Butler County, Nebraska Genealogy

United States Nebraska  Butler County

Butler 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
Butler County Courthouse 451 5th Street David City, NE 68632 Phone: 402.367.7430

County Clerk has land records from 1869. County Court has marriage and probate records. Clerk District Court has divorce and court records.

Parent County
1856--Butler County was created 26 January 1856 from Greene County. County seat: David City

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Colfax
 * Dodge
 * Lancaster
 * Platte
 * Polk
 * Saunders
 * Seward
 * York

Migration
Early migration routes to and from for European and African American settlers included:


 * Platte River
 * Oregon Trail 1830s to 1890s from western Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon
 * California Trail 1846 to 1869 from western Missouri to northern California
 * Mormon Trail 1846 to 1869 from Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah

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.