Resources

There are hundreds of genealogy-related websites to help you with your family history development. We hope you find these resource links helpful. If you have additional resources that you have found to be quite helpful, please share them with us.

• Wikipedia
• FamilySearch
• FindAGrave
• Internet Archive
• 1903 History of Montgomery County, Kansas by L. Wallace Duncan
• 1907 Kansas As She Has Grown Up and Something About Montgomery County by Henry W. Young
• 1912 Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, by Frank W. Blackmar - Volume 1  Volume 2  Volume 3
• Bureau of Land Management - land patents
• Kansas Secretary of State
• Coffeyville government website
• Coffeyville Historical Society
• Caney Valley Historical Society
• Dalton Defenders Museum
• Maps of US - provides an interactive map of boundary changes
• HistoricMapWorks - many maps, including township plats, are available to view at no cost
• Sanborn Maps
• National Register of Historic Places
• KSGenWeb Digital Library - Montgomery County
• GenealogyTrails
• Montgomery County Kansas Genealogy Research by Bob Jenkins

Courthouse Records

The courthouse in Independence should be the repository of the following documents. The birth records are marked with an asterisk because they are not complete. If you wish to write, address the envelope to the Responsible Official listed below, Montgomery County Courthouse, Independence, KS 67301.

Document Type	Years	Responsible Official
Birth	1888-1911*	County Clerk (phone 316/330-1200) There is no charge for a copy of the information they have, unless you need a certified copy, then the charge is $3.50. Include a stamped, self-addressed envelope with your request. Include as much information as possible to help them find your ancestor.
Marriage	1870 to present	District Clerk Charge: $5.00 research fee, plus $.25 for each page, usually only one page. Also include a stamped, self-addressed envelope or $.33 for postage. They will need the names of both the husband and wife, if the wife has been married before, they need the name she was currently using. They also need the month and year of the marriage.
Death	1887-1911	County Clerk See Birth above.
Land	1870 to present	Register of Deeds
Probate	1870 to present	Probate Judge
Court	1870 to present	Clerk of the District Court

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