Harlan County, Nebraska Genealogy

United States Nebraska  Harlan County

Harlan 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
Harlan County Courthouse 706 W 2nd Street Alma, NE 68920 Phone: 308.928.2173

County Clerk has marriage and land records. County Judge has probate and court records. Clerk District Court has divorce records. Register of Deeds has land records.

706 2nd Street Alma, NE 68920

(308) 928-2179

Parent County
1871--Harlan County was created 3 June 1871 from Kearney County. County seat: Alma

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Franklin
 * Furnas
 * Kearney
 * Norton County, Kansas
 * Phelps
 * Phillips County, Kansas

Cemeteries
St Paul's Lutheran Cemetery: Located 3 miles north of Republican City

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.