Local Government Records Microfilm Holdings Brown County

Kansas Historical Society

Below is an inventory of our local government records microfilm holdings for this county. In the interest of time, we have listed only inclusive dates and reel numbers (i.e. Marriage record, 1856-1920 [AR 2128-2131]). Contact the reference staff by phone (785-272-8681, ext. 116 or 117) or e-mail if you require a reel number that falls between the inclusive numbers listed. Please see our inter-library loan page for information on how to request loans to any public library.

For a more complete description of what information can be found in each record series (i.e. Deed Records) please see the Researcher's Guide to Local Records.

Brown County

County Clerk

Birth, death and marriages, 1885-1889 [AR 7657]
Birth, death, and contagious diseases, 1907-1911 [AR 7657]
Census record, 1880 [AR 7657]

District/Probate Court

District/Probate Court Appearance docket, 1904-1911 [AR 11766-11770]
Civil appearance dockets, 1859-1919 [AR 7438-7445]
Civil case files, 1860-1950 [AR 2651-2898]
District court journals, 1859-1919 [AR 7445-7453]
Index, general, to District court, 1858-1897 [AR 7437-7438]
Index, general, to Probate court, 1858-1981 [AR 7453]
Index to estates, 1859-1950 [AR 7453]
Marriage index, 1857-1917 [AR 7598]
Marriage records, 1857-1952 [AR 7582-7593, AR 7598-7599, AR 7733]
Naturalization index, 1873-1942 [AR 7593]
Naturalization certificates, 1907-1928 [AR 7659]
Naturalization declaration of intention, 1873-1951 [AR 7593, AR 7658]
Naturalization petition and record, 1905-1910 [AR 7658-7659]
Naturalization petitions, 1927-1942 [AR 7658]
Naturalization petitions granted, 1929-1954 [AR 7658]
Probate journals, 1885-1919 [AR 7578-7581, ar 7594-7596]
Probate records (various), 1869-1928 [AR 7453-7560, AR 7574-7578, AR 7597-7598, AR 7732]
Will records, 1861-1920 [AR 7455-7457, AR 7555]

Register of Deeds

Register of Deeds Assignment record, 1898-1913 [AR 7645]
Cemetery deed records, 1879-1875 [AR 7734]
Deeds and mortgages from Brown County [transferred to Jackson County]
, 1858-1868 [AR 5253]
Deeds, assignment records, land district record, mortgages, quit claim, tax, warranty, railroad and miscellaneous deed records, 1858-1913 [AR 7604-7648, AR 7656]
Index to deeds, 1858-1905 [AR 7600-7604]
Indexes, numerical, 1858-1993 [AR 7648-7655]
Superintendent of Public Instruction Annual reports, school census records, teachers registers, ca. 1871-1920 [AR 11769-11770]