Local Government Records Microfilm Holdings Franklin 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 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.

Franklin County

District Court/Probate Court

Civil appearance dockets, indexes, 1872-1909 [AR 3060, AR 3065]
Civil appearance dockets, 1859-1919 [AR 3059-3067]
Divorce case files, 1860-1917 [AR 3134-3143]
Marriage record index, 1867-1873, 1879-1883 [AR 3051-3052]
Marriage records, 1858-1918 [AR 3051-3055]
Naturalization application for admission to citizenship, notice of, 1913-1914 [AR 3058]
Naturalization declaration of intention, 1906-1928 [AR 3058]
Naturalization final record, 1870-1902 [AR 3058]
Naturalization index cards, 1870-1928 [AR 3059]
Naturalization index to final record, no date [AR 3058]
Naturalization notice of application, 1909-1914 Naturalization petition and record, 1907-1928 [AR 3058-3059]
Naturalization records (not specified), 1869-1901, 1904-1906 [AR 3058]
Probate case files, ca. 1856-1917 [AR 2899-2920, AR 3117-3131, AR 4208]
Probate packets, index, no date [AR 3069]
Will records 1863-1921 [AR 3056-3057]

Register of Deeds

Indexes, 1857-1901 [AR 3107-3111, AR 3113]
Index to deeds, Ottawa city, 1865-1904 [AR 3111-3113]
Cemetery deed record, 1887-1944 [AR 3114]
Deed records, 1857-1904 [AR 3070-3106, AR 3114-3116, AR 3672 Land district record book, 1857-1859 [AR 3114]
Miscellaneous record, 1882-1904 [AR 3115-3116]
Power of attorney, 1873-1905 [AR 3114-3115]

Superintendent of Public Instruction

Census, 1894-1922 [AR 3132-3133]
Scratcher (Notebook) Notes, 1867-1870 [MF 6289]

Greenwood Township
Township Clerk

Register, 1867-1918 [AR 10058]
Ottawa Cemetery interment register for Hope cemetery, 1865-1913 [AR 5471]
Fire Department Bulletin cards, 1905-1922 (gap 1909-1912) [AR 2620]
Fire department secretary's journal, 1877, 1884-1906, 1911-1915, 1924-1937 [AR 2620-2621]
Fire records, 1918-1977 [AR 2621]
Firemen's Relief Association journals, 1895-1905, 1924-1943 [AR 2620]
Indexes to deeds, 1865-1904 Ottawa Town Company minutes, 1864-1867, 1872-1875 [MS 797]
Public Library minute books, board of directors, 1878-1945 Vital statistics register: births, 1892-1900; deaths, 1892-1899, 1907; marriages, 1892-1900; and contagious diseases, 1892-1899, 1907 [AR 5471]

Ottawa, City of
School Board Clerk

Records, mostly Minutes, of the School Board, 1864-1993 [MF 6287]