Local Government Records Microfilm Holdings Riley 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.

Riley County

County Clerk

Contagious disease record, 1917-1921 [MF 767]
Marriage, birth, and death record, 1885-1886 [MF 767]
Vital statistics record, 1892-1909 [MF 767]

District/Probate Court

Accounts-administrators, 1896-1921 [MF 793} Accounts-admin's and executors, 1881-1917 [MF 792]
Accounts-guardians, 1896-1918 [MF 789-790]
Civil appearance dockets, 1859-1921 [MF 1038; MF 780-782]
Civil journals, 1859-1918 [MF 783-788]
Divorce case files, 1859-1917 [MF Index to civil court, 1859-1927 [MF 1038]
Inventory and appraisements, 1880-1927 [MF 794-795]
Inventory and appraisementsûminor heirs, 1889-1942 [MF 790-791]
Letters and bonds-administrators, 1909-1931 [MF 788]
Letters and bonds-executors, 1897-1925 [MF 791]
Marriage record, 1856-1969 [MF 770-779; MF 1035-1037]
Probate case files, 1857-1939 [MF 1445-1495; MF 2321-2341]
Probate journals, 1866-1919 [MF 798-801]
Probate record, 1875-1918 [MF 795-797]
Wills, record of, 1866-1921 [MF 768-770]

Register of Deeds

Deed index, 1857-1907 [MF 553-555]
Deed numerical index, 1858-1968 [MF 588-590]
Deeds, 1859-1902 [MF 557-588]
Military service discharge records, 1919-1953 [MF 593-595]
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Miscellaneous records, 1869-1902 [MF 591-593]
Mortgage index, 1859-1903 [MF 556-557]
Mortgages, 1859-1901 [MF 564-587]
Transcript deeds, Davis County to Riley County, 1858-1869 [MF 553-553]
Transcript deeds index, Davis County to Riley County, 1859-1880 [MF 552]
Transcript of lands, western land district, 1857-1870 [MF 552]

Superintendent of Public Instruction

Scholastic census and school annual reports, 1893-1908 [MF 595-599]
Treasurer Tax book, 1861 [LM 737]

City of Manhattan

City commission minutes, 1987-1993 [AR 11855-11860]
City commission proceedings, 1857-1987 [AR 5395-5400]
Coroner's record, 1937-1949 [AR 5408]
General register of the sales of lots, 1855-1877 [MS 123]
Minutes of proceedings of the Manhattan Planning Board, 1975-1988 [AR 5416-5417]
Files pertaining to the downtown mall development project, ca. 1978-1988 [AR 5409-5412]
Files pertaining to the southern arerial development project, ca. 1978-1988 [AR 5412-5416]
Health officer's record of births, deaths, and contagious diseases, 1909-1911 [AR 5408]
Manhattan town association records, 1855-1877 [MS 123]
Ordinances, 1858-1993 [AR 5401-5407; AR 11855-11860]
Resolutions, 1973-1987, 1989-1993 [AR 5407-5408; AR 11855-11860]
Urban planning board minutes, 1989-1993 [AR 11855-11860]