Franklin County, Nebraska Genealogy

United States Nebraska  Franklin County

Franklin 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
Franklin County Courthouse 405 15th Ave. P.O. Box 146 Franklin, NE 68939 Phone: 308.425.6202 County Clerk has marriage records from 1872, divorce and land records.

Parent County
1867--Franklin County was created 16 February 1867 from Kearney County. County seat: Franklin

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Adams
 * Harlan
 * Kearney
 * Phelps
 * Phillips County, Kansas
 * Smith County, Kansas
 * Webster

Lutheran

 * Records of the American Lutheran Church, Upland, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

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.