Fort Scott Genealogy (in Bourbon County, KS)
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Fort Scott Birth Records
1885-1911 Kansas Births and Christenings Index Ancestry 
Kansas, Birth Records, 1911-present Kansas Office of Vital Statistics
Fort Scott Cemetery Records
Chapel Grove Cemetery Billion Graves
Chapel Grove Cemetery Genealogy Trails
Chapel Grove Cemetery Find a Grave
Clarksburg Cemetery Genealogy Trails
Clarksburg Cemetery US Gen Web Archives
Clarksburg Cemetery Kansas Gravestones
Clarksburg Cemetery Find a Grave
Evergreen Cemetery Billion Graves
Evergreen Cemetery Interment
Evergreen Cemetery Kansas Gravestones
Evergreen Cemetery Find a Grave
Fort Scott National Cemetery Find a Grave
Fort Scott National Cemetery Billion Graves
Fort Scott National Cemetery Interment
Fort Scott, Kansas, Fort Scott National Cemetery, 1862-2010 Ancestry
Ft. Scott National Cemetery US Gen Web Archives
Kansas Deaths and Burials Index, 1885-1930 Ancestry
Lath Branch Cemetery Find a Grave
Maple Grove Cemetery Find a Grave
Martin Family Cemetery Find a Grave
Memory Gardens of Bourbon County Find a Grave
Pine Lawn Cemetery Find a Grave
Pine Lawn Jewish Cemetery US Gen Web Archives
Pleasant View Cemetery Genealogy Trails
Riley Family Cemetery Find a Grave
Saint Marys Cemetery Find a Grave
U.S. Civil War, Roll of Honor, Vol. X: Soldiers Buried in Fort Scott (African-American), Kansas Ancestry
U.S. Civil War, Roll of Honor, Vol. X: Soldiers Buried in Fort Scott, Kansas Ancestry
U.S. Civil War, Roll of Honor, Vol. XVIII: Local Cemetery, Fort Scott, Kansas Ancestry
Union Center Cemetery US Gen Web Archives
Fort Scott Census Records
1855 Kansas State Census Ancestry
1857 Kansas State Census Ancestry
1859 Kansas State Census Ancestry
1865 Kansas State Census Ancestry
1875 Kansas State Census Ancestry
1885 Kansas State Census Ancestry
1895 Kansas State Census Ancestry
1905 Kansas State Census Ancestry
1915 Kansas State Census Ancestry
1925 Kansas State Census Ancestry
Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925 Ancestry
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage
United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search
Fort Scott Church Records
1885-1911 Kansas Births and Christenings Index Ancestry
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
Fort Scott City Directories
Directory of the City of Fort Scott, 1885 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
First Annual Directory of Fort Scott, 1875 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
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
Fort Scott (Kansas) city directory : rural routes, also a buyers' guide and a complete classified business directory - 1982 Genealogy Gophers
Fort Scott City Directory 1911 MyHeritage
Fort Scott City Directory 1925 MyHeritage
Fort Scott City Directory 1928 MyHeritage
Fort Scott City Directory 1930 MyHeritage
Fort Scott City Directory 1948 MyHeritage
Fort Scott City Directory 1952 MyHeritage
Fort Scott City Directory and Business Mirror for 1869-70 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Fort Scott City Directory and Business Mirror, 1865 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Fort Scott City Directory, 1871 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Fort Scott City Directory, 1879 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Fort Scott City Directory, 1888 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Fort Scott City Directory, 1909 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
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
Fort Scott, Kansas, City Directory, 1896 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Fort Scott, Kansas, City Directory, 1900 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Fort Scott, Kansas, City Directory, 1902 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Fort Scott, Kansas, City Directory, 1904 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Fort Scott, Kansas, City Directory, 1905 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Fort Scott, Kansas, City Directory, 1907 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Fort Scott, Kansas, City Directory, 1911 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Fort Scott, Kansas, City Directory, 1916 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Fort Scott, Kansas, City Directory, 1925 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Fort Scott, Kansas, City Directory, 1928 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Fort Scott, Kansas, City Directory, 1930 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Fort Scott, Kansas, City Directory, 1938 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Fort Scott, Kansas, City Directory, 1948 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Fort Scott, Kansas, City Directory, 1952 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Fort Scott, Kansas, City Directory, 1957 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Fort Scott, Kansas, City Directory, 1959 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Polk's Fort Scott City Directory, 1962 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry
Fort Scott Death Records
Kansas Deaths and Burials Index, 1885-1930 Ancestry
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
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
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas, 1912 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas, 1917 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas, April 1899 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas, November 1884 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas, November 1893 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas, October 1888 Library of Congress
Fort Scott Marriage Records
1811-1911 Kansas County Marriages Ancestry
Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911 Ancestry
Kansas, Compiled Marriage Index from Select Counties, 1854-1873 Ancestry
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
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
U.S. Civil War, Roll of Honor, Vol. X: Soldiers Buried in Fort Scott, Kansas Ancestry
U.S. Civil War, Roll of Honor, Vol. XVIII: Local Cemetery, Fort Scott, Kansas Ancestry
Fort Scott Newspapers and Obituaries
Border Sentinel 1874-1874 Newspapers.com
Border Sentinel 1874-1875 Newspapers.com
Bourbon News 1922-1923 Newspapers.com
Broom Corn Reporter 1886-1887 Newspapers.com
Christian Sower 1892-1893 Newspapers.com
Church Advocate and Good Way 1926-1930 Newspapers.com
Church Advocate and Holiness Banner 1896-1922 Newspapers.com
Church Herald and Holiness Banner 1922-1923 Newspapers.com
Daily Citizen 1897-1897 Newspapers.com
Daily Fort Scott Post 1869-1870 Newspapers.com
Der Deutsche Krieger 1862-1862 Newspapers.com
Evening Herald 1882-1885 Newspapers.com
Fair Play 04/22/1898 to 06/16/1899 Genealogy Bank
Fair Play 1898-1899 Newspapers.com
Farm and News 1896-1896 Newspapers.com
Flash 1923-1923 Newspapers.com
Fort Scott Bulletin 1858-1863 Newspapers.com
Fort Scott Daily Monitor 08/26/1876 to 10/14/1876 Genealogy Bank
Fort Scott Daily Monitor 1869-1904 Newspapers.com
Fort Scott Daily News 1889-1890 Newspapers.com
Fort Scott Daily Tribune and Fort Scott Daily Monitor 1884-1923 Newspapers.com
Fort Scott Dispatch 1892-1894 Newspapers.com
Fort Scott Evening Globe 1888-1888 Newspapers.com
Fort Scott Herald 1941-1942 Newspapers.com
Fort Scott Herold 1890-1890 Newspapers.com
Fort Scott Industrial Union 1890-1891 Newspapers.com
Fort Scott Land Record 1870-1911 Newspapers.com
Fort Scott Lantern 1890-1901 Newspapers.com
Fort Scott Republican 1902-1916 Newspapers.com
Fort Scott Tribune and The Fort Scott Monitor 1904-1925 Newspapers.com
Fort Scott Tribune, 1931, 1952-2006 Google News Archive
Fort Scott Union 1887-1888 Newspapers.com
Fort Scott Weekly Globe 1888-1889 Newspapers.com
Fort Scott Weekly Monitor 1867-1904 Newspapers.com
Fort Scott Weekly News 1889-1890 Newspapers.com
Fort Scott Weekly Press 1868-1869 Newspapers.com
Fort Scott Weekly Tribune 1882-1904 Newspapers.com
Fort Scott tribune and Fort Scott monitor (Fort Scott, Kansas) 1932-1968 FamilySearch Library
Free Press 1924-1924 Newspapers.com
High School Crimson 1896-1902 Newspapers.com
Index to Fort Scott Monitor articles on the 6th Kansas Cavalry (Coleman, Marlene McCormick) 1867-1968 FamilySearch Library
Innovator 1910-1910 Newspapers.com
Kansas Staats-Zeitung 1886-1888 Newspapers.com
Messenger 08/02/1917 to 09/13/1918 Genealogy Bank
Messenger 1917-1918 Newspapers.com
New Century 1877-1878 Newspapers.com
Prairieland Magazine 1902-1902 Newspapers.com
Republican Record 1879-1882 Newspapers.com
Sasnak 1905-1905 Newspapers.com
Scribbler 1922-1932 Newspapers.com
Sentinel and Pioneer 1875-1875 Newspapers.com
Southern Kansas Immigrant 1869-1869 Newspapers.com
Spectator 1890-1891 Newspapers.com
Sunday Call 1889-1889 Newspapers.com
Sunday Morning Herald 1927-1928 Newspapers.com
Town and Country and Sasnak 1906-1907 Newspapers.com
Town and Country and the Sasnak 1905-1906 Newspapers.com
Trackman 1903-1909 Newspapers.com
Union Monitor 1863-1866 Newspapers.com
Unionist 1903-1904 Newspapers.com
Weekly Anti-Monopolist 1871-1871 Newspapers.com
Weekly Herald 1876-1885 Newspapers.com
Weekly Union Monitor 1865-1865 Newspapers.com
Offline Newspapers for Fort ScottAccording 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
Fort Scott School Records
Christian Heights High School yearbook, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry
Fort Scott Bible School - Anchor Yearbook (Fort Scott, KS), 1965, 1966 E Yearbook
Fort Scott Bible School yearbook, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1988 Classmates
Fort Scott Junior College yearbooks, 1927, 1957 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry
Fort Scott Senior High yearbook, 1934 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry
Ft Scott High School yearbooks, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1922, 1925, 1943 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry
Ft. Scott High School yearbooks, 1966, 1967 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry
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