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==== Local Histories  ====
==== Local Histories  ====


A [http://books.google.com/books?id=jHcUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA160-IA3 ''Portrait and biographical album of Sumner County, Kansas containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county...''] (1885) is available online free from Google Books. Parts I and II contain biographies of the U.S. presidents and Kentucky governors. Part III (starts about p.160) contains biographies of Sumner County residents.
A [http://books.google.com/books?id=jHcUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA160-IA3 ''Portrait and biographical album of Sumner County, Kansas containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county...''] (1885) is available online free from Google Books. Parts I and II contain biographies of the U.S. presidents and Kentucky governors. Part III (starts about p.160) contains biographies of Sumner County residents.  


==== Maps  ====
==== Maps  ====


==== Military  ====
==== Military  ====
*Sumner County was organized after the Civil War began. Please see [[Butler_County,_Kansas|Butler]] and [[Marion_County,_Kansas|Marion]] counties for Civil War records<br>


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== Societies and Libraries  ==
== Societies and Libraries  ==


==== Family History Centers<br> ====
==== Family History Centers<br> ====


*[[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers]]
*[[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers]]
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== References  ==
== References  ==


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[[Category:Sumner_County,_Kansas]]
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Revision as of 14:57, 4 April 2012

Template:Kansas-stubUnited States  > Kansas > Sumner County

County Courthouse[edit | edit source]

History[edit | edit source]

Parent County[edit | edit source]

1867--Sumner County was created 26 February 1867 from Butler and Marion Counties. County seat: Wellington [1]

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Land[edit | edit source]

Local Histories[edit | edit source]

A Portrait and biographical album of Sumner County, Kansas containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county... (1885) is available online free from Google Books. Parts I and II contain biographies of the U.S. presidents and Kentucky governors. Part III (starts about p.160) contains biographies of Sumner County residents.

Maps[edit | edit source]

Military[edit | edit source]

  • Sumner County was organized after the Civil War began. Please see Butler and Marion counties for Civil War records

Newspapers[edit | edit source]

Probate[edit | edit source]

Taxation[edit | edit source]

Vital Records[edit | edit source]

Societies and Libraries[edit | edit source]

Family History Centers
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Web Sites[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).