Saunders County, Nebraska Genealogy

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County Courthouse
Saunders County; PO Box 61; Wahoo, NE 68066; Ph. 402.443.8101 Details: (formerly Calhoun Co. Name changed to Saunders 8 Jan 1862) (Co Clk has m, bur, div, pro, ct &amp; land rec)

Parent County
1856--Saunders County was created 26 January 1856 from Lancaster and Douglas Counties. County seat: Wahoo

Neighboring Counties

 * Butler
 * Cass
 * Colfax
 * Dodge
 * Douglas
 * Lancaster
 * Sarpy
 * Seward

Local Histories
Past and Present of Saunders County Nebraska: A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement -- Vol. 1 -- http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/county/saunders/1915/index.html. Vol 2 -- Biographical Sketches Names Index: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/county/saunders/1915/vol2/vol2-names.html

Saunders County Nebraska, Saunders County History 1983, Sponsored by the Saunders County Historical Society and Written by the People of Saunders County, Nebraska (Library of Congress No. 83- 050295) http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/county/saunders/1983hist/ Family Stories Index http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/county/saunders/1983hist/famnames.html

Maps
Plat Book, Saunders County Nebraska, compiled and published by The Brown-Scoville Publishing Co., 1907 http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/county/saunders/1907plat/1907platcvr.html

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

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.