Seward County, Nebraska Genealogy

United States Nebraska  Seward County

Seward 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
Seward County Courthouse 529 Seward St; PO Box 190; Seward, NE 68434 Phone: 402.643.2883 County Clerk has marriage and land records from 1866. County Court has probate records from 1869. Clerk District Court has divorce records 1868 and court records from 1869.

Parent County
1855--Seward County was created 6 March 1855 from Cass and Pierce(old) Counties. County seat: Seward

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Butler
 * Fillmore
 * Lancaster
 * Polk
 * Saline
 * Saunders
 * York

Cemeteries
BillionGraves:


 * Greenwood Cemetery, Seward
 * Mount Carmel Cemetery, Pleasant Dale
 * Seward Cemetery, Seward

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.