Russell County, Kansas, U.S., Vitals and Newspaper Records, 1800-1937

This database contains index cards with birth, marriage, death, and other information extracted from the Russell County Record and other area newspapers.

About the Records

The index cards in this database contain details extracted from newspapers in the area of Russell County, Kansas, including the Russell County Record, Wilson World (formerly the Echo), Russell Reformer, Lucas Independent, and Waldo Advocate. They include references to birth, marriage, and death announcements, as well as general news items, from reports of accidents to notices about visitors, which can include names.

Entries typically include names, dates, and a reference to the source.

Russell County lies in central Kansas and was organized in 1872. The county was among several in Kansas that attracted many German residents from Russia in the 1870s.