Local Government Records Microfilm Holdings Morris 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.

Morris County

Probate/District Court

Appearance Docket - Civil, 1860-1918 [MF 3540-3546]
Appearance Docket - Probate, 1907-1921 [MF 3553]
Estate Records Administrators and Guardians Accounts, 1879-1903 [MF 3554-3555]
Inventory and Appraisements, 1879 - 1930 [MF 3555-3556]
Wills, 1864-1924 [MF 3552-3553]
Index - District Court, 1857-1928 [MF 3539-3540]
Journals - District Court, 1860-1924 [MF 3546-3552]
Marriage Records, 1859-1955 [MF 3534-3539]
Naturalization Records Declarations of Intention/First Papers, 1870-1929 [MF 3533]
Petition and Records/Final Papers, 1872-1929 [MF 3533-3534]
Certificates of Naturalization, 1907-1929 [MF 3534]
Probate Case Files (Series I), 1856-1907 [MF 3590-3604]
Probate Case files (Series II), 1907-1917 [MF 3605-3611]

Superintendent of Public Instruction

Annual report and scholastic census, 1881-1966 [AR 5751-5782]
(Map showing school district boundaries at end of AR 5782)

City of Council Grove

Greenwood Cemetery Records, 1859-1996 (Original Section and Westside Addition) [MF 1231]