Saline County, Nebraska Genealogy

United States Nebraska  Saline County Saline 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
Saline County Courthouse 215 S Court Street; PO Box 865 Wilber, NE 68465 Phone: 402.821.2374 County Clerk has birth and death records from 1976 and land records from 1886. County Court has marriage records from 1886 and probate records from 1870. Clerk District Court has divorce and court records from 1886.

Parent County
1855--Saline County was created 6 March 1855 as an original county. County seat: Wilber

Description
Saline County lies in the third tier of counties from the Missouri River and in the second from the south line of the state.

It is surrounded by Seward on the north, Lancaster and Gage on the east, Jefferson on the south and Fillmore on the west.

The name Saline, signifying salt, was applied to the county from a supposition that somewhere within its boundaries were to be found numerous salt springs. This, supposition, however, proved untrue, since there were no discoveries of saline fountains.

The county seat is Wilber.

The Largest city is Crete.

Boundary Changes

 * Interactive Formation Boundary Map of Nebraska - shows boundary changes for Nebraska Counties
 * Nebraska Historical Boundary Changes - list of all boundary changes by county provided by Newberry Library

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

Populated Places

 * Berks
 * Crete
 * De Witt
 * Dorchester
 * Friend
 * Pleasant Hill
 * Shestak
 * Swanton
 * Tobias
 * Western
 * Wilber (county seat)

Neighboring Counties

 * Fillmore
 * Gage
 * Jefferson
 * Lancaster
 * Seward
 * Thayer
 * York

Cemeteries

 * Andrew Cemetery
 * Applegate Cemetery
 * Atlanta Cemetery
 * Blue Valley Cemetery
 * Bohemian National Cemetery
 * Cecho Slovansky Cemetery
 * Dorchester Cemetery*Gilbert Cemetery
 * Heart Cemetery
 * Johnson Creek Cemetery
 * Monroe Cemetery
 * North Fork Cemetery
 * Oak Grove Cemetery
 * Old Zion Cemetery
 * Plainview Cemetery
 * Pleasant Hill Cemetery
 * Plummers Branch Cemetery
 * Riverside Cemetery
 * Sacred Heart Cemetery
 * Saint Josephs Cemetery
 * South Fork Cemetery
 * Summit Cemetery
 * Sunny Side Cemetery
 * Swanton Cemetery
 * Tobias Cemetery
 * Union Cemetery
 * Waymire Cemetery
 * Wilber Cemetery
 * Zion Lutheran Cemetery

State Census Records

 * 1854 - 1870 - Nebraska, Compiled Census Index, 1854-1870 at Ancestry.com - index ($)
 * 1860 - 1885 - Nebraska State Census Collection 1860-1885 at Ancestry.com - index and images ($)
 * 1885 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1885 - Nebraska State Census 1885 at Ancestry.com - index and images ($)

Federal Census Records
Federal Censuses were taken for Nebraska starting in 1860. For links to Federal census indexes, see Nebraska Census.

Court

 * 1870 - 1990 — Nebraska Prisoner Records 1870-1990 — index only

Land
Online Land Records

For more information see Nebraska Land and Property
 * Land Patent Search - index to federal patents and homesteads on the Bureau of Land Management website, some images available
 * 1796 - 1907 - U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907 at Ancestry - index, info taken from Bureau of Land Management website
 * 1861 - 1936 - U.S. Homestead Records 1861-1936 at Ancestry.com - ($), index and images

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Nebraska Gazetteer - database for all known places found in 1890 and 1911 Nebraska gazetteers
 * Interactive Formation Boundary Map of Nebraska - shows boundary changes for Nebraska Counties



Revolutionary War

 * 1775 - 1783 - at FamilySearch - images only
 * For more nationwide Revolutionary War databases, see US Military Online Genealogy Records.

Civil War

 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1891 - Nebraska Resident Military Roster on June 1, 1891 at Ancestry.com - ($), Roster of Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines of the War of 1812, the Mexico War, and the War of the Rebellion, residing in Nebraska June 1, 1891
 * 1893 - Roster of Nebraska Veterans - list of veterans in 1893
 * For more nationwide Civil War databases, see US Military Online Genealogy Records.

WWI

 * 1917 - 1918 - World War I Drafts 1917-1918 - index only
 * For more nationwide World War I databases, see US Military Online Genealogy Records.

Newspapers
 Nebraska Newspapers Online Nebraska Newspaper Catalogs
 * Nebraska Newspapers - contains images of newspapers throughout Nebraska
 * GenealogyBank - ($), contains images of Nebraska newspapers
 * Newspaper Archive - ($), contains images of Nebraska newspapers
 * Chronicling America - contains images of some Nebraska newspapers; searching tips
 * Elephind - Free; search engine that retrieves newspaper images from other free newspaper websites
 * Nebraska State Historical Society - catalog of known Nebraska newspapers; lists repositories that have the newspapers
 * U.S. Newspaper Directory, 1690-Present on Chronicling America - contains a list of all known newspapers and the dates they cover; once you locate a newspaper name, contact the local library to see if they have copies of the newspaper

Probate
Online Probate Records
 * 1806 – 1989 Nebraska Wills and Probate Records 1806-1989 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

Marriage Records
Online Marriage Records Indexes and Images
 * 1855 - 1995 — at FamilySearch — index only
 * 1856 - 1898 — Nebraska Marriages 1856-1898 at Ancestry.com ($), index only

Societies and Libraries
Saline County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 24, Crete, NE 68333-0024

Web Sites

 * Saline County page of the NEGenWeb Project
 * Saline County page of Genealogy Trails