Records that survive
These are the record series from Logan County in the Kansas Historical Society's catalog of county government records, with the office that kept each and the earliest and latest years. Most are microfilm copies at the State Archives in Topeka. A span can include gaps.
Marriages, births and deaths
- Marriage Records · Probate Court1888–1988
Wills and estates
- Probate Case Files · Probate Court1887–1951
Naturalization
- Naturalization Records - Certificate Of Naturalization · District Court1908–1926
- Naturalization Records - Petition And Record (Second or Final Papers) · District Court1908–1925
- Naturalization Records - Declarations Of Intention (First Papers) · District Court1910–1920
- Abstracts of Collections of Naturalization Fees · District Court1911–1940
- Correspondence - Naturalization · District Court1917–1942
Court records
- City Council Minutes · City Clerk1887–1987
- Muncipal Court Police Court Docket1951–1970
Town and city records
- Ordinances · City Clerk1887–1987
- Cash And Fund Registers · City Clerk1921–1966
- Audit Reports-City Offices1927–1990
- Cereal malt beverage licenses · City Clerk1937–1973
- Sewage Disposal Plant And Street Improvements · City Clerk1940–1955
- Airport Records · City Clerk1946–1956
- Contract - Municipal Swimming Pool · City Clerk1952
- Correspondence - Municipal Swimming Pool · City Clerk1952–1953
- Payroll Registers · City Clerk1953–1968
- Charter Ordinances · City Clerk1965–1987
- Oakley City Records · City Clerk1965–1992
- Contracts And Specifications · City Clerk1973–1987
- Building Permits · City Clerk1974–1986
- County Treasurer's Report To The City Clerk · City Clerk1974–1982
- and 1 more series in the full listing
County government
- Bond And Coupon Registers · City Clerk1926–1966
- Bond Issue - Street Improvements - Bert Subdivision1946–1967
- Transcripts of Bond Issues1946–1970
- Audit Reports - Boards and Funds · City Clerk1953–1969
- Bond Issue - Water Works Plant - Electric Light - Revenue Bonds · City Clerk1960
- Bond Issue - Sewer Plant · City Clerk1963–1967
- Bond Issue - Fire Stations1966
- Budgets And Financial Statements · City Clerk1972–1987
Other records
- Personnel Rules and Regulations1978
See the full list at the Kansas Historical Society
Source: Kansas Historical Society, catalog of county government records (the county searches on its County Records On Microfilm page). Most of the film was made by the Genealogical Society of Utah, so FamilySearch may have it too. Kansas began statewide registration of births and deaths in 1911.
Where to find the records
- Find Logan County's official website
We haven't checked this county's website yet, so this opens a web search. Look for an address ending in .gov, then find the register of deeds, the probate court, the clerk of the district court and the county clerk.
- The register of deeds
Deeds, mortgages and other land records, usually from the county's beginning.
- The probate court
Wills, estates, guardianships and, for most years, marriage licenses. Since court unification in 1977 the probate court has been part of the district court, so ask the clerk of the district court for these records.
- The clerk of the district court
Civil and criminal cases, divorces and, in many counties, naturalizations.
- The county clerk
Tax rolls and the county commissioners' journals.
- The Kansas State Archives (Kansas Historical Society)
In Topeka: microfilm of county records, the Kansas state censuses and newspapers from across the state.
- Kansas Historical Society: Logan County recordsfree
Every county record series in the Society's catalog, with the office, dates and a description of each.
- Kansas Historical Society: County Records On Microfilmfree
How to use or borrow the county microfilm, with links to each county's list.
- Kansas Historical Society: Kansas censusesfree
The territorial and state censuses, what each one asks, and where to find them and their indexes.
- FamilySearch Catalogfree
Search by place for "Kansas, Logan" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Wallace County
Check the parent county for earlier records: Wallace County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1881, search the parent county. The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries shows each boundary change.
Research tip
Kansas took its own census every ten years from 1865 to 1925, halfway between the federal ones. A state census can place a family in a county and township in a year the federal census misses, and most of them (all but 1865) also ask where a family came from before Kansas.