Sarpy County, Nebraska Genealogy

United States Nebraska  Sarpy County

Sarpy 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
Sarpy County Courthouse 1210 Golden Gate Drive Papillion, NE 68046 Phone:. 402.593.2100 County Judge has marriage and probate records. County Clerk has land records.

Parent County
1857--Sarpy County was created 7 February 1857 from Douglas County. County seat: Papillion

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Cass
 * Douglas
 * Mills County, Iowa
 * Pottawattamie County, Iowa
 * Saunders

Cemeteries
BillionGraves:


 * Bellevue Cemetery, Bellevue
 * Beth Hamedrosh Hagodel Cemetery, Bellevue
 * La Borde Cemetery, Gretna
 * Papillion Cemetery, Papillion
 * Portal Cemetery, La Vista
 * St. Johns Cemetery, Bellevue
 * Voss Mohr Cemetery, Chalco

Land

 * Digital images of Grantor/Grantee books, containing indexes of land transactions between 1857 and 1990 at the Sarpy County Register of Deeds site.

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


 * Missouri 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

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

Family History Centers

 * Papillion Nebraska Family History Center

Web Sites

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