Kearney County, Nebraska Genealogy

United States Nebraska  Kearney County

Kearney 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
Kearney County Courthouse Minden, NE 68959 Phone: 308.832.2723 County Clerk has marriage records from 1872 and land records. County Judge has probate and court records. Clerk District Court has divorce records.

History
Note the city of Kearney is in BUFFALO county, NOT Kearney county.

Parent County
1860--Kearney County was created 10 January 1860 from unorganized territory. County seat: Minden

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

Populated Places
Axtell

Minden

Wilcox

Hildreth

Heartwell

Norman

Neighboring Counties

 * Adams
 * Buffalo
 * Franklin
 * Hall
 * Harlan
 * Phelps
 * Webster

Migration
Early migration routes to and from for European and African American settlers included:


 * Platte River
 * 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.