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County Courthouse

Edwards County Courthouse
312 Massachusetts Ave
Kinsley, KS 67547-1099
Phone: 316.659.3121 

Probate Judge has marriage, divorce, probate and court records from 1874;
Register of Deeds has land records from 1874^[1]

History

Parent County

• 1874--Edwards County was created from Kiowa County. County seat: Kinsley ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Ford
• Hodgeman
• Kiowa
• Pawnee
• Pratt
• Stafford

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

• For information about Civil War records see Kiowa County.
  

Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS 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
• Edwards County, Kansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Edwards County, Kansas page 250{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).