Boone County, Nebraska Genealogy

United States Nebraska  Boone County

Boone 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
Boone County Courthouse 222 S 4th Street Albion, NE 68620 Phone: 402.395.2055 County Clerk has marriage records from 1932, divorce, probate and court records. Recorder of Deeds has land records State Archives, 1500 “R” St., Lincoln, NE 68508 has marriage records to 1932.

Parent County
1871--Boone County was created 1 March 1871 from unorganized territory. County seat: Albion

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Antelope
 * Greeley
 * Madison
 * Nance
 * Platte
 * 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.

Lutheran
Boone County


 * Records of Lutheran Church, Boone County, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Zion Lutheran Church, Albion


 * Records of Zion Lutheran Church, Albion, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Maps

 * View an 1885 historic Boone County Nebraska map in the David Rumsey Map Collection.
 * Find



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


 * Boone County Historical Society 1025 West Fairview Albion NE 68620 Phone: 402-395-6558; 402-395-2971 Website


 * Boone-Nance County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 231 Belgrade NE 68623 Websites: Boone-Nance Genealogical Society


 * '''Rae Valley Heritage Association 1249 State Highway 14 Petersburg, NE 68652 Phone: 402-386-5334 e-mail:rvalley@megavision.com

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.