Holt County, Nebraska Genealogy

United States Nebraska  Holt County

Holt 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
Holt County Courthouse 204 N. 4th Street; P.O. Box 329 O’Neill, NE 68763 Phone: 402.336.1762 County Clerk has marriage records from 1878. County Judge has probate and court records from 1882. Register of Deeds has land records from 1879. Clerk District Court has divorce records from 1879.

Parent County
1860--Holt County was created 13 January 1860 from unorganized territory. County seat: O'Neill

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Antelope
 * Boyd
 * Garfield
 * Keya Paha
 * Knox
 * Loup
 * Rock
 * Wheeler

Civil War

 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index
 * Sherard, Gerald E. (Gerald Emerson). Civil War veterans, Holt County, 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 $

Family History Centers

 * O'Neill Nebraska Family History Center

Web Sites

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