Thayer County, Nebraska Genealogy

United States Nebraska  Thayer County

Thayer 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
Thayer County Courthouse 225 N 4th Street PO Box 208 Hebron, NE 68370-1549 Phone: 402.768.6126 County Judge has marriage, probate and court records. Clerk District Court has divorce records. County Clerk has land records.

Parent County
1871--Thayer County was created 26 January 1871 from Jefferson County. County seat: Hebron

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Clay
 * Fillmore
 * Jefferson
 * Nuckolls
 * Republic County, Kansas
 * Saline
 * Washington County, Kansas

Lutheran

 * Records of St. John's Lutheran Church, Byron, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

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.