Ford County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Ford County

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

County Courthouse
Ford County Courthouse 100 Gunsmoke Dodge City, KS 67801 Phone: 316.277.3184 County Clerk has birth, death and burial records. Probate Judge has marriage, probate and court records. Clerk District Court has divorce records. County Clerk has land records.

Parent County

 * 1873--Ford County was created 6 March 1873 from Marion County and unorganized territory. County seat: Dodge City

Neighboring Counties



 * Clark
 * Edwards
 * Gray
 * Hodgeman
 * Kiowa
 * Meade

Military

 * For information about Civil War records see Marion County.
 * Death-Burial Records Soldiers Home

Birth Records

 * 1818 - 1936 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1885 - 1911 Kansas, Births and Christenings Index, 1885-1911 at Ancestry.com — index $

Death Records
Death-Burial Records Soldiers Home
 * 1885 - 1930 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1885 - 1930 Kansas, Deaths and Burials, Index, 1885-1930 at Ancestry.com — index $

Marriage Records

 * 1840 - 1935 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1855 - 1911 Kansas, County Marriages, 1855-1911 at Ancestry.com — images $

Family History Centers

 * Garden 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.
 * Ford County, Kansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Ford County, Kansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)