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Ottawa County, Kansas genealogy and family history research page. Guide to genealogy, history, 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.
Coordinates: 39.99°0′N 91.19°0′W / 39.99°N 91.19°W
| Ottawa County, Kansas | |
| Map | |
 Location in the state of Kansas | |
 Location of Kansas in the U.S. | |
| Facts | |
| Founded | February 27, 1860 |
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| County Seat | Minneapolis |
| Courthouse | |
| Photo courtesy [[]] | |
| Address | Ottawa County Courthouse 307 N. Concord Street Minneapolis, Kansas 67467-2140 Phone: 785.392.2279 |
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County Courthouse
Ottawa County Courthouse
307 N Concord
Minneapolis, KS 67467
Phone: 785.392.2279
County clerk has marriage, divorce and probate records.
City Officers have birth records from 1911 and death records.
Register of Deeds has land records. [1]
History
Parent County
1860--Ottawa County was created 27 February 1860 from unorganized territory. County seat: Minneapolis [2]
Boundary Changes
Record Loss
Places/Localities
Populated Places
Neighboring Counties
Resources
Cemeteries
Church
Court
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
Maps
Military
During the Civil War the settlers of Ottawa County were driven out by Indian raids and returned in 1863, but spent their energy in defending themselves against the Indians. After the war there was an influx of discharged Civil War Veterans coming to take advantage of their soldiers' claims.
Newspapers
Obituaries
Obituary Index for the Minneapolis Messenger 1920-2003. Index gives the name and death date. Instructions for ordering a copy are included on the web page.
Probate
Taxation
Vital Records
Societies and Libraries
Family History Centers
Web Sites
- USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
- Family History Library Catalog
- Ottawa County, Kansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
References
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Ottawa County, Kansas page 254, At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
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