Local Government Records Microfilm Holdings Ford 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.

Ford County

County Clerk

Births, deaths, and marriages, 1905-1911 [MS 161]

District/Probate Court

Case files, civil and criminal, ca. 1874-1886 [MS 799, MS 806-809]
Civil docket, 1873-1885 [MS 805]
Criminal docket, 1873-1889 [MS 808]
Information record, 1889-1910 [MS 810]
Judge's journal, 1874-1883 [MS 810]
Land title record book, 1906-1966 [MS 912]
Naturalization declaration of intention, 1874-1905 [MS 805]
Naturalization final record, 1874-1906 [MS 805]
Tax warrant judgement docket, 1959-1965 [MS 912]

Register of Deeds

Assignment and release records, 1937-1946 [MS 894]
Contracts, 1879-1911 [MS 894-896]
Deed records, 1873-1903 [MS 900-911]
Final receipts, 1884-1912 [MS 899-900]
Numerical index for Dodge City, ca. 1870-1960 [MS 892-893]
Patents, 1884-1931, 1943-1945 [MS 897-899]

Dodge City

City clerk's warrant register, 1884-1917 [MS 158]
City commissioners journal, 1873-1904 [MS 155-156]
City council proceedings, 1886-1900 [MS 158]
City ordinances, 1875-1900 [MS 157]
Lot register for Maple Grove cemetery, 1888-1928 [MS 161]
Police court dockets, 1885-1906 [MS 159, MS 377]
Voter register, 1886-1902 [MS 160]