Local Government Records Microfilm Holdings Washington 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.

Washington County

County Clerk

Vital statistics records, 1885-1911 [MF 1014]

District/Probate Court

Appearance Docket - Civil, 1872-1953 [MF 3480-3487]
Death Records, Affidavits of Death, 1887-1936 [MF 3475-3476]
Estate Records Administrators Accounts, 1879-1929 [MF 3461, 3466, 3467]
Administrators, Executors and Guardians Bonds, 1869-1886 [MF 3458]
Administrators Letters and Bonds, 1880-1929 [MF 3460-3461]
Bonds to Sell Real Estate, 1887-1929 [MF 3457-3458]
Estate filing dockets, 1888-1930, 1939-1953 [MF 1132-1134]
Executors Bonds, 1881-1934 [MF 3460]
Final Settlements - Newspaper Notices, 1870-1925 [MF 3462, 3463, 3469]
Inventory and Appraisements - Minors, 1868-1917 [MF 3465, 3470]
Inventory and Appraisements, 1868-1917 [MF 3470-3471]
Sales and Sale Bills, 1880-1931 [MF 3458]
Wills, 1868-1920 [MF 1135-1140 and MF 3477-3480 (duplicate)]
Guardianship Records Administrators, Executors and Guardians Bonds, 1869-1886 [MF 3458]
Guardians Accounts, 1879-1923 [MF 3468-3469]
Guardians Record of Morthahes and Real Estate, 1868-1919 (missing dates) [MF 3456-3457]
Guardians Letters and Bonds, 1880-1928 [MF 3458-3459]
Index - Probate, 1857-1993 [MF 3476]
Journals - District Court, 1872-1956 [MF 3488-3499]
Journals - Probate Court, 1870-1925 [MF 3474-3475]
Marriage Records Affidavits, 1872-1899 [MF 3499-3500]
Licenses, 1862-1955 (missing 1915-1917) [MF 3500-3507]
Naturalization Records Index, n.d. [MF 3508]
Certificates of Naturalization, 1907-1928 [MF 3510]
Declarations of Intention/First Papers, 1870-1941 [MF 3508]
Misc. Records, 1927-1940 [MF 3509]
Petition and Record/Final Papers, 1872-1928 [3509-3510]
Petitions, Motions and Orders - Probate, 1887-1920 [MF 3463-3465]
Record (Journal) - Probate, 1865-1975 [MF 3471-3473]

Register of Deeds

Deeds, 1870-1921 [MF 755-766, MF 995-1007]
Grantor/Grantee index, 1870-1901 [MF 753-755]
Numerical index, 1860-1936 [MF 747-752]

Superintendent of Public Instruction

Scholastic census, 1911-1923 [MF 1008-1013]