Garden County, Nebraska Genealogy

United States Nebraska  Garden County

Garden County, Nebraska genealogy and family history research page. Guide to genealogy, history, and courthouse sources including birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, wills, deeds and land records, Civil War records, family histories, cemeteries, churches, tax records, newspapers, and obituaries.

County Courthouse
Garden County Courthouse 611 Main St. P.O. Box 486 Oshkosh, NE 69154 Phone: 308.772.3924 County Clerk has marriage and land records. County Judge has probate and court records Clerk District Court has divorce records.

Parent County
1909--Garden County was created 2 November 1909 from Deuel County. County seat: Oshkosh

Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Neighboring Counties

 * Arthur
 * Cheyenne
 * Deuel
 * Grant
 * Keith
 * Morrill
 * Sheridan

Maps

 * Family Maps of (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.



Migration
Early migration routes to and from for European and African American settlers included:


 * Platte River
 * Oregon Trail 1830s to 1890s from western Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon
 * California Trail 1846 to 1869 from western Missouri to northern California
 * Mormon Trail 1846 to 1869 from Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah

Civil War

 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index

Probate
Online Probate Records
 * 1806 – 1989 Nebraska Wills and Probate Records 1806-1989 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.