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Wyandotte 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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County Courthouse

Wyandotte County Courthouse
710 N 7th Street
Kansas City, KS 66112
Phone: 913.573.2800

City Clerk has birth and death records. Probate Judge has marriage and probate records
Clerk District Court has divorce records.
Register of Deeds has land records. ^[1]

History

Parent County

1859--Wyandotte County was created 29 January 1859 from Leavenworth and Johnson Counties.
County seat: Kansas City ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Clay County, Missouri
• Jackson County, Missouri
• Johnson
• Leavenworth
• Platte County, Missouri

Resources

Cemeteries

Cemetery Index - Wyandotte County Historical Museum - Trowbridge Research Library [1]

BillionGraves:

• Bonner Springs Cemetery, Bonner Springs
• Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Kansas City
• Edwardsville Cemetery, Edwardsville 
• Franklin Cemetery, Kansas City
• Grinter Chapel Cemetery, Kansas City
• Highland Park Cemetery, Kansas City
• Lenexa Cemetery, Lenexa  West 87th Place and Pflumm Rd.
• Maywood Church Cemetery, Kansas City
• Mount Calvary Cemetery, Kansas City
• Mount Hope Cemetery, Kansas City
• Old Quindaro Cemetery, Kansas City
• Quindaro Cemetery, Kansas City
• Riverview Cemetery, Bonner Springs
• St. John Catholic Cemetery, Lenexa
• White Church Cemetery, Kansas City
• Woodlawn Cemetery, Kansas City

Church

LDS Ward and Branch Records

• Kansas City

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Migration

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

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

Military

During the Civil War men from this county enlisted in the 1st Regiment Kansas Infantry Volunteers, 1st Regiment Kansas Colored Troops, 2nd Regiment Kansas Infantry, 5th Regiment Kansas Cavalry, 6th Regiment Kansas Cavalry, 10th Regiment Kansas Infantry, 12th Regiment Kansas Cavalry,  15th Regiment, Kansas Cavalry, Company E, and the16th Regiment Kansas Cavalry.

Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

Tax List for Wyandotte County - Wyandotte County Historical Museum - Trowbridge Research Library [2]

Vital Records

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Kansas City Kansas Family History Center

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

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Wyandotte County, Kansas page 257, 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).