Cedar County, Nebraska Genealogy

United States Nebraska  Cedar County

Cedar 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
Cedar County Courthouse 101 S Broadway Ave; PO Box 47 Hartington, NE 68739 Phone: 402.254.7411 County Clerk has marriage and land records. County Judge has probate and court records. Clerk Circuit Court has divorce records.

Parent County
1857--Cedar County was crated 12 February 1857 from Dixon and Pierce Counties. County seat: Hartington

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Clay County, South Dakota
 * Dixon
 * Knox
 * Pierce
 * Wayne
 * Yankton County, South Dakota

Military
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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 $

Societies and Libraries
County, Township and City Societies


 * Cedar County Historical Society 304 West Franklin Hartington 68739 Phone: (402) 254-6226 Website

Nebraska Historical & Genealogical Societies


 * The Nebraska State Genealogical Society (NSGS) Box 5608 Lincoln, NE 68505-0608 Email- General Inquiry: conference@nsgs


 * Nebraska State Historical Society P.O. Box 82554 1500 R St. Lincoln, NE 68501-2554 Phone: 402-471-3270


 * Nebraska Military Historical Society 1330 N. Burlington Ave. P.O. Box 1286 Hastings 68901-1286


 * Nebraska Jewish Historical Society 333 S. 132nd St. Omaha, NE 68154 Phone: 402-334-6442


 * North Central Nebraska Genealogical Society P.O. Box 362 O’Neill NE 68763


 * Northeastern Nebraska Genealogical Society P.O. Box 169 Lyons NE 68038


 * Northern Nebraska Genealogical Society P.O. Box 362 O’Neill NE 68763


 * Northwest Nebraska Genealogical Society P.O. Box 6 Alliance, Nebraska 69301


 * Nebraska Society of Mayflower Descendants Nebraska Society of Mayflower Descendants Contact: Martin W. Beerman, Historian Nebraska Society of Mayflower Descendants 19509 Frances Circle Omaha, NE 68130-2982


 * The Danish Brotherhood/Sisterhood Museum of Danish America 4210 Main Street PO Box 249 Elk Horn, IA 51531 Phone: 712.764.7008 877.764.7008 (toll free) 712.764.7010 Email: genealogy@danishmuse

Web Sites

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