Riley County Genealogy
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Riley Countywide Sources
1790-1940 U.S. Federal Census Records
1855, 1857, 1860, Riley County, Kansas census Family History Library
1865 State Census Riley county, Kansas
1865 state census, Riley County, Kansas Family History Library
1875 Census Riley County, Kansas
1875 Kansas state census, Riley County Family History Library
1885 Kansas state census, Riley County Family History Library
1885 State Census Riley county, Kansas
1895 Kansas state census, Riley county Family History Library
1905 Riley County, Kansas census Family History Library
1905 State Census Riley County, Kansas
1911-present Kansas Marriage Certificates (order here) Archives
1915 Riley County, Kansas State Census
1925 Riley County Kansas Decennial Agricultural State census
Abstracts of birth and death notices in Manhattan newspapers, 1859-1909 Family History Library
BillionGraves Cemetery Records Index Family Search
Births, marriages and deaths chronicled in the newspapers printed at Westmoreland, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Family History Library
Births, marriages, deaths & other items printed in The Manhattan Enterprise during the period May 3, 1876 - June 16, 1882; May 2, 1907 - December 24, 1907 & The Riley County Chronicle during the period 6 January 1920 - 27 September 1922 : Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas (includes every name index) Family History Library
Cemeteries of Riley County, Kansas : excluding Manhattan City cemeteries, year 2000, tombstone readings Family History Library
Cemetery records, 1856-1998 Family History Library
Civil court records, 1859-1921; general indexes, 1859-1927 Family History Library
Deeds and mortgages, 1859-1903; general indexes, 1857-1907; numerical indexes, 1858-1968 Family History Library
Divorce case files, 1859-1917 Family History Library
Early Riley County, Kansas, wills and administrations 1866-1893 [and] guardianships 1866-1878 from probate records Family History Library
Early marriages, Riley County, Kansas 1855-1886 as taken from the records in the office of the probate judge : abc'd list of grooms as taken from three marriage books and abc'd list of brides and abc'd list of officers performing marriages Family History Library
Executors' letters and bonds record, v. A, 1897-1925 Family History Library
Federal Land Patents Bureau of Land Management
Find A Grave Gravestone, Tombstone, and Memorial Photo Collection World Vital Records
Guardianship records, 1885-1942 Family History Library
Index and vital statistics, primary school students : Riley County, Kansas, 1909 and 1910 Family History Library
Index of obituaries from the Manhattan Mercury and area newspapers Family History Library
Index of scrapbooks with central Riley County information : scrapbooks assembled 1920s-1960s by Hannah W. Peterson Anderson Family History Library
Kansas Births and Christenings Index, 1885-1911
Kansas Births and Christenings, 1818-1936 Family Search
Kansas Deaths and Burials Index, 1885-1930
Kansas Deaths and Burials, 1885-1930 Family Search
Kansas Marriage Index, 1854-73
Kansas Marriages, 1840-1935 Family Search
Kansas, County Marriages, 1855-1910 Family Search
Marriage records, 1856-1969 Family History Library
Naturalization records, 1859-1978 Family History Library
Obits Riley County, Kansas and surrounding counties Family History Library
Obituaries clipped from Manhattan Mercury, Manhattan, Kansas : Wamego Smoke Signa;, Wamego Times, Wamego, Kansas Family History Library
Pioneers of Riley County, Kansas, 1853-1860 Family History Library
Portrait and biographical album of Washington, Clay and Riley counties, Kansas : containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the counties, together with portraits and biographies of all the governors of the state, and the presidents of the United States Family History Library
Probate case files, 1857-1939 ; indexes, 1858-1939 Family History Library
Record of administrator's letters and bonds, v. C, 1909-1931 Family History Library
Records and journals, 1866-1919 Family History Library
Records of discharged soldiers and sailors, 1919-1953 (Riley County (Kansas). Register of Deeds) Family History Library
Records of inventories and appraisements, 1880-1927 Family History Library
Records of sales and sale bills, 1881-1939 Family History Library
Records of vital statistics, 1885-1921 Family History Library
Riley County Medical Directory 1920 US Gen Web Archives
Riley County, KS 1883 List of Pensioners on the Roll US Gen Web Archives
Riley County, Kansas Area Newspapers Obituaries, 1998-99
Riley County, Kansas Funeral Cards, 1960-95
Riley County, Kansas Obituary Index, 1994-95
Riley County, Kansas decennial agricultural census extracts, 1925 Family History Library
Riley County, Kansas marriage license index (bride and groom) Family History Library
Riley County, Kansas, 1915 state census abstract Family History Library
Riley County, Kansas, officials and their families, 1855-1900 : an historical and genealogical account Family History Library
Scholastic census and annual reports, 1893-1923 Family History Library
Some early churches of Riley County, Kansas : record of pastors and members covering years from beginning to 1900 abstracted from original church rolls and anniversary bulletins of the various churches Family History Library
South of the Kaw obituaries, 1850-2000 : 150 year record of some of the descendants of early settlers who lived in southern Riley and northern Wabaunsee Counties : extracted from Manhattan Mercury, Manhattan, Kansas, Wamego Reporter & Wamego Times, Wamego, Kansas Family History Library
Transcript of deeds from Davis County to Riley County, 1858-1869 Family History Library
Transcript of the records in the office of the recorder of the Western Land District relating to Riley County, 1858-1860 Family History Library
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1940 Family Search
Will records, 1866-1921 Family History Library
World War I registrants and draft numbers : for Pottawatomie, Riley & Wabaunsee counties, Kansas, July 1917 (Crosson, Janeice) Family History Library
More Riley County records are available on the statewide page