Marriages

Marriage Records

State law authorizes the issuance of certified copies of vital records. Uncertified copies or verifications are not provided to the public.

State law also specifies that the initial $12.00 fee for a certified marriage certificate copy is a five-year record search fee – one certified copy is issued if the record is found and if not found, the fee is retained. You will receive either the certified copy or a letter explaining the search conducted and that no record was located.

Marriage licenses were required beginning in 1867 at the County level, but they did not began being filed at the State level until May 1, 1913.

The Office of Vital Statistics has six methods available for making a request for a death certificate: regular mail, priority mail, telephone, fax, internet, and walk-in customer service. Detailed instructions are available at the Kansas Department of Health & Environment.

To inquire about marriage information and fees prior to May 1, 1913 contact:

Atchison County Clerk
423 N. 5th St.
Atchison, KS 66002
Telephone: (785) 367-1653

• Kansas Marriage Index, 1854-73 - Atchison County

• Marriages Appearing in The Globe
  • 1879

   

• Tennessee Records, Bible Records and Marriage Bonds - Atchison Co., Residence who married in Tennessee.

Offsite

The Kansas State Historical Society have copies of some county and city marriage records available on microfilm.  Below is a listing of marriage records on microfilm and their microfilm number.  Contact the KSHS for additional information in obtaining these records. 

• Marriages 1891-1911 [AR 6625]
• Marriage record index, 1855-1921 [AR 7543]
• Marriage license records, 1855-1923 [AR 7544-7549] 

Marriage information located at the LDS Libraries or FamilySearch.org.

• Bible records, including some early marriages, Atchison, Kansas Territory : in two parts  Chesney, Edith

• Vital Records Index
• Atchison County, Kansas, marriages  Northwest Missouri Genealogical Society (St. Joseph, Missouri)
• Atchison County, Kansas, marriages  Ostertag, Enid
• Atchison daily champion  Bowen, Opal
• Marriage licenses issued in Atchison County, Kansas, to residents of surrounding Kansas and Missouri counties (1876-1906)  Ostertag, John A
• Vital records, 1891-1928  Atchison County (Kansas). County Clerk - contains marriages 1891-1895