Custer County, Nebraska Genealogy

United States Nebraska  Custer County

Custer 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
Custer County Courthouse 431 S 10th Ave; Broken Bow, NE 68822 Phone: 308.872.5701 County Clerk has birth records from 1910, death records from 1915, obituaries from 1877 and pioneer biographical data. County Historical Society has many other records. County Judge has marriage records from 1878, probate and court records from 1887. Clerk District Court has divorce records from 1881. Register of Deeds has records from 1880.

Parent County
1877--Custer County was created 17 February 1877 from unorganized territory. County seat: Broken Bow

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Blaine
 * Buffalo
 * Dawson
 * Garfield
 * Lincoln
 * Logan
 * Loup
 * Sherman
 * Valley

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.