Johnson County, Nebraska Genealogy

United States Nebraska  Johnson County

Johnson 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


Johnson County Courthouse 4th &amp; Broadway; P.O. Box 416 Tecumseh, Ne 68450-0416 Phone: 402.335.3246 County Clerk has marriage and land records from 1858. County Judge has probate and court records. Clerk District Court has divorce records from 1858.

Parent County
1855--Johnson County was created 2 March 1855 from Nemaha County. County seat: Tecumseh

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Gage
 * Lancaster
 * Nemaha
 * Otoe
 * Pawnee

Lutheran
Johnson County


 * Records of the American Lutheran Church, Johnson County, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

St. John's Lutheran Church, Sterling


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

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.