Burlington

Burlington Branch  -  Genealogy Records
410 Juniatta,  Burlington, KS  66839
620-364-5333

Federal Census – Printed Indexes
Year                      States
1790                      Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina
1800                      Kentucky, New York, Vermont, North Carolina
1810                      Kentucky, Massachusetts, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
1820                      Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Tennessee
1830                      Georgia
1850                      California
1860                      Oregon
1870                      Arkansas, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri

Microfilm Holdings for Coffey County
State of Kansas Census – Years 1865, 1875, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1925
Federal Census  – Years 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930
School Census – Years 1880 – 1968
Tax Rolls – Years 1861 – 1967 (Missing 1865)
Atlas and Plat Books – 1901, 1919

Indexed From Local Papers in Coffey County
Local Obituaries, Marriage, Engagement and Birth Announcements:
Newspaper: Years
Burlington:1876-2002
Gridley: 1887-1976
Lebo: 1884 -1986
LeRoy: 1888 -1988
Waverly: 1883 – 1976

Cemetery Records of Coffey County – Volumes I, II, III, IV

Funeral Home Records
Index for Burlington, KS Funeral Homes – 1895-1969
Joseph Gibbon and W. D. Sanders:  1895 – 1969
W. S. Mann:  1908 – 1925

Death Records
1857 – 1977  Coffey County Courthouse Records and other Sources
1935 – 1963  Gridley, Kansas

Odds and Ends
1855 – 1906:  Marriage Records
1855:  Territorial Census of Kansas Volumes I, II
1859:  Woodson and Coffey
1860:  Census Breckenridge County, Kansas
1860:  Census Madison County, Kansas
1865:  Census Coffey County, Kansas
1885:  Census LeRoy City and Township
Atlas and Plat Books – Years 1878, 1901, 1919

Laptop Checkout

Through a gift from the Genealogy Society, the Burlington Branch offers a laptop computer checkout service for work only in the Genealogy Room for genealogy research.  The laptop computers can only be checked out by patrons with an unrestricted Coffey County Library card or a current photo ID.  The laptops are for use only in the Burlington Library and cannot be removed from the building.