Jefferson County, Nebraska Genealogy

United States Nebraska  Jefferson County

Jefferson 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
Jefferson County Courthouse 411 4th St; Fairbury, NE 68352 Phone: 402.729.2323 County Clerk has marriage records. County Judge has probate and court records. Clerk District Court has divorce records. Register of Deeds has land records.

Parent County
1856--Johnson County was created 26 January 1856 from unorganized territory. County seat: Fairbury

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Fillmore
 * Gage
 * Republic County, Kansas
 * Saline
 * Thayer
 * Washington County, Kansas

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


 * Little Blue 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

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.