Local Government Records Microfilm Holdings Montgomery 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.

Montgomery County

County Clerk

Birth records, 1896-1911 [AR 2319-2320]
Birth, death, and marriage records, 1888-1894 [AR 2319]
Record of deaths, 1905-1911 [AR 2320]

District/Probate Court (Montgomery County has District Courts in both Coffeyville and Independence)

Case files pertaining to the Dalton Gang bank robbery at Coffeyville, 1893 [AR 3729]
Civil and criminal case files, Independence, 1871-1903 [AR 5903-6041]
Civil and criminal case files, Independence and Coffeyville (missed in filming sequence) 900-1957 [AR 6527]
Civil case files, Coffeyville, 1927-1950 [AR 6470-6512]
Civil case files, Independence, 1903-1949 [AR 6099-6301]
Criminal case files, Coffeyville, 1927-1950 [AR 6513-6526]
Criminal case files, Independence, 1903-1949 [AR 6041-6098]
General index to probate records, 1877-1926 [AR 2340-2341]
Probate case files, Independence, #2688-8792, 1911-1949 [AR 6302-6439]
Probate journals, 1870-1917 [AR 2321-2326]
Naturalizations, 1870-1917 [AR 2326-2327]
Marriage license records, 1870-1918 [AR 2327-2337]
Miscellaneous records, 1897-1929 [AR 2339-2340]
Trial docket, March term, 1893, Independence (include information on Emmett Dalton trial and the Coffeyville bank robbery) [AR 3729]
Will records, 1870-1926 [AR 2337-2339]

Register of Deeds

Indexes, 1870-1887 [AR 2299-2302]
Deed records, 1870-1886 [AR 2303-2318]
Land patents, 1871-1886 [AR 2298-2299]

City of Coffeyville

City Court Birth records, 1907-1982 [AR 7243-7244]
City council minutes, 1872-1990 [AR 7231-7243]
Civil appearance dockets, 1899-1978 [AR 2970-3050]
Criminal appearance dockets, 1906-1976 [AR 3224-3273]
Death records, 1907-1986 [AR 7244-7245]
Interment record and indexes, Elmwood cemetery, 1907-1992 [AR 7245-7246]
Ordinance records, 1872-1988 [AR 7246-7255]

City of Independenc
City Court

Civil appearance dockets, 1947-1977 [AR 3554-3561]
Criminal appearance dockets, 1948-1976 [AR 3562-3599]