Cheyenne County, Nebraska Genealogy

United States Nebraska  Cheyenne County

Cheyenne 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
Cheyenne County Courthouse 1000 10th Ave Sydney, Nebraska 69162 Phone: 308.254.2141 County Clerk has marriage and land records. County Court has probate records. Clerk District Court has divorce records.

Parent County
1867--Cheyenne County was created 22 June 1867 from unorganized territory. County seat: Sidney

Populated Places

 * Daltan
 * Gurley
 * Lodgepole
 * Potter
 * Sidney The town was founded by the Union Pacific Railroadin 1867 and grew up around the military base of Fort Sidney where soldiers were stationed to guard the transcontinental railroadfrom Indian attacks.

Neighboring Counties

 * Banner
 * Deuel
 * Garden
 * Kimball
 * Logan County, Colorado
 * Morrill
 * Sedgwick County, Colorado
 * Weld County, Colorado

Cemeteries

 * USGenWeb has a list of Cheyenne County cemeteries, their locations and links to online transcriptions as well as connections to Find-a-grave where it applies.

Court
Cheyenne County has both a District and a County Court. The District Court issues writs, files papers delivered to him, endorses papers, and keeps records of court proceedings. The County Court files copies of Land records as well as birth, marriage, and death records.


 * Distric Court Courthouse 1000 10th Ave PO Box 217 Sidney, Nebraska 69162-0217 Telephone: (308)254-2814
 * County Court Courthouse 1000 10th Ave Sidney, Nebraska 69162-0217 Telephone: (308)254-2141

Societies and Libraries

 * Cheyenne County Genealogical Society (DDGS) PO Box 802 Sidney, Nebraska 69162 Website: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~necheyen/CCGS.htm The society has all Cheyenne County marriage records prior to 1 Jan 1987, cemetery transcription books done in 1998, census films for the county, and a county history with biographies. See their GenWeb site for fees. The collections of the CCGS have been moved to the Sidney Public Library to the B. Seda Hertiage Room.
 * Sidney Public Library 1112 12th Ave. Sidney, NE 69162 (308)254-3110
 * Cheyenne County Historical Society Fort Sidney Complex 6th &amp; Jackson Sts. Sidney, Nebraska 69162 (308)254-2550

Family History Centers

 * Sidney 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.