Greeley County, Nebraska Genealogy

Greeley 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
County Clerk has marriage, land, military and naturalization records. County Court has probate records. Clerk Discharge Court has divorce and court records.

Parent County
1871 Greeley County was created 1 March 1871 from unorganized territory. County seat: Greeley

Description
Greeley County was named in honor of Horace Greeley (1811-1872) to whom is credited the saying: "Go west young man and grow up with the country." Its county seat is Greeley. Greeley County was organized in 1872.

Boundary Changes

 * Interactive Formation Boundary Map of Nebraska - shows boundary changes for Nebraska Counties
 * Nebraska Historical Boundary Changes - list of all boundary changes by county provided by Newberry Library

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

Populated Places

 * Belfast
 * Brayton
 * Greeley Center
 * O'Connor
 * Scotia
 * Scotia Junction
 * Spalding
 * Wolbach
 * Horace

Neighboring Counties

 * Boone
 * Garfield
 * Howard
 * Merrick
 * Nance
 * Sherman
 * Valley
 * Wheeler

State Census Records

 * 1854 - 1870 - Nebraska, Compiled Census Index, 1854-1870 at Ancestry.com - index ($)
 * 1860 - 1885 - Nebraska State Census Collection 1860-1885 at Ancestry.com - index and images ($)
 * 1885 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1885 - Nebraska State Census 1885 at Ancestry.com - index and images ($)

Federal Census Records
Federal Censuses were taken for Nebraska starting in 1860. For links to Federal census indexes, see Nebraska Census.

Court

 * 1870 - 1990 — Nebraska Prisoner Records 1870-1990 — index only

Land
For more information see Nebraska Land and Property
 * Land Patent Search - index to federal patents and homesteads on the Bureau of Land Management website, some images available
 * 1796 - 1907 - U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907 at Ancestry - index, info taken from Bureau of Land Management website
 * 1861 - 1936 - U.S. Homestead Records 1861-1936 at Ancestry.com - ($), index and images

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Nebraska Gazetteer - database for all known places found in 1890 and 1911 Nebraska gazetteers
 * Interactive Formation Boundary Map of Nebraska - shows boundary changes for Nebraska Counties



Revolutionary War

 * 1775 - 1783 - at FamilySearch - images only
 * For more nationwide Revolutionary War databases, see US Military Online Genealogy Records.

Civil War

 * 1861 - 1865 - at FamilySearch — index
 * Sherard, Gerald E. (Gerald Emerson). Civil war veterans, Greeley County, Nebraska. (Lakewood, Colorado : G.E. Sherard, [1990?]),.
 * 1891 - Nebraska Resident Military Roster on June 1, 1891 at Ancestry.com - ($), Roster of Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines of the War of 1812, the Mexico War, and the War of the Rebellion, residing in Nebraska June 1, 1891
 * 1893 - Roster of Nebraska Veterans - list of veterans in 1893
 * For more nationwide Civil War databases, see US Military Online Genealogy Records.

WWI

 * 1917 - 1918 - World War I Drafts 1917-1918 - index only
 * For more nationwide World War I databases, see US Military Online Genealogy Records.

Newspapers
 Nebraska Newspapers Online
 * Nebraska Newspapers - contains images of newspapers throughout Nebraska
 * GenealogyBank - ($), contains images of Nebraska newspapers
 * Newspaper Archive - ($), contains images of Nebraska newspapers
 * Chronicling America - contains images of some Nebraska newspapers; searching tips
 * Elephind - Free; search engine that retrieves newspaper images from other free newspaper websites

Nebraska Newspaper Catalogs
 * Nebraska State Historical Society - catalog of known Nebraska newspapers; lists repositories that have the newspapers
 * U.S. Newspaper Directory, 1690-Present on Chronicling America - contains a list of all known newspapers and the dates they cover; once you locate a newspaper name, contact the local library to see if they have copies of the newspaper

Marriage Records
Online Marriage Records Indexes and Images
 * 1855 - 1995 — at FamilySearch — index only
 * 1856 - 1898 — Nebraska Marriages 1856-1898 at Ancestry.com ($), index only

Societies and Libraries
County, Township and City Societies


 * Spalding Historical and Genealogical Society Route 1 Box 13 Spalding, NE 68665


 * Greely County Historical Society Courthouse Museum Courthouse Square Greeley, NE 68842 Phone: 308-428-3115


 * Wheeler County Historical Society Hc 61 Box 2 Spalding, NE 68665 Phone: 308-497-2163

Libraries


 * Spalding Public Library 141 Saint Joseph Street P.O. Box 74 Spalding, NE 68665 Phone: 308-428-2545 Email: [mailto:debpritchard2013@gmail.com debpritchard2013@gmail.com]


 * Greeley Public Library 117 South Galloway Street P.O. Box 4 C Greeley, NE 68842 Phone: 308-428-4010; 308-428-2545


 * Scotia Public Library Scotia & Greeley Avenue P.O. Box 188 Scotia, NE 68875


 * Wolbach Public Library 610 Kingston P.O. Box 67 Wolbach, NE 68882 Phone: 308-246-5278

Websites

 * NEGenWeb
 * USGenWeb