Garfield County, Nebraska Genealogy

United States Nebraska  Garfield County

Garfield 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
Garfield County Courthouse 250 S 8th St.,P.O. Box 218 Burwell, NE 68823-0218 Phone: 308.346.4161 County Judge has marriage, divorce and probate records.

Parent County
1884--Garfield County was created 8 November 1844 from Wheeler County. County seat: Burwell

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Custer
 * Greeley
 * Holt
 * Loup
 * Valley
 * Wheeler

Maps

 * Family Maps of (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.



Military

 * Sherard, Gerald E. (Gerald Emerson). Civil War veterans, Garfield &amp; Wheeler counties, Nebraska. (Lakewood, Colorado : G.E. Sherard, [1990?],.

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.