Pierce County, Nebraska Genealogy

United States Nebraska  Pierce County

Pierce 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
Pierce County Courthouse 111 W Court Street Room 1 Pierce, Nebraska 68767 Phone: 402-329-4425 County Clerk has marriage, land and military records. Clerk District Court has divorce and naturalization records. Count Court has probate records. Superintendent has school attendance records.

Parent County
1856--Pierce County was created 26 January 1856 from Izard County and unorganized territory. County seat: Pierce

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Antelope
 * Cedar
 * Knox
 * Madison
 * Stanton
 * Wayne

Lutheran

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

Civil War

 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index

Probate
Online Probation 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.