Local Government Records Microfilm Holdings Johnson 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.

Johnson County

County Clerk

Ag. and mechanical stock accounts, 1866-1970 [MF1282]
Brands and marks register, 1865-1934 [MF 1280]
Census reports, 1880 [MF 1281]
Certificates to practice medicine, 1901-1946 [MF 1281]
Commissioners notebook, 1911-1916 [AR 160]
Embalmers' registrations, 1910-1922 [Mf 1281]
Farm registration, 1911-1967 [MF 1280]
Nomination record, 1908-1916 [AR 160]
Record of the sale of school lands, 1865-1869 [AR 160]
Shawnee Indian reservations, 1860-1877 [AR 160]

District/Probate Court

Bar docket, 1861-1874 [AR 158]
Civil appearance docket, 1861-1919 [AR 4488-4496]
District court journal indexes, 1861-1882 [AR 4468-4470]
District court journals, 1861-1918 [AR 4468-4474, AR 4481-4488]
Divorce case files, 1861-1917 [AR 4497-4501, AR 4506-4511]
General index to probate court, 1857-1917 [AR 4525-4526]
Marriage affidavit record, 1892-1895 [AR 4215]
Marriage records, 1857-1918 [AR 4209-4214]
Naturalization certificate stubs, undated [AR 4524]
Naturalization declaration of intention, 1917-1952 [AR 4524]
Naturalization final record, 1872-1906 [AR 4525]
Naturalization first record, 1870-1906 [AR 4525]
Naturalization petition and record, 1907-1917 [AR 4525]
Naturalization record, 1904-1906, 1923-1938 [AR 4524-4525]
Probate case files, 1857-1917 [AR 4511-4523, AR 4537-4541, AR 4821-4825, AR 5248]
Probate journals, 1857-1885 [AR 4215-4221, AR 4230, AR 4525]
Probate records (various), 1858-1927 [AR 157-158, AR 4222-4225, AR 4226-4230, AR 4526-4527]
Trial docket, 1859-1860 [AR 3210]
Will records, 1864-1918 [AR 4228-4229]

Poor Farm Commissioner

Expense reports, 1926-1934 [MF 1280]
Record of paupers in poor house, 1888-1942 [AR 4231]
Record, 1885-1901, 1910-1946 [MF 1280]

Register of Deeds

Indexes, 1868-1901 [AR 165-169, AR 4527-4529, AR 4567-4568]
Indian land transfer record, 1859-1870 [AR 4566]
Deed records, 1857-1995 [AR 4529-4536, AR 4542-4566, AR 5270]
Mortgage indexes and records, 1857-1906 [AR 4568-4583, AR 4812-4815]
Shawnee Indian abstracts, 1860-1874 [AR 4566]
Shawnee Indian patents, 1854-1859 [AR 4566]