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Marshall 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.

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Marshall County, Kansas
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Location in the state of Kansas
Location of Kansas in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	August 30, 1855
County Seat	Marysville
Courthouse
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Address	Marshall County Courthouse 1201 Broadway Marysville, Kansas 66508-1844 Phone: 785.562.5361

County Courthouse

Marshall County Courthouse
1201 Broadway
Marysville, KS 66508-1844
Phone: 785.562.5361

County Clerk has birth and death records 1885-1911.
Clerk District Court has marriage records from 1800’s, divorce and probate record.
Register of Deeds has school records 1873-1964 and land records. ^[1]

History

Parent County

1855--Marshall County was created 30 August 1855 as an original county. County seat: Marysville ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Gage County, Nebraska
• Nemaha
• Pawnee County, Nebraska
• Pottawatomie
• Riley
• Washington
  

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Migration

Early migration routes to and from Marshall County, Kansas for European and African American settlers included:

• Big Blue River
• Little Blue River
• Oregon Trail 1830s to 1890s from western Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon^[3]
• California Trail 1846 to 1869 from western Missouri to northern California^[4]
• Mormon Trail 1846 to 1869 from Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah^[5]

Military

• During the Civil War men from this County enlisted in 1st Kansas Infantry Regiment, Company A, 7th Regiment, Kansas Cavalry, Companies A, B and H; 13th Regiment, Kansas Infantry, Companies G and H; 2nd Regiment, Kansas Cavalry; and the 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th Kansas Regiments.
  

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
• Marshall County, Kansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Marshall County, Kansas page 253, 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).
3. ↑ National Park Service, "(Auto Tour Route) Maps" in Oregon National Historic Trail at http://www.nps.gov/oreg/planyourvisit/maps.htm (accessed 18 July 2011).
4. ↑ National Park Service, "(Auto Tour Route) Maps" in California National Historic Trail at http://www.nps.gov/cali/planyourvisit/maps.htm (accessed 18 July 2011).
5. ↑ National Park Service, "Auto Tour Route Maps" in Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail at http://www.nps.gov/mopi/planyourvisit/maps.htm (accessed 18 July 2011).