Are you just beginning your ancestry research in Lyon County, Kansas? Why not hire a professional genealogist to assist you with your genealogy search? Kansas became a U.S. state on January 29, 1861 and many types of records including land deeds, family wills, military records, family histories, and vital records are widely available for more than 150 years of the state's history. Contact our researchers today and learn how we might help you with your family tree search.

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Our Kansas genealogy research team consists of expert genealogists who live and work in Topeka (doing research at the Kansas State Historical Society, etc.), another group that works in the U.S. capitol in Washington, D.C. (at places like the U.S. National Archives and Library of Congress), and a third team of researchers that works full time at the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The records collection of the Family History Library is the single most important resource for family tree research since it consists of literally billions of genealogy records from all parts of the globe, making it the largest and most important collection of genealogical information available in the world. Included in the Family History Library's collections are literally millions of genealogical records related to the state of Kansas which can be a great help to your ancestry search. Click here to read what our clients are saying about our genealogists and our unique family tree research services.

Did you know that millions of genealogy records are NOT available on the internet?

Many people are unaware that many important records which are crucial to their family tree search cannot be found online. Many Lyon County records, for example, are only available to researchers who physically visit repositories at the local level in Kansas, at the federal level in Washington, D.C., or at the LDS Family History Library in Utah. Our genealogy researchers have access to all of these records and are ready to assist you with your genealogy search in Kansas. So, if you have limited your past family tree research to exhaustive internet searches at Ancestry.com, Rootsweb, and other online databases and web sites, you may have reached a brick wall because you're missing out on the literal gold mine of records available to our genealogists on microfilm, in books, and in other published works at these important locations.

      Many genealogical records related to your ancestry search, important records like family wills, court records, obituaries, death certificates, military records and land deeds are generally not available online and can only be obtained by mailing research requests to places like local public libraries or cemeteries, or by visiting the LDS Family History Library in Utah. These records are critical to any comprehensive ancestry search and should not be overlooked if high quality and thorough research results are to be achieved during your project. For these and other reasons, it's sometimes a great idea to hire a professional genealogist to assist you with your genealogy search.

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Family Tree Research - Lyon County, Kansas (*If you don't know exact dates, please state circa 1880, 1881, etc.) Current genealogy research goals (i.e. trace ancestors, find family, etc.) Full name of ancestor Date of birth of ancestor Birthplace of ancestor Marriage date of ancestor Marriage place of ancestor Spouse's name (If more than one please give details) Ancestor's siblings' names Ancestor's children's names Additional details about ancestor(s) which might be helpful Type of ancestry research you have conducted in the past Home phone number where you can reached Mobile number Please send the information above to helpdesk@mygenealogist.com If you'd like to speak to a professional genealogist today about your  ancestry research in Kansas, please feel free contact us: 1-800-416-3497 (USA and Canada) We are looking forward to helping you trace your genealogy and family history in Kansas. Thanks so much for visiting MyGenealogist.com!

Lyon County, Kansas Genealogy Resources

Are you just beginning your ancestry research in Lyon County? Our expert research team has put together some helpful links and resources to help you get started with your family tree research. Many of the Kansas resources listed on this page are often used by our genealogists during a typical ancestry search to help locate important records like birth certificates, obituaries, court records, marriage certificates, land deeds, and family histories.

Cemeteries

Cemetery Transcription and Photo Project - Lyon County, KS

Epodunk - Lyon County Cemeteries

Census Records

1870 Census of Lyon County, KS - Ancestry.com

Court and Legal Records

Directories

History

Land Records

USGenWeb Archives - Kansas Federal Land Records

Libraries and Archives

Historic House Museums & Historic Structures

Military Records

Obituaries

Societies

Kansas Council of Genealogical Societies, Inc.

Kansas Genealogical Society

Kansas Historical Society

Kansas Museums Association

Kansas Society Children of the American Revolution

Kansas State Historical Society

The Kansas Trekker - Coalition of Historical Trekkers

National Society Daughters of the American Revolution - Kansas Society

Sons of Confederate Veterans - Kansas Division

United States Daughters of 1812 - Kansas State Society

Vital Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Lyon County, Kansas Birth Index

Genealogy Trails History Group - Lyon County, Kansas Birth Records

GenWed.com - Lyon County Marriage Records

Kansas Department of Public Health - Birth and Death Records

Click Below to Learn More about Your Kansas Genealogy

County	Formation Date	County Seat	Origin
Allen County	1855	Iola	Original county
Anderson County	1855	Garnett	Original county
Atchison County	1855	Atchison	Original county
Barber County	1867	Medicine Lodge	unorganized area
Barton County	1867	Great Bend	unorganized area
Bourbon County	1855	Fort Scott	Original county
Brown County	1855	Hiawatha	Original county
Butler County	1855	El Dorado	Original county
Chase County	1859	Cottonwood Falls	Butler and Wise Counties
Chautauqua County	1875	Sedan	Howard County
Cherokee County	1855	Columbus	Original county
Cheyenne County	1873	Saint Francis	unorganized area
Clark County	1885	Ashland	Ford County
Clay County	1857	Clay Center	unorganized area
Cloud County	1866	Concordia	Washington County
Coffey County	1855	Burlington	Original county
Comanche County	1867	Coldwater	unorganized area
Cowley County	1867	Winfield	Butler County
Crawford County	1867	Girard	Bourbon and Cherokee Counties
Decatur County	1873	Oberlin	unorganized area
Dickinson County	1857	Abilene	unorganized area
Doniphan County	1855	Troy	Original county
Douglas County	1855	Lawrence	Original county
Edwards County	1874	Kinsley	Kiowa County
Elk County	1875	Howard	Howard County
Ellis County	1867	Hays	unorganized area
Ellsworth County	1867	Ellsworth	unorganized area
Finney County	1883	Garden City	Arapahoe, Grant, Kearney and Sequoyah Counties
Ford County	1867	Dodge City	unorganized area
Franklin County	1855	Ottawa	Original county
Geary County	1855	Junction City	Original county
Gove County	1868	Gove City	unorganized area
Graham County	1867	Hill City	unorganized area
Grant County	1888	Ulysses	Finney and Hamilton Counties
Gray County	1887	Cimarron	Finney and Ford Counties
Greeley County	1873	Tribune	unorganized area
Greenwood County	1855	Eureka	Original county
Hamilton County	1873	Syracuse	unorganized area
Harper County	1867	Anthony	unorganized area
Harvey County	1872	Newton	McPherson, Sedgwick and Reno Counties
Haskell County	1887	Sublette	Finney and Ford Counties
Hodgeman County	1867	Jetmore	unorganized area
Jackson County	1855	Holton	Original county
Jefferson County	1855	Oskaloosa	Original county
Jewell County	1867	Mankato	unorganized area
Johnson County	1855	Olathe	Original county
Kearny County	1887	Lakin	Finney and Hamilton Counties
Kingman County	1872	Kingman	Harper and Reno Counties
Kiowa County	1886	Greensburg	Comanche and Edwards Counties
Labette County	1867	Oswego	Neosho County
Lane County	1873	Dighton	unorganized area
Leavenworth County	1855	Leavenworth	Original county
Lincoln County	1867	Lincoln	Original county
Linn County	1855	Mound City	Original county
Logan County	1888	Oakley	Wallace County
Lyon County	1855	Emporia	Original county
Marion County	1860	Marion	unorganized area
Marshall County	1855	Marysville	Original county
McPherson County	1867	McPherson	unorganized area
Meade County	1885	Meade	Finney, Ford and Seward Counties
Miami County	1855	Paola	Original county
Mitchell County	1867	Beloit	unorganized area
Montgomery County	1867	Independence	Wilson County
Morris County	1855	Council Grove	Original county
Morton County	1886	Elkhart	Seward County
Nemaha County	1855	Seneca	Original county
Neosho County	1855	Erie	Original county
Ness County	1867	Ness City	unorganized area
Norton County	1867	Norton	unorganized area
Osage County	1855	Lyndon	Original county
Osborne County	1867	Osborne	unorganized area
Ottawa County	1860	Minneapolis	unorganized area
Pawnee County	1867	Larned	unorganized area
Phillips County	1867	Phillipsburg	unorganized area
Pottawatomie County	1857	Westmoreland	Calhoun and Riley Counties
Pratt County	1867	Pratt	unorganized area
Rawlins County	1873	Atwood	unorganized area
Reno County	1867	Hutchinson	unorganized area
Republic County	1868	Belleville	Washington County
Rice County	1867	Lyons	unorganized area
Riley County	1855	Manhattan	Original county
Rooks County	1867	Stockton	unorganized area
Rush County	1867	La Crosse	unorganized area
Russell County	1867	Russell	unorganized area
Saline County	1860	Salina	unorganized area
Scott County	1873	Scott City	unorganized area
Sedgwick County	1867	Wichita	Butler County
Seward County	1873	Liberal	unorganized area
Shawnee County	1855	Topeka	Original county
Sheridan County	1873	Hoxie	unorganized area
Sherman County	1873	Goodland	unorganized area
Smith County	1867	Smith Center	unorganized area
Stafford County	1867	Saint John	unorganized area
Stanton County	1887	Johnson City	Hamilton County
Stevens County	1886	Hugoton	Seward County
Sumner County	1867	Wellington	Butler County
Thomas County	1873	Colby	unorganized area
Trego County	1867	WaKeeney	unorganized area
Wabaunsee County	1855	Alma	Original county
Wallace County	1868	Sharon Springs	unorganized area
Washington County	1857	Washington	unorganized area
Wichita County	1873	Leoti	unorganized area
Wilson County	1855	Fredonia	Original county
Woodson County	1855	Yates Center	Original county
Wyandotte County	1859	Kansas City	Leavenworth and Johnson Counties

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