Nebraska, Box Butte County Cemetery Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection includes cemetery records from the county of Box Butte, Nebraska for the years 1885 – 2015. Included are records from the following cemeteries: The collection includes newspaper obituaries, gravestone images, alphabetical cemetery indexes, and newspaper articles.

What Can these Records Tell Me?
These documents may contain the following information:
 * Cemetery name
 * Deceased’s name
 * Burial location
 * Birth and death dates and places
 * Father’s and mother’s names
 * Owner of the burial plot
 * Whether the burial plot is marked or unmarked
 * Race of deceased
 * Whether the deceased is a veteran (and of what war)
 * Whether the deceased had a delayed birth record (usually from home birth)
 * Whether the deceased was naturalized
 * Date and place of marriage of the deceased
 * Name of the deceased’s spouse
 * Whether the deceased was divorced
 * Whether the deceased had other marriages
 * Cause of death
 * Name of funeral home
 * Occupation of deceased

How Do I Search the Collection?
To begin your search it is helpful to know:
 * The ancestor’s name
 * Approximate death date
 * Name of cemetery

View the Images
View images in this collection by visiting the :
 * 1) Select Cemetery Name
 * 2) Select Record Type, Volume, and Year Range to view the images.

How Do I Analyze the Results?
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a research log.

What Do I Do Next?
Whenever possible, view the original records to verify the information and to find additional information that might not be reported. These pieces of information can lead you to additional records and family members.

I Found Who I was Looking for, What Now?

 * Use the age to calculate a birth date and to find other records such as birth, christening, marriage, census, land and death records.
 * Use the information to find additional family members.
 * Repeat this process with additional family members found, to find more generations of the family.
 * Church Records often were kept years before government records were required and are a good source for finding ancestors before 1900.

I Can’t Find Who I’m Looking for, What Now?

 * Try viewing the original record to see if there were errors in the transcription of the name, age, residence, etc. Remember that there may be more than one person in the records with the same name.
 * Collect entries for every person who has the same surname. This list can help you identify possible relations that can be verified by records.
 * If you cannot locate your ancestor in the locality in which you believe they lived, then try searching records of a nearby locality in an area search.
 * Standard spelling of names typically did not exist during the periods our ancestors lived in. Try variations of your ancestor’s name while searching the index or browsing through images.
 * Remember that sometimes individuals went by nicknames or alternated between using first and middle names. Try searching for these names as well.
 * Search the indexes and records of Nebraska, United States Genealogy.
 * Search in the Nebraska Archives and Libraries.

Research Helps
The following articles will help you in your research for your family in the state of Nebraska.
 * Nebraska Guided Research
 * Research Tips and Strategies
 * Step-by-Step Research

Citing this Collection
Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used.