newspapers in Labette include the Altamont Journal, Chetopa Advance, Labette Avenue, Oswego Independent-Observer, and Parsons Sun.


''Civil War Veterans to Labette Co., Kansas''. Kansas?: s.n, 1900.
Historical newspapers: The Kansas Historical Society holds the following newspapers on microfilm: [for dates and additional information see the [http://www.kshs.org/p/newspapers-in-kansas/11528 Newspaper Index at their&nbsp;website].  


Hollingsworth, Patricia Merrill. ''World War I Draft Registration Cards Labette County Kansas''. Mariba, Kentucky : P.M. Hollingsworth, 2003. (Available at FamilySearch centers.)
Altamont Gazette, Altamont Journal, Altamont Saturday Item, Altamont Sentinel, American Crank, Anti-Monopolist, Arbitrator, Bartlett News, Blade-Democra , Breeze, Chetopa Advance, Chetopa Advance Reunion Daily, Chetopa Advance-Clipper, Chetopa Clipper, Chetopa Democrat, Chetopa Herald, Chetopa Statesman, Chetopa Times, Coffins Business Directory, Daily Eclipse, Daily Eli, Daily Evening Star, Daily News, Daily Out-Look, Daily Pilot, Daily Republican, Democrat, Dennis Hustler, Dennis Leader, Edna Enterprise, Edna Independent, Edna News, Edna Star, Edna Sun, Evening Herald, Evening Journal, Eye Opener, Farm Talk, Golden Rod, High School Sentiment, Independent, Infant Wonder [many variant titles], Kansas Advocate, Kansas Christian Advocate, Kansas Democrat, Kansas Farm and Home, Kansas Messenger, Kansas State Alliance, Kansas Workman, Labette County Democrat, Labette County Statesman, Labette County Times, Labette County Times-Statesman, Labette Record, Labette Sentinel, Labette Star, Mills' Weekly World, Mound Valley Herald, Mound Valley Journal, Mound Valley News, Mound Valley Times, Oswego Bee,  Oswego Blade, Oswego Courant, Oswego Daily Bee, Oswego Daily Independent, Oswego Daily Republican, Oswego Democrat, Oswego Independent, Oswego Independent-Observer, Oswego News-Blade, Oswego Register, Oswego Republican, Oswego Weekly Blade, Oswego Weekly Republican, Our Home, Parsons Advertiser, Parsons Broadaxe, Parsons Business College Journal, Parsons Daily Eclipse, Parsons Daily Journal, Parsons Daily News, Parsons Daily Republican, Parsons Daily Sun, Parsons Eclipse, Parsons Evening Globe, Parsons Independent, Parsons News, Parsons Palladium, Parsons School Reporter, Parsons Sun, Parsons Sun and Semi Weekly Herald, Parsons Surprise, Parsons Visitor, Parsons Weekly Blade, Parsons Weekly Eclipse, Parsons Weekly Globe, Parsons Weekly Herald, Parsons Weekly Star, Parsons Weekly Sun, Pilot , Railway Employee, School Reporter, Senior Annual, Sentiment, Settler's Guide, South East Kansas Independent Observer, Southern Kansas Advance, State Alliance-Workman, Sun, Times-Journal, Union Blade, United Labor, Weekly Clarion, Western Enterprise, Western World, White Banner, Wilsonton Journal


Kinton, Maxine L. ''Some Civil War Veterans to Labette Co., Kansas''. Mansfield, Ohio: M.L. Kinton, 1980.
==== Probate  ====


Mack, John N. "A Second Revolution: The Struggle to Define the Meaning of the Civil War in Southeast Kansas, 1867-1876." Kansas History. 32.1 (2009)
'''Online Records'''


''Memorial ... Parsons, Kansas.'' Parsons, Kan.?: s.n., 1970.
*'''1803 – 1987''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=9065 Kansas Wills and Probate Records 1803-1987] at [http://home.ancestry.com Ancestry.com] — index and images $
{{KS Probate Intro|Labette}}


Nixon, Perry O. C. [''Civil War Memoir of Perry O.C. Nixon, Sergeant, Company C, 10th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 1861-1865'']. , 1907
The [http://www.kshs.org/p/local-records-microfilm-labette-co/11126 Kansas Historical Society] has the following on microfilm:


====Online Collections====
*Probate journals, 1868-1919
These collections are unique to Kansas. You will find nationwide databases for military records on [[United States Military Online Genealogy Records|U.S. Military Online Genealogy Records]] and [[Kansas Military Records|Kansas Military Records]].<br><br>
*Will records, 1868-1921
''Collections Covering Multiple Wars''<br>


*[http://www.kshs.org/p/kansas-military-index/15797 Kansas Military Index] at [http://www.kshs.org/p/online-collections/18942 Kansas Historical Society] - Index only, includes Civil War, Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Iraq and Afghanistan Conflicts<br>
==== Taxation  ====
*[http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ks/county/ford/cemeteries/ksstatesoldhomedeaths.htm Records of the Deaths and Burials at the Kansas State Soldiers Home] - Index only, the home is located in Fort Dodge, Ford County, Kansas.<br>


''Civil War''<br>
{{KS Tax Intro}}


*[https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3916 Kansas Civil War Soldiers] at the [http://search.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com] - ($), Index only<br>
==== Vital Records ====
*'''1862, 1863, 1868''' [https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1766 Kansas, Civil War Enlistment Papers, 1862, 1863, 1868] at the [http://search.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com] - ($), Index and images<br>
*'''1866-1931''' [https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2580 Kansas, Grand Army of the Republic Bound Post Records, 1866-1931] at the [http://search.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com] - ($), Index and images<br>
*'''1880-1940''' [https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1700 Kansas, Grand Army of the Republic Post Reports, 1880-1940] at the [http://search.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com] - ($), Index and images<br>
*'''1889''' [https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2956 Kansas, Enrollment of Civil War Veterans, 1889] at the [http://search.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com] - ($), Index and images<br>
*[https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3916 Kansas Civil War Soldiers] at the [http://search.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com] - ($), Index and images<br>


''Spanish-American War (1898)''<br>
{{KS Vital Intro}}
===== Birth Records  =====


*'''1945-1970''' [https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1680 Kansas, United Spanish War Veterans Reports of Deaths, 1945-1970] at the [http://search.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com] - ($), Index and images<br>
*'''1818 - 1936''' {{RecordSearch|1674839|Kansas, Births and Christenings, 1818-1936}} at [https://familysearch.org/ FamilySearch.org] — index
*'''1885 - 1911''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2567 Kansas, Births and Christenings Index, 1885-1911] at [http://home.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com] — index $


''World War I''<br>
===== Death Records  =====


*[http://www.ksgenweb.org/archives/military/ksguard/ History and Roster of the Kansas State Guard (WWI)] at [http://www.ksgenweb.org/ KSGenWeb] - Taken from the book by the Adjutant General's Office<br>
*'''1885 - 1930''' {{RecordSearch|1674844|Kansas, Deaths and Burials, 1885-1930}} at [https://familysearch.org/ FamilySearch.org] — index
*'''1917-1919''' [https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2021 Kansas, World War I Veteran Collection, 1917-1919] at the [http://search.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com] - ($), Index and images<br>
*'''1885 - 1930''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2570 Kansas, Deaths and Burials, Index, 1885-1930] at [http://home.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com] — index $
*'''1930''' [https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2955 Kansas, Enrollment of WWI Veterans, 1930] at the [http://search.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com] - ($), Index and images<br>


''World War II''<br>
===== Marriage Records  =====


*'''1940-1946''' [https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=70795 Web: Kansas, WWII Selective Service Index, 1940-1946] at the [http://search.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com] - ($), Index and images<br>
*'''1811 - 1911''' {{RecordSearch|2381595|Kansas, Marriages, 1811-1911}} at [https://familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] — index
*[http://ksgenweb.org/archives/labette/military/honor.txt World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing, State of Kansas, War Dept-June 1946] at [http://www.ksgenweb.org/ KSGenWeb] - Index only<br>
*'''1840 - 1935''' {{RecordSearch|1674845|Kansas, Marriages, 1840-1935}} at [https://familysearch.org/ FamilySearch.org] — index
*'''1855 - 1911''' {{RecordSearch|1851040|Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911}} at [https://familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] — index and images  
*'''1855 - 1911''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60292 Kansas, County Marriages, 1855-1911] at [http://home.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com] — images $


''Korean War''<br>
The [http://www.labettecounty.com/clerk/ Labette County Clerk's Office]&nbsp;holds the following records:


*[https://www.archives.gov/files/research/military/korean-war/casualty-lists/ks-alpha.pdf U.S. Military Fatal Casualties of the Korean War for Kansas] - Index only<br>
*Birth records: 1885 to 1896
*Marriage records: 1867 to the present
*Death records: 1885 to 1893


''Vietnam War''<br>
In addition, birth, marriage, divorce and death certificates&nbsp;are held by the [http://www.kdheks.gov/vital/index.html State of Kansas Department of Health&nbsp;and Environment, Office of Vital Statistics.]&nbsp; Post-1940 records&nbsp;are not public; to obtain copies one must be named on the record, or be an immediate family member, or need the record for legal rights. Pre-1940 records may be requested by an individual related as at least a cousin. Records held by the state are:


*[https://www.archives.gov/files/research/military/vietnam-war/casualty-lists/ks-alpha.pdf U.S. Military Fatal Casualties of the Vietnam War for Kansas] - Index only<br>
*Birth and death certificates: July 1, 1911 to the present
*Marriage licenses: May 1, 1913 to the present
*Divorce certificates: July 1, 1951 to the present


For further information see [[Kansas Military Records]].
The [http://www.kshs.org/p/local-records-microfilm-labette-co/11126 Kansas Historical Sociey] has the following on microfilm:


===Naturalization and Citizenship===
*Marriage records: 1867 to 1920
{{KS Naturalization Intro|Labette}}
*Marriage register: 1885 to 1896
 
*'''1864-1972''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5175 Kansas, Naturalization Abstracts, 1864-1972] at Ancestry — ($), Index
*'''1865-1874''' [https://www.archives.gov/kansas-city/finding-aids/naturalization-kansas-indians.html Kansas Indian Naturalizations, ca. 1865-1874] at the [https://www.archives.gov/ National Archives] — Index, District of Kansas, Record Group 21.
*'''1865-1984''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61199 Kansas, Federal Naturalization Records, 1865-1984] at Ancestry — ($), Index and images
*'''1917-1918''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2137 Kansas, Registration Affidavits of Alien Enemies, 1917-1918] at Ancestry — ($), Index and images, includes German and other aliens living in Kansas
 
===Newspapers===
{{KS Newspapers Intro|Labette}}
''Kansas Newspapers Online''<br>
*'''1800s-Current''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/50041/ Kansas, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's-Current] at Ancestry — index & images ($)
*'''1800s-1999''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62116/ U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999] at Ancestry - index ($)
*[https://www.newspapers.com/ Kansas Newspapers at Newspapers.com] - ($), [http://www.kshs.org/ancestry/drivers/dlverify free to Kansas residents] through [http://www.kshs.org/p/kansas-digital-newspaper-program/16126 Kansas Historical Society]
*[http://www.genealogybank.com/explore/newspapers/all/usa/kansas GenealogyBank] - ($), contains images of Kansas newspapers
*[http://newspaperarchive.com/us/kansas/ Newspaper Archive] - ($), contains images of Kansas newspapers
*[http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/newspapers/?state=Kansas&ethnicity=&language= Chronicling America] - contains images of some Kansas newspapers; [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/help/#basic_searching searching tips]
 
 
''Kansas Newspaper Catalogs''
 
*[https://sites.google.com/site/onlinenewspapersite/Home/united-states-online-historical-newspapers/kansas-online-historical-newspapers Kansas Online Historical Newspapers] - contains a list of known Kansas newspapers online and the websites they are found on
*[http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/titles/ 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
 
 
 
Current newspapers in Labette include the Altamont Journal, Chetopa Advance, Labette Avenue, Oswego Independent-Observer, and Parsons Sun.
 
Historical newspapers: The Kansas Historical Society holds the following newspapers on microfilm: [for dates and additional information see the [http://www.kshs.org/p/newspapers-in-kansas/11528 Newspaper Index at their website].
 
Altamont Gazette, Altamont Journal, Altamont Saturday Item, Altamont Sentinel, American Crank, Anti-Monopolist, Arbitrator, Bartlett News, Blade-Democra , Breeze, Chetopa Advance, Chetopa Advance Reunion Daily, Chetopa Advance-Clipper, Chetopa Clipper, Chetopa Democrat, Chetopa Herald, Chetopa Statesman, Chetopa Times, Coffins Business Directory, Daily Eclipse, Daily Eli, Daily Evening Star, Daily News, Daily Out-Look, Daily Pilot, Daily Republican, Democrat, Dennis Hustler, Dennis Leader, Edna Enterprise, Edna Independent, Edna News, Edna Star, Edna Sun, Evening Herald, Evening Journal, Eye Opener, Farm Talk, Golden Rod, High School Sentiment, Independent, Infant Wonder [many variant titles], Kansas Advocate, Kansas Christian Advocate, Kansas Democrat, Kansas Farm and Home, Kansas Messenger, Kansas State Alliance, Kansas Workman, Labette County Democrat, Labette County Statesman, Labette County Times, Labette County Times-Statesman, Labette Record, Labette Sentinel, Labette Star, Mills' Weekly World, Mound Valley Herald, Mound Valley Journal, Mound Valley News, Mound Valley Times, Oswego Bee,  Oswego Blade, Oswego Courant, Oswego Daily Bee, Oswego Daily Independent, Oswego Daily Republican, Oswego Democrat, Oswego Independent, Oswego Independent-Observer, Oswego News-Blade, Oswego Register, Oswego Republican, Oswego Weekly Blade, Oswego Weekly Republican, Our Home, Parsons Advertiser, Parsons Broadaxe, Parsons Business College Journal, Parsons Daily Eclipse, Parsons Daily Journal, Parsons Daily News, Parsons Daily Republican, Parsons Daily Sun, Parsons Eclipse, Parsons Evening Globe, Parsons Independent, Parsons News, Parsons Palladium, Parsons School Reporter, Parsons Sun, Parsons Sun and Semi Weekly Herald, Parsons Surprise, Parsons Visitor, Parsons Weekly Blade, Parsons Weekly Eclipse, Parsons Weekly Globe, Parsons Weekly Herald, Parsons Weekly Star, Parsons Weekly Sun, Pilot , Railway Employee, School Reporter, Senior Annual, Sentiment, Settler's Guide, South East Kansas Independent Observer, Southern Kansas Advance, State Alliance-Workman, Sun, Times-Journal, Union Blade, United Labor, Weekly Clarion, Western Enterprise, Western World, White Banner, Wilsonton Journal
 
===Obituaries===
{{KS Obituaries Intro|Labette}}
 
===Other Records===
{{KS Other Records Intro|Labette}}
'''Voting Records'''<br>


*'''1854''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4099 Kansas Election List, 1854] at Ancestry — ($), Index
The [http://www.worldcat.org/ WorldCat] website has information on holdings of these published and archival materials:  
*'''1854-1856''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3961 Kansas Voter Registration Lists, 1854-1856] at Ancestry — ($), Index


===Periodicals===
''Early Marriage Records, Labette County, Kansas: 30 October 1867-13 April 1878, 15 May 1880-27 March 1881''. Topeka, Kan: Topeka Genealogical Society, 1978.
{{KS Periodicals Intro|Labette}}


===Probate Records===
Grandle, Margaret, and Susan G. Tillman. ''Birth Records Labette County, [Kansas], 1885-1892''. Pittsburg, Kan: s.n, 1992.  
{{KS Probate Intro|Labette}}
''Online Probate Indexes and Records''<br>
*'''1803-1987''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=9065 Kansas Wills and Probate Records 1803-1987] at Ancestry — index & images ($)
*'''1868-1919'''  {{FSC|647637|item|disp=Journal, Probate Court, Labette County, Kansas, 1868-1919}}(*); Probate Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
*'''1868-1921'''  {{FSC|647634|item|disp=Record of Wills (Labette County, Kansas), 1868-1921}}(*); Probate Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/full-text Full-Text Search - Wills and Probate Records] at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P00oMDsAsSw How to Search]


===School Records===
''Labette County Early Births Early Deaths''. S.l: s.n, 1900.
{{KS Schools Intro|Labette}}


===Social Security Records===
''Protestant Episcopal Church, Kansas Parish Registers of Baptisms, Burials, Marriages, Etc: Chetopa, St. Paul's Church, 1889-1960''. , 1889.<br>
*'''1935-2014''' {{RecordSearch|1202535|United States Social Security Death Index}} at FamilySearch - [[United States Social Security Death Index - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index. ''Also at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3693/ Ancestry], [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/social-security-death-index findmypast], [https://www.fold3.com/title/830/ Fold3], [https://www.genealogybank.com/explore/ssdi/all GenealogyBank], [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10002/us-social-security-death-index-ssdi?s=270606331 MyHeritage], and [https://stevemorse.org/ssdi/ssdi.html Steve Morse].'' [[United States Social Security Administration Records#Social Security Death Index (SSDI)|Click here for more information]].
*'''1936-2007''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60901/ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007] at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/ Ancestry ($)] — index, [[United States Social Security Administration Records#Social Security Applications and Claims Index|click here for more information]].
*'''1936-2007''' {{RecordSearch|5000016|United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007}} at FamilySearch - [[United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT) - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index


===Tax Records===
==== Societies, Libraries, and Museums  ====
{{KS Tax Intro|Labette}}


===Vital Records===
'''Chetopa Historical Museum''' <br>419 Maple <br>Chetopa, KS <br>Telephone Number: 620-236-7121 <br><br>
{{KS Vital Intro|Labette}}


====Birth====
'''Edna Historical Museum'''<br>101 S. Delaware <br>Edna, KS <br>Telephone Number: 620-922-3333<br>[http://www.ednahistoricalmuseum.org/ Website]<br><br>
{{KS Birth Intro|Labette}}


*'''1811-1940''' {{RecordSearch|2380510|Kansas, Births and Baptisms, 1811-1940}} at FamilySearch — [[Kansas, Births and Baptisms - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images
'''Labette County Genealogical Society'''<br>1205 So. 32nd St <br>Parsons, KS 67357 <br>[https://www.kshs.org/p/ask-a-research-question/10096 Website]<br><br>
*'''1818-1936''' {{RecordSearch|1674839|Kansas, Births and Christenings, 1818-1936}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/ FamilySearch.org] - [[Kansas Births and Christenings - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index.
*'''1885-1911''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2567 Kansas, Births and Christenings Index, 1885-1911] at Ancestry — index $


====Marriage====
'''Mound Valley Historical Museum'''<br>Mound Valley, KS <br>Telephone Number: 620-328-2811 <br><br>
{{KS Marriage Intro|Labette}}


*'''1800-1946''' [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/united-states-marriages?state=kansas United States Marriages – Kansas, 1800-1946] at [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records findmypast] — ($), Index and images
''' Mound Valley Historical Society'''<br>588 12000 Road <br>Mound Valley, KS <br>[http://museumsdatabase.com/museums/view/11493 Website] <br><br>
*'''1811-1911''' {{RecordSearch|2381595|Kansas, Marriages, 1811-1911}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/hr/search FamilySearch] - [[Kansas, Marriages - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; Index
*'''1811-1911''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61371 Kansas, County Marriages, 1811-1911] at Ancestry — ($), Index
*'''1840-1935''' {{RecordSearch|1674845|Kansas, Marriages, 1840-1935}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/hr/search FamilySearch.org] - [[Kansas Marriages - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; Index
*'''1861-1918''' {{RecordSearch|3583832|Kansas, Swedish Church Vital Records, 1861-1918}} at FamilySearch - [[Kansas, Swedish Church Vital Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index


The [http://www.labettecounty.com/clerk/ Labette County Clerk's Office] holds the following records:
'''Oswego Historical Museum'''<br>410 Commercial Street <br>Oswego, KS <br>Telephone Number: 620-795-4500<br>[http://oswegohistory.org/ Website]<br> <br>


*Birth records: 1885 to 1896
'''Parsons Historical Society Museum'''<br>401 South 18th <br>Parsons, KS 67357<br>Telephone Number: 620-421-2109 <br>[http://sites.google.com/site/parsonshistoricalsocietymuseum/ Website]<br><br>
*Marriage records: 1867 to the present
*Death records: 1885 to 1893
 
In addition, birth, marriage, divorce and death certificates are held by the [http://www.kdheks.gov/vital/index.html State of Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Office of Vital Statistics.]  Post-1940 records are not public; to obtain copies one must be named on the record, or be an immediate family member, or need the record for legal rights. Pre-1940 records may be requested by an individual related as at least a cousin. Records held by the state are:
 
*Birth and death certificates: July 1, 1911 to the present
*Marriage licenses: May 1, 1913 to the present
*Divorce certificates: July 1, 1951 to the present
 
The [http://www.kshs.org/p/local-records-microfilm-labette-co/11126 Kansas Historical Society] has the following on microfilm:
 
*Marriage records: 1867 to 1920
*Marriage register: 1885 to 1896


The [http://www.worldcat.org/ WorldCat] website has information on holdings of these published and archival materials:
'''Parsons Iron Horse Museum''' <br>18th and Corning <br>Parsons, KS 67357 <br>Telephone Number: 620-421-1959 <br> <br>


*''Early Marriage Records, Labette County, Kansas: 30 October 1867-13 April 1878, 15 May 1880-27 March 1881''. Topeka, Kan: Topeka Genealogical Society, 1978.
*Grandle, Margaret, and Susan G. Tillman. ''Birth Records Labette County, [Kansas], 1885-1892''. Pittsburg, Kan: s.n, 1992.
*''Labette County Early Births Early Deaths''. S.l: s.n, 1900.
*''Protestant Episcopal Church, Kansas Parish Registers of Baptisms, Burials, Marriages, Etc: Chetopa, St. Paul's Church, 1889-1960''. , 1889.


====Death====
[http://www.altamontpubliclibrary.com/ Altamont Public Library] <br>407 Huston Ave <br>Altamont, KS 67330 <br>(620) 784-5530<br>
{{KS Death Intro|Labette}}


*'''1885-1930''' {{RecordSearch|1674844|Kansas, Deaths and Burials, 1885-1930}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/ FamilySearch.org] - [[Kansas Deaths and Burials - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index
[http://chetopa.mykansaslibrary.org/ Chetopa City Library] <br>312 Maple <br>Chetopa, KS 67336 <br>(620) 236-7194 <br>
*'''1885-1930''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2570 Kansas, Deaths and Burials, Index, 1885-1930] at Ancestry — index $


====Divorce====
[http://edna.mykansaslibrary.org/ Edna Public Library] <br>105 N Delaware <br>Edna, KS 67342 <br>(620) 922-3470 <br>
{{KS Divorce Intro|Labette}}


==Research Facilities==
[http://moundvalleyks.com/library/ Mound Valley Library] <br>411 Hickory <br>Mound Valley, KS 67354 <br>(620) 328-3411 <br>
{{KS Research Facilities Intro|Labette}}


===Archives===
{{KS Archives Intro|Labette}}


=== FamilySearch Centers ===
[http://oswego.mykansaslibrary.org/ Oswego Public Library ]<br>704 Fourth Street <br>Oswego, KS 67356 <br>(620) 795-4921 <br>
{{FamilySearch Centers Intro}}


*[https://locations.familysearch.org/en/us/ks/independence/507-w-mulberry-street Independence Kansas FamilySearch Center]
*[https://locations.familysearch.org/en/us/mo/joplin/2107-s-indiana-ave Joplin Missouri FamilySearch Center]


===Libraries===
[http://parsons.mykansaslibrary.org/ Parsons Public Library] <br>311 S 17th Street <br>Parsons, KS 67357 <br>(620) 421-5920 <br>
{{KS Libraries Intro|Labette}}


'''Altamont Public Library'''<br>407 Huston Ave<br>Altamont, KS 67330<br>Phone: 620-784-5530<br>Email: [mailto:library@altamontks.com library@altamontks.com]<br>[https://altamontpubliclibrary.org/ Website]<br><br>
Southeast Kansas Education Museum <br>402 Ohio St Oswego, KS 67356 <br>(620) 795-2003 <br>
'''Chetopa City Library'''<br>312 Maple<br>Chetopa, KS 67336<br>Phone: 620-236-7194<br>Email: [mailto:chetopacitylibrary@gmail.com  chetopacitylibrary@gmail.com ]<br>[https://chetopacitylibrary.org/ Website]<br>[https://www.facebook.com/groups/223142172788078 Facebook]<br><br>
'''Edna Public Library'''<br>105 N Delaware<br>PO Box 218<br>Edna, KS 67342<br>Phone: 620-922-3470<br>Email: [mailto:ednalibrary@yahoo.com ednalibrary@yahoo.com]<br>[https://ednapubliclibrary.org/ Website]<br>[https://www.facebook.com/EdnaPublicLibrary/ Facebook]<br><br>
'''Mound Valley Library''' <br>411 Hickory St<br>Mound Valley, KS 67354<br>Phone: 620-328-3411<br>Email: [mailto:library@moundvalleyks.com library@moundvalleyks.com]<br>[https://www.moundvalleyks.com/wp/library/ Website]<br>[https://www.facebook.com/Mound-Valley-Library-141325809233293 Facebook]<br><br>
'''Oswego Public Library'''<br>704 Fourth Street<br>Oswego, KS 67356<br>Phone: 620-795-4921<br>Email: [mailto:library@oswegolibrary.org library@oswegolibrary.org]<br>[http://oswego.mykansaslibrary.org/ Website]<br>[https://www.facebook.com/oswegolibrary Facebook]<br><br>
'''Parsons Public Library'''<br>311 S 17th Street<br>Parsons, KS 67357<br>Phone: 620-421-5920<br>Email: [mailto:staff@parsonslibrary.org staff@parsonslibrary.org]<br>[https://parsonslibrary.org/ Website]<br>[https://www.facebook.com/parsonspubliclibrary Facebook]<br><br>


===Museums===
==== Family History Centers  ====
{{KS Museums Intro|Labette}}


'''Chetopa Historical Museum'''<br>406 Locust Street<br>Chetopa, KS 67336<br>Phone: 620-236-7121<br>Email: [mailto:chmuseum406locust@gmail.com chmuseum406locust@gmail.com]<br>[https://www.facebook.com/Chetopa-historical-museum-870258353056674/ Facebook]<br><br>
{{FamilySearch Centers Intro}}
'''Edna Kansas Historical Society Museum'''<br>224 West Marion Street<br>Edna, KS 67342<br>Phone: 620-515-1744<br>Email:[mailto:svail7499@gmail.com svail7499@gmail.com]<br>[https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Nonprofit-Organization/Edna-kansas-historical-society-museum-1966407290274475/ Facebook]<br><br>
'''Mound Valley Historical Museum'''<br>Mound Valley, KS<br>Phone: 620-328-2811<br><br>
'''Oswego Kansas Historical Society Museum and Genealogy'''<br>410 Commercial Street<br>Oswego, KS 67356<br>Phone: 620-795-4500<br>Email:  [mailto:historyatoswego@gmail.com historyatoswego@gmail.com]<br>[http://oswegohistory.org/ Website]<br>[https://www.facebook.com/oswegohistory/ Facebook]<br><br>
'''Parsons Historical Society Museum'''<br>401 South 18th Street<br>PO Box 540<br>Parsons, KS 67357<br>Phone: 620-777-1106<br>Email: [mailto:parsonshistory@gmail.com parsonshistory@gmail.com]<br>[http://sites.google.com/site/parsonshistoricalsocietymuseum/ Website]<br>[https://www.facebook.com/ParHist1871/ Facebook]<br><br>
'''Southeast Kansas Education Museum'''<br>402 Ohio St<br>Oswego, KS 67356<br>Phone: 620-795-2003<br>Email: [mailto:info@sekemuseum.org info@sekemuseum.org]<br><br>


==Societies==
== Web Sites  ==
{{KS Societies Intro|Labette}}


'''Labette County Genealogical Society, Inc.'''<br>1205 S 32nd St<br>Parsons, KS 67357-4605<br>[http://www.ksgenweb.org/society/parsons/ Website]<br>
*[http://www.labettecounty.com Official Labette County, Kansas website]
:Our collection is housed at the Parsons Public Library, Parsons, KS<br>[https://parsonslibrary.org/ Website]<br><br>
*[http://www.ksgenweb.com/labette/index.html USGenWeb project.] May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.
'''Mound Valley Historical Society'''<br>416 Hickory St #404<br>PO Box 236<br>Mound Valley, KS 67354<br>[https://www.facebook.com/moundvalleyhistoricalsociety/ Facebook]<br><br>
*{{FHL|Kansas%2C+Labette|subject|disp=FamilySearch Catalog}}
*[http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/KS/Labette/ Labette County, Kansas Genealogy and Family History] (Linkpendium)


==Websites==
== References  ==
{{KS Websites Intro|Labette}}
*{{FSC Place IDNum|1410|Kansas|Labette}}The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use [https://familysearch.org/search/ Historical Records] to search for specific individuals in genealogical records


==Research Guides==
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{{KS Research Guides Intro|Labette}}


==References==
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Guide to Labette 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.

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Labette County, Kansas
Map
Map of Kansas highlighting Labette County
Location in the state of Kansas
Map of the U.S. highlighting Kansas
Location of Kansas in the U.S.
Facts
Founded February 7, 1867
County Seat Oswego
Courthouse
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Address Labette County Courthouse
501 Merchant Street
Oswego, Kansas 67356
Phone: 316.795.2138


County Information[edit | edit source]

Labette County, Kansas Record Dates[edit | edit source]

Beginning Dates for Major County Records[1]
Birth Marriage Death Tax Land Probate
1885 1867 1885 1860 1867 1868

County Courthouse[edit | edit source]

Labette County Courthouse
501 Merchant St P O Box 387
Oswego KS 67356
Phone: 316 795-2227

County Clerk has birth records 1885-1896 and death records 1885-1889.
Probate Judge has marriage and probate records from 1870.
Clerk District Court has divorce and court records from 1870.
Register of Deeds has land records from 1875.
A yearly county census was taken 1915-1979.[2]

History[edit | edit source]

Parent County[edit | edit source]

1867--Labette County was created 7 February 1867 from Neosho County. County seat: Oswego [3]

Boundary Changes[edit | edit source]

Record Loss[edit | edit source]

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

Places/Localities[edit | edit source]

Populated Places[edit | edit source]

  • Altamont
  • Angola
  • Bartlett
  • Brownstone
  • Chetopa
  • Dennis
  • Edna
  • Fern
  • Garvin
  • Grove
  • Labette
  • Laneville
  • Montana
  • Morehead
  • Mound Valley
  • Orchard Park
  • Oswego
  • Parsons
  • Penfield
  • Stover
  • Strauss
  • Valeda
  • Winway

Neighboring Counties[edit | edit source]

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Resources[edit | edit source]

Cemeteries[edit | edit source]

Several published books as well as archival materials exist for Labette County cemeteries. (See WorldCat for library holdings.)  Compilations include:

  • Funeral Registers, 1900-1926. Wall Funeral Home, Parsons, Kansas. Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1987
  • Labette County Funeral Registers, 1889-1926.
  • Murphy, D.D, and Josephine Murphy. Tombstone Inscriptions from Cemeteries on Montana Road, Oswego, Labette County. , 1970.
  • Rice, Tina, and Wanda Houts. Tombstone Inscriptions. Parsons, KS. (P.O. Box 826, Parsons 67357: T. Rice and W. Houts, 1981.

In addition, several national websites include information for Labette County graves:

Resources for specific cemeteries are:

Cemetery Information Records and Publications
Altamont Mount Pleasant

(unknown)
Paine, George. [Inscriptions from Deserted Cemetery Near Bartlett]. , 1971. Archival material.
Cecil Bartlett
County Farm

Edna

Elston

Fairview

Franklin

Galesburg

Griffith

Hackberry

Harmony
Harmony Grove Cemetery [Labette County, KS]. S.l: s.n, 1900.
Hopewell

Labette
McAvoy, Gene P. Cemetery inscriptions from Labette Cemetery, Labette County, Kansas. [S.l. : s.n.], 1977. (Microfilm available at FamilySearch centers.)
Lake Creek

Leib

Mason

Masonic

Memorial Lawn

Mitchell

Mound Valley
The Mound Valley Cemetery, 1885-1976 / produced by members of the Mound Valley Historical Society and the LaBette Genealogical Society of LaBette County, Kansas. Mound Valley, Kan. : M.V.H.S., 1977. (Available at the Kansas Historical Society)
Mount Calvary
Mount Calvary Cemetery [Labette County, KS]. S.l: s.n, 1900.
Oak Hill Chetopa Miller, Retha L. B, and Brenda M. Ross. Oak Hill Cemetery, Labette County, Kansas: 1869-1972 Record of Burials and Their Locations. Chetopa, Kan: R.L.B. Miller, 1972. BillionGraves has photos of some headstones plotted on a Google map and searchable.
Oakwood Parsons Oakwood cemetery, Parsons, Kansas : tribute and a tour. [Iron Horse Historical Society and the Parsons Sun] [Parson, Kan. : Iron horse Historical Society and the Parson Sun], 1987
Oswego
Oswego Cemetery Directory as of Sept 18, 1998. S.l: s.n., 1998.
Penfield

Phillips

Pleasant Hill
Pleasant Hill Cemetery records, Labette County, Kansas. (Microfilm available at FamilySearch centers.)
Pleasant Valley
Pleasant Valley Cemetery Labette County, Kansas. S.l: s.n, 1900.
Richland

Roberts

Saint Rose Chetopa Saint Rose Catholic Cemetery Chetopa, Labette County, Kansas. S.l: s.n., 1993
Spring Hill
Springhill Cemetery [Labette County, KS]. S.l: s.n, 1900.
Tibbets

Vance

Wilsonton

Wooden

Oak Hill Cemetery, Chetopa Google map and searchable database on BillionGraves

Tombstone Transcriptions Online Tombstone Transcriptions in Print List of Cemeteries in the county
Findagrave.com Family History Library Findagrave.com
KSGenWeb WorldCat Billion Graves
Tombstone Project
Kansas Gravestones
Billion Graves
See Kansas Cemeteries for more information.

Church[edit | edit source]

Most church records are held by individual churches. For contact information, check a phone directory, such as SearchBug or Dex Knows. Some denominations are gathering their records into a central repository. For more information about these major repositories, see Kansas Church Records.

  • Brown Chapel, African Methodist Episcopal
  • Cecil Church (historical)
  • Center Bethel Church
  • Center Chapel
  • Edna Baptist Church
  • Elm Church
  • Hopewell Church
  • Mount Pleasant Baptist
  • Mount Zion Baptist Church (historical)
  • Pleasant Hill Church
  • St. Paul's Church. [See book: Protestant Episcopal Church, Kansas Parish Registers of Baptisms, Burials, Marriages, Etc: Chetopa, St. Paul's Church, 1889-1960]
  • Salem Church (historical)
  • Spring Valley Church
  • Zion Hill Church

Court[edit | edit source]

Labette County Court House
501 Merchant St
Oswego KS 67356
(620) 795-2227

The Kansas Historical Sociey has the following on microfilm:

Chetopa City Clerk Ordinance book book, 1879-1881

Land[edit | edit source]

Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents.

See Kansas Land and Property for additional information about early Kansas land grants. After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent transactions were usually recorded at the county courthouse, where records are currently housed.


The Labette County Register of Deeds Office  has land records from 1867.

An additional resource is: 'Deed records, Labette County, 1868-1877, Kansas by the Daughters of the American Revolution, Oceanic Hopkins Chapter (Pittsburg, Kansas) and Margaret Grandle. Available on microfilm at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah and FamilySearch Centers worldwide.

Local Histories[edit | edit source]

Local histories are available for Labette County, Kansas Genealogy. County histories may include biographies, church, school and government history, and military information. For more information about local histories, see the wiki page section Kansas Local Histories.


See WorldCat to locate the following materials: [Note: some digital versions are available online.]

Brotherton, Mike, and Mattox, David. Labette County. Arcadia Pub. , 2011.

Canfield, Thomas H. Business Directory of the City of Oswego: Labette County, Kansas, Containing a History of the Town from the Beginning, with the Present Business of the Place, Together with an Outline Map of the City and Its Surroundings, Its Population and Its Railroad Facilities, Present and Future. Oswego: Printed by Colver & M'Gill, 1870.

Case, Nelson. History of Labette County, Kansas: And Representative Citizens. Chicago: Biographical Pub. Co, 1901. Digital version at Internet Archive.

Case, Nelson. History of Labette County, Kansas: From the First Settlement to the Close of 1892. Topeka, Kan: Crane & Co, 1893. Digital versions at Internet Archive and Hathi Trust.

Earle, Jonathan, Ted Wilson, Norman Saul, Paul Kelton, Stephen Hasiotis, and John N. Mack. Swords into Ploughshares: the Struggle to Build an Ordered Community of Liberty on the Southeast Kansas Frontier 1867-1876. , 2009. Internet resource at KU Scholar Works.

Graue, Bertha I, and Norman R. Peters. The Bartlett Book: A Collection of Newspaper Articles Containing a History of the Many Families Who Have Lived in the Southern Part of Labette County, Kansas, 1850-1977. Washington, D.C.] (Box 21117, Washington 20009: N.R. Peters, 1982.

James Lincoln Stice Papers: Scrapbooks, Letters, Newspaper Clippings, Photographs. Fayetteville, Ark: Special Collections Division, University Libraries, 1999.

Kinton, Maxine L. Some Ohioans to Labette Co., Kansas. Mansfield, Ohio: M.L. Kinton, 1980.

Labette County, Kansas. S.l.: General Books, 2010.

Lightfoot, W H. Our Heroes in Our Defense: Labette County, Kansas. Parsons, Kan: Printed by Commercial publishing co, 1921. Digital versions at Internet Archive and Hathi Trust.

Nixon, Ruth. History of Big Hill and Old Mt. Zion. Cherryvale? (Kan.: s.n., 1982.

Parsons, Labette County, Kansas Years from 1869 to 1895 : Story of "the Benders". Parsons, Kan. : Bell Bookcraft, 1970. Digital version at Internet Archive.

Maps[edit | edit source]

The David Rumsey Map Collection website has digitized atlas maps of Labette County, as well as the cities of Altamont, Chetopa, Dennis, Labette City, Mathewson, Montana, Mortimer, Mound Valley, Neosho Falls, Oswego, and Parsons. The maps' source is "The Official State Atlas of Kansas compiled from government surveys, county records and personal investigations" Philadelphia. L.H. Everts & Co. 1887.

Military[edit | edit source]

The WorldCat website provides holdings details for the following publications and archival materials:

Civil War Veterans to Labette Co., Kansas. Kansas?: s.n, 1900.

Hollingsworth, Patricia Merrill. World War I Draft Registration Cards Labette County Kansas. Mariba, Kentucky : P.M. Hollingsworth, 2003. (Available at FamilySearch centers.)

Kinton, Maxine L. Some Civil War Veterans to Labette Co., Kansas. Mansfield, Ohio: M.L. Kinton, 1980.

Mack, John N. "A Second Revolution: The Struggle to Define the Meaning of the Civil War in Southeast Kansas, 1867-1876." Kansas History. 32.1 (2009)

Memorial ... Parsons, Kansas. Parsons, Kan.?: s.n., 1970.

Nixon, Perry O. C. [Civil War Memoir of Perry O.C. Nixon, Sergeant, Company C, 10th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 1861-1865]. , 1907

For information about Civil War records see Neosho County.

Newspapers[edit | edit source]

Template:KS Newspaper abstracts

Current newspapers in Labette include the Altamont Journal, Chetopa Advance, Labette Avenue, Oswego Independent-Observer, and Parsons Sun.

Historical newspapers: The Kansas Historical Society holds the following newspapers on microfilm: [for dates and additional information see the Newspaper Index at their website.

Altamont Gazette, Altamont Journal, Altamont Saturday Item, Altamont Sentinel, American Crank, Anti-Monopolist, Arbitrator, Bartlett News, Blade-Democra , Breeze, Chetopa Advance, Chetopa Advance Reunion Daily, Chetopa Advance-Clipper, Chetopa Clipper, Chetopa Democrat, Chetopa Herald, Chetopa Statesman, Chetopa Times, Coffins Business Directory, Daily Eclipse, Daily Eli, Daily Evening Star, Daily News, Daily Out-Look, Daily Pilot, Daily Republican, Democrat, Dennis Hustler, Dennis Leader, Edna Enterprise, Edna Independent, Edna News, Edna Star, Edna Sun, Evening Herald, Evening Journal, Eye Opener, Farm Talk, Golden Rod, High School Sentiment, Independent, Infant Wonder [many variant titles], Kansas Advocate, Kansas Christian Advocate, Kansas Democrat, Kansas Farm and Home, Kansas Messenger, Kansas State Alliance, Kansas Workman, Labette County Democrat, Labette County Statesman, Labette County Times, Labette County Times-Statesman, Labette Record, Labette Sentinel, Labette Star, Mills' Weekly World, Mound Valley Herald, Mound Valley Journal, Mound Valley News, Mound Valley Times, Oswego Bee, Oswego Blade, Oswego Courant, Oswego Daily Bee, Oswego Daily Independent, Oswego Daily Republican, Oswego Democrat, Oswego Independent, Oswego Independent-Observer, Oswego News-Blade, Oswego Register, Oswego Republican, Oswego Weekly Blade, Oswego Weekly Republican, Our Home, Parsons Advertiser, Parsons Broadaxe, Parsons Business College Journal, Parsons Daily Eclipse, Parsons Daily Journal, Parsons Daily News, Parsons Daily Republican, Parsons Daily Sun, Parsons Eclipse, Parsons Evening Globe, Parsons Independent, Parsons News, Parsons Palladium, Parsons School Reporter, Parsons Sun, Parsons Sun and Semi Weekly Herald, Parsons Surprise, Parsons Visitor, Parsons Weekly Blade, Parsons Weekly Eclipse, Parsons Weekly Globe, Parsons Weekly Herald, Parsons Weekly Star, Parsons Weekly Sun, Pilot , Railway Employee, School Reporter, Senior Annual, Sentiment, Settler's Guide, South East Kansas Independent Observer, Southern Kansas Advance, State Alliance-Workman, Sun, Times-Journal, Union Blade, United Labor, Weekly Clarion, Western Enterprise, Western World, White Banner, Wilsonton Journal

Probate[edit | edit source]

Online Records

In most counties in Kansas, probate records have been kept by the county judge. They include wills, inventories, claim registers, legacy records, inheritance records, and dockets. The records are available at the county courthouse.

The FamilySearch Catalog lists films of probate records. To find the records for this county, use the Place Search for Kansas, Labette and click Probate records.


The Kansas Historical Society has the following on microfilm:

  • Probate journals, 1868-1919
  • Will records, 1868-1921

Taxation[edit | edit source]

Kansas tax records complement land records and can be used to supplement the years between censuses. Tax lists were usually made every year, however, there may be gaps of several years. For more information, see the wiki page Kansas Taxation.


Vital Records[edit | edit source]

Vital Records consist of births, adoptions, marriages, divorces, and deaths recorded on registers, certificates, and documents.

A copy or an extract of most original records can be purchased from the Kansas Office of Vital Statistics or the County Clerk's office of the county where the event occurred. See also Kansas Vital Records. For information about restrictions and costs for certificates, see the CDC Where to Write for Vital Records site.


Birth Records[edit | edit source]
Death Records[edit | edit source]
Marriage Records[edit | edit source]

The Labette County Clerk's Office holds the following records:

  • Birth records: 1885 to 1896
  • Marriage records: 1867 to the present
  • Death records: 1885 to 1893

In addition, birth, marriage, divorce and death certificates are held by the State of Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Office of Vital Statistics.  Post-1940 records are not public; to obtain copies one must be named on the record, or be an immediate family member, or need the record for legal rights. Pre-1940 records may be requested by an individual related as at least a cousin. Records held by the state are:

  • Birth and death certificates: July 1, 1911 to the present
  • Marriage licenses: May 1, 1913 to the present
  • Divorce certificates: July 1, 1951 to the present

The Kansas Historical Sociey has the following on microfilm:

  • Marriage records: 1867 to 1920
  • Marriage register: 1885 to 1896

The WorldCat website has information on holdings of these published and archival materials:

Early Marriage Records, Labette County, Kansas: 30 October 1867-13 April 1878, 15 May 1880-27 March 1881. Topeka, Kan: Topeka Genealogical Society, 1978.

Grandle, Margaret, and Susan G. Tillman. Birth Records Labette County, [Kansas], 1885-1892. Pittsburg, Kan: s.n, 1992.

Labette County Early Births Early Deaths. S.l: s.n, 1900.

Protestant Episcopal Church, Kansas Parish Registers of Baptisms, Burials, Marriages, Etc: Chetopa, St. Paul's Church, 1889-1960. , 1889.

Societies, Libraries, and Museums[edit | edit source]

Chetopa Historical Museum
419 Maple
Chetopa, KS
Telephone Number: 620-236-7121

Edna Historical Museum
101 S. Delaware
Edna, KS
Telephone Number: 620-922-3333
Website

Labette County Genealogical Society
1205 So. 32nd St
Parsons, KS 67357
Website

Mound Valley Historical Museum
Mound Valley, KS
Telephone Number: 620-328-2811

Mound Valley Historical Society
588 12000 Road
Mound Valley, KS
Website

Oswego Historical Museum
410 Commercial Street
Oswego, KS
Telephone Number: 620-795-4500
Website

Parsons Historical Society Museum
401 South 18th
Parsons, KS 67357
Telephone Number: 620-421-2109
Website

Parsons Iron Horse Museum
18th and Corning
Parsons, KS 67357
Telephone Number: 620-421-1959


Altamont Public Library
407 Huston Ave
Altamont, KS 67330
(620) 784-5530

Chetopa City Library
312 Maple
Chetopa, KS 67336
(620) 236-7194

Edna Public Library
105 N Delaware
Edna, KS 67342
(620) 922-3470

Mound Valley Library
411 Hickory
Mound Valley, KS 67354
(620) 328-3411


Oswego Public Library
704 Fourth Street
Oswego, KS 67356
(620) 795-4921


Parsons Public Library
311 S 17th Street
Parsons, KS 67357
(620) 421-5920

Southeast Kansas Education Museum
402 Ohio St Oswego, KS 67356
(620) 795-2003

Family History Centers[edit | edit source]

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Web Sites[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Alice Eichholz, Ancestry’s Red Book: American State, County and Town Sources, Revised ed. (Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1992), 232-245. At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27rb 1992
  2. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Labette County, Kansas page 252, At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
  3. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
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