Atchison County, Kansas Genealogy


 * This article is about a northeastern Kansas County. For other uses, see Atchison.

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County Courthouse
Atchison County Courthouse 423 N 5th Street Atchison, KS 66002 Phone: 758.367.1653

County Clerk has birth records 1891-1906 and death records 1891-1911; City Clerk has birth and death records from 1911; Clerk District Court has divorec Records; Magistrate Court has probate records; Register of Deeds has land records

Parent County
1855--Atchison County was created 30 August 1855 as an original county. County seat: Atchison

Neighboring Counties

 * Brown
 * Buchanan County, Missouri
 * Doniphan
 * Jackson
 * Jefferson
 * Leavenworth
 * Platte County, Missouri

Local Histories
"History of Atchison County, Kansas (1916)" by Ingalls, Sheffield Lawrence, Kansas, Standard Publishing Co.

This book gives a lot of local information, including biographies and photos of prominent citizens, history of towns, churches, railroads, etc. You can read it online at archive.org ; no copyrights

Migration
Early migration routes to and from for European and African American settlers included:


 * Missouri River
 * Oregon Trail 1830s from western Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon
 * California Trail 1846 from western Missouri to northern California
 * Mormon Trail 1846 from Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah

Military

 * Men from Atchison County enlisted in 1st Infantry Regiment, Company A.

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