Haskell County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas Haskell County

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

	Kansas Online Records

Haskell County, Kansas
Map
Location in the state of Kansas
Location of Kansas in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	March 5, 1887
County Seat	Sublette
Courthouse
File:Haskell county courthouse.gif Photo courtesy [[]]
Address	Haskell County Courthouse P.O. Box 518 Sublette, Kansas 67877-0518 Phone: 316.675.2263

County Courthouse

Haskell County Courthouse
PO Box 518
Sublette, KS 67877-0518
Phone: 316.675.2263

Department of Legal Stat has birth and death records.
Probate Judge has marriage and probate records.
Clerk District Court has divorce records.

History

Parent County

• 1887--Haskell County was created 5 March 1887 from Finney County. County seat: Sublette

Places/Localities

Neighboring Counties

• Finney
• Grant
• Gray
• Kearny
• Meade
• Seward
• Stevens

Resources

Church

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.

Land

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.

Local Histories

Local histories are available for Haskell 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.

Military

• For information about Civil War records see Marion County.
  

Probate

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, Haskell and click Probate records.

Taxation

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

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.

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

FamilySearch Center and Affiliate Library Locator map - search for local FamilySearch Centers or Affiliate Libraries

• FamilySearch Centers provide one-on-one assistance, free access to center-only databases, and to premium genealogical websites.
• FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries have access to most center-only databases, but may not always have full services normally provided by a FamilySearch center.
  

Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

Web Sites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• FamilySearch Catalog
• Haskell County, Kansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)