Fort Scott Genealogy (in Bourbon County, KS)

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Fort Scott Birth Records

1885-1911 Kansas Births and Christenings Index Ancestry online

Kansas, Birth Records, 1911-present Kansas Office of Vital Statistics

Fort Scott Cemetery Records

Chapel Grove Cemetery Billion Graves online

Chapel Grove Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Chapel Grove Cemetery Find a Grave online

Clarksburg Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Clarksburg Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Clarksburg Cemetery Kansas Gravestones online

Clarksburg Cemetery Find a Grave online

Evergreen Cemetery Billion Graves online

Evergreen Cemetery Interment online

Evergreen Cemetery Kansas Gravestones online

Evergreen Cemetery Find a Grave online

Fort Scott National Cemetery Find a Grave online

Fort Scott National Cemetery Billion Graves online

Fort Scott National Cemetery Interment online

Fort Scott, Kansas, Fort Scott National Cemetery, 1862-2010 Ancestry online

Ft. Scott National Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Kansas Deaths and Burials Index, 1885-1930 Ancestry online

Lath Branch Cemetery Find a Grave online

Maple Grove Cemetery Find a Grave online

Martin Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Memory Gardens of Bourbon County Find a Grave online

Pine Lawn Cemetery Find a Grave online

Pine Lawn Jewish Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Pleasant View Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Riley Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Marys Cemetery Find a Grave online

U.S. Civil War, Roll of Honor, Vol. X: Soldiers Buried in Fort Scott (African-American), Kansas Ancestry online

U.S. Civil War, Roll of Honor, Vol. X: Soldiers Buried in Fort Scott, Kansas Ancestry online

U.S. Civil War, Roll of Honor, Vol. XVIII: Local Cemetery, Fort Scott, Kansas Ancestry online

Union Center Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Fort Scott Census Records

1855 Kansas State Census Ancestry online

1857 Kansas State Census Ancestry online

1859 Kansas State Census Ancestry online

1865 Kansas State Census Ancestry online

1875 Kansas State Census Ancestry online

1885 Kansas State Census Ancestry online

1895 Kansas State Census Ancestry online

1905 Kansas State Census Ancestry online

1915 Kansas State Census Ancestry online

1925 Kansas State Census Ancestry online

City Census for Fort Scott 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961 (included in Kansas City and County Census Records) Ancestry online

Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Fort Scott Church Records

1885-1911 Kansas Births and Christenings Index Ancestry online

Church records, 1893-1919 (Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Fort Scott Branch (Fort Scott, Kansas)) FamilySearch Library

History of the First Presbyterian Church of Fort Scott, Kansas together with a complete list of communicants FamilySearch Library

History of the First Presbyterian Church of Fort Scott, Kansas together with a complete list of communicants Genealogy Gophers online

Fort Scott City Directories

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Directory of the City of Fort Scott, 1885 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

First Annual Directory of Fort Scott, 1875 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Fort Scott (Kansas) city directory : rural routes, also a buyers' guide and a complete classified business directory FamilySearch Library

Fort Scott (Kansas) city directory : rural routes, also a buyers' guide and a complete classified business directory - 1979 Genealogy Gophers online

Fort Scott (Kansas) city directory : rural routes, also a buyers' guide and a complete classified business directory - 1982 Genealogy Gophers online

Fort Scott City Directory 1911 MyHeritage online

Fort Scott City Directory 1925 MyHeritage online

Fort Scott City Directory 1928 MyHeritage online

Fort Scott City Directory 1930 MyHeritage online

Fort Scott City Directory 1948 MyHeritage online

Fort Scott City Directory 1952 MyHeritage online

Fort Scott City Directory and Business Mirror for 1869-70 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Fort Scott City Directory and Business Mirror, 1865 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Fort Scott City Directory, 1871 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Fort Scott City Directory, 1879 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Fort Scott City Directory, 1888 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Fort Scott City Directory, 1909 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Fort Scott, KS 1902-1903, 1904-1905, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1916, 1925, 1928, 1930 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Fort Scott, KS; 1948, 1952, 1957, 1959 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Fort Scott, Kansas, City Directory, 1889 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Fort Scott, Kansas, City Directory, 1896 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Fort Scott, Kansas, City Directory, 1900 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Fort Scott, Kansas, City Directory, 1902 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Fort Scott, Kansas, City Directory, 1904 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Fort Scott, Kansas, City Directory, 1905 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Fort Scott, Kansas, City Directory, 1907 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Fort Scott, Kansas, City Directory, 1911 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Fort Scott, Kansas, City Directory, 1916 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Fort Scott, Kansas, City Directory, 1925 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Fort Scott, Kansas, City Directory, 1928 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Fort Scott, Kansas, City Directory, 1930 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Fort Scott, Kansas, City Directory, 1938 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Fort Scott, Kansas, City Directory, 1948 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Fort Scott, Kansas, City Directory, 1952 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Fort Scott, Kansas, City Directory, 1957 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Fort Scott, Kansas, City Directory, 1959 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Polk's Fort Scott City Directory, 1962 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Fort Scott Death Records

Kansas Deaths and Burials Index, 1885-1930 Ancestry online

Kansas, Death Records, 1911-present Kansas Office of Vital Statistics

Fort Scott Immigration Records

Declarations of intention, 1915-1964; naturalizations, 1916-1966 FamilySearch Library

Kansas, Federal Naturalization Records, 1865-1984 Ancestry online

Naturalization records, 1868-1933 FamilySearch Library

Fort Scott Land Records

Deed records, 1856-1907; index to deeds, 1856-1903 FamilySearch Library

Fort Scott Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas, 1906 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas, 1912 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas, 1917 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas, April 1899 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas, November 1884 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas, November 1893 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas, October 1888 Library of Congress online

Fort Scott Marriage Records

1811-1911 Kansas County Marriages Ancestry online

Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911 Ancestry online

Kansas, Compiled Marriage Index from Select Counties, 1854-1873 Ancestry online

Kansas, Marriage Records, 1913-present Kansas Office of Vital Statistics

Marriage records, 1855-1919 FamilySearch Library

Fort Scott Military Records

Index to Fort Scott Monitor articles on the 6th Kansas Cavalry (Coleman, Marlene McCormick) 1867-1968 FamilySearch Library

Official Military History of Kansas Regiments : During the War For the Suppression of the Great Rebellion Ancestry online

Sixth Regiment, Kansas Volunteers, Cavalry 1861-1865 (Graden, Debra F.) FamilySearch Library

U.S. Civil War, Roll of Honor, Vol. X: Soldiers Buried in Fort Scott (African-American), Kansas Ancestry online

U.S. Civil War, Roll of Honor, Vol. X: Soldiers Buried in Fort Scott, Kansas Ancestry online

U.S. Civil War, Roll of Honor, Vol. XVIII: Local Cemetery, Fort Scott, Kansas Ancestry online

Fort Scott Newspapers and Obituaries

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Border Sentinel 1874-1874 Newspapers.com online

Border Sentinel 1874-1875 Newspapers.com online

Bourbon News 1922-1923 Newspapers.com online

Broom Corn Reporter 1886-1887 Newspapers.com online

Christian Sower 1892-1893 Newspapers.com online

Church Advocate and Good Way 1926-1930 Newspapers.com online

Church Advocate and Holiness Banner 1896-1922 Newspapers.com online

Church Herald and Holiness Banner 1922-1923 Newspapers.com online

Daily Citizen 1897-1897 Newspapers.com online

Daily Fort Scott Post 1869-1870 Newspapers.com online

Der Deutsche Krieger 1862-1862 Newspapers.com online

Evening Herald 1882-1885 Newspapers.com online

Fair Play 04/22/1898 to 06/16/1899 Genealogy Bank online

Fair Play 1898-1899 Newspapers.com online

Farm and News 1896-1896 Newspapers.com online

Flash 1923-1923 Newspapers.com online

Fort Scott Bulletin 1858-1863 Newspapers.com online

Fort Scott Daily Monitor 08/26/1876 to 10/14/1876 Genealogy Bank online

Fort Scott Daily Monitor 1869-1904 Newspapers.com online

Fort Scott Daily News 1889-1890 Newspapers.com online

Fort Scott Daily Tribune and Fort Scott Daily Monitor 1884-1923 Newspapers.com online

Fort Scott Dispatch 1892-1894 Newspapers.com online

Fort Scott Evening Globe 1888-1888 Newspapers.com online

Fort Scott Herald 1941-1942 Newspapers.com online

Fort Scott Herold 1890-1890 Newspapers.com online

Fort Scott Industrial Union 1890-1891 Newspapers.com online

Fort Scott Land Record 1870-1911 Newspapers.com online

Fort Scott Lantern 1890-1901 Newspapers.com online

Fort Scott Republican 1902-1916 Newspapers.com online

Fort Scott Tribune and The Fort Scott Monitor 1904-1925 Newspapers.com online

Fort Scott Tribune, 1931, 1952-2006 Google News Archive online

Fort Scott Union 1887-1888 Newspapers.com online

Fort Scott Weekly Globe 1888-1889 Newspapers.com online

Fort Scott Weekly Monitor 1867-1904 Newspapers.com online

Fort Scott Weekly News 1889-1890 Newspapers.com online

Fort Scott Weekly Press 1868-1869 Newspapers.com online

Fort Scott Weekly Tribune 1882-1904 Newspapers.com online

Fort Scott tribune and Fort Scott monitor (Fort Scott, Kansas) 1932-1968 FamilySearch Library

Free Press 1924-1924 Newspapers.com online

High School Crimson 1896-1902 Newspapers.com online

Index to Fort Scott Monitor articles on the 6th Kansas Cavalry (Coleman, Marlene McCormick) 1867-1968 FamilySearch Library

Innovator 1910-1910 Newspapers.com online

Kansas Staats-Zeitung 1886-1888 Newspapers.com online

Messenger 08/02/1917 to 09/13/1918 Genealogy Bank online

Messenger 1917-1918 Newspapers.com online

New Century 1877-1878 Newspapers.com online

Prairieland Magazine 1902-1902 Newspapers.com online

Republican Record 1879-1882 Newspapers.com online

Sasnak 1905-1905 Newspapers.com online

Scribbler 1922-1932 Newspapers.com online

Sentinel and Pioneer 1875-1875 Newspapers.com online

Southern Kansas Immigrant 1869-1869 Newspapers.com online

Spectator 1890-1891 Newspapers.com online

Sunday Call 1889-1889 Newspapers.com online

Sunday Morning Herald 1927-1928 Newspapers.com online

Town and Country and Sasnak 1906-1907 Newspapers.com online

Town and Country and the Sasnak 1905-1906 Newspapers.com online

Trackman 1903-1909 Newspapers.com online

Union Monitor 1863-1866 Newspapers.com online

Unionist 1903-1904 Newspapers.com online

Weekly Anti-Monopolist 1871-1871 Newspapers.com online

Weekly Herald 1876-1885 Newspapers.com online

Weekly Union Monitor 1865-1865 Newspapers.com online

Offline Newspapers for Fort Scott

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Banner. (Fort Scott, Kan.) 1882-1884

Border Sentinel. (Fort Scott, Kan.) 1874-1870s

Bourbon News. (Fort Scott, Kan.) 1921-1925

Colored Citizen. (Fort Scott, Kan.) 1878-1880

Daily Fort Scott Post. (Fort Scott, Kan.) 1869-1870s

Daily Monitor. (Fort Scott, Kan.) 1864-1865

Daily Monitor. (Fort Scott, Kan.) 1869-1870

Daily Republican. (Fort Scott, Kan.) 1902-1907

Eastern Kansas Herald. (Fort Scott, Kan.) 1925-1928

Evening Herald. (Fort Scott, Kan.) 1882-1885

Fair Play. (Fort Scott, Kan.) 1898-1899

Fort Scott Bulletin. (Fort Scott, Kan.) 1862-1863

Fort Scott Daily Monitor. (Fort Scott, Kan.) 1870-1904

Fort Scott Daily News. (Fort Scott, Kan.) 1889-1890

Fort Scott Daily Republican. (Fort Scott, Kan.) 1907-1913

Fort Scott Daily Tribune and Fort Scott Daily Monitor. (Fort Scott, Kan.) 1904-1982

Fort Scott Daily Tribune. (Fort Scott, Kan.) 1884-1904

Fort Scott Democrat. (Fort Scott, Kan. Terr.) 1858-1861

Fort Scott Dispatch. (Fort Scott, Kan.) 1892-1894

Fort Scott Herald. (Fort Scott, Kan.) 1878-1882

Fort Scott Herald. (Fort Scott, Kan.) 1939-1942

Fort Scott Industrial Union. (Fort Scott, Kan.) 1890-1891

Fort Scott Journal. (Fort Scott, Kan.) 1892-1893

Fort Scott Lantern. (Fort Scott, Kan.) 1896-1901

Fort Scott Pioneer. (Fort Scott, Kan.) 1876-1878

Fort Scott Republican. (Fort Scott, Kan.) 1913-1916

Fort Scott Tribune and the Fort Scott Monitor. (Fort Scott, Kan.) 1904-1980

Fort Scott Tribune. (Fort Scott, Kan.) 1982-Current

Fort Scott Union. (Fort Scott, Kan.) 1887-1888

Fort Scott Weekly Globe. (Fort Scott, Kan.) 1888-1889

Fort Scott Weekly Monitor. (Fort Scott, Kan.) 1867-1904

Fort Scott Weekly News. (Fort Scott, Kan.) 1889-1890

Fort Scott Weekly Press. (Fort Scott, Kan.) 1866-1869

Fort Scott Weekly Tribune. (Fort Scott, Kan.) 1884-1904

Herald and Record. (Fort Scott, Kan.) 1882-1884

Messenger. (Fort Scott, Kan.) 1917-1918

Morning Herald and the Heraldette. (Fort Scott, Kan.) 1938-1939

Morning Herald. (Fort Scott, Kan.) 1928-1938

Republican Record. (Fort Scott, Kan.) 1879-1882

Spectator. (Fort Scott, Kan.) 1889-1892

Sunday Morning Herald. (Fort Scott, Kan.) 1926-1928

Town and Country and the Sasnak. (Fort Scott, Kan.) 1905-1907

Trackman. (Fort Scott, Kan.) 1905-1909

Unionist. (Fort Scott, Kan.) 1902-1904

Weekly Herald. (Fort Scott, Kan.) 1884-1885

Weekly Republican. (Fort Scott, Kan.) 1902-1915

Fort Scott Probate Records

1803-1987 Kansas Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Fort Scott School Records

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Christian Heights High School yearbook, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Christian Heights High School yearbook, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Christian Heights High School yearbook, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1984, 1985, 1987 Classmates online

Christian Heights High School yearbook, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1984, 1985, 1987 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Fort Scott Bible School - Anchor Yearbook (Fort Scott, KS), 1965, 1966 E Yearbook online

Fort Scott Bible School yearbook, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1988 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Fort Scott Bible School yearbook, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1970 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Fort Scott Bible School yearbook, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1988 Classmates online

Fort Scott Community College - Greyhound Yearbook (Fort Scott, KS), 1929, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1973 E Yearbook online

Fort Scott Community College yearbook, 1929, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1973 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Fort Scott High School - Yearbook (Fort Scott, KS), 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1931, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959 E Yearbook online

Fort Scott High School yearbook, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1931, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1965, 1971, 1978 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Fort Scott Junior College yearbooks, 1927, 1957 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Fort Scott Senior High yearbook, 1934 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Ft Scott High School yearbooks, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1922, 1925, 1943 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Ft. Scott High School yearbook, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1931, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1978 Classmates online

Ft. Scott High School yearbook, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1931, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1978 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Ft. Scott High School yearbooks, 1966, 1967 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online



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