Colfax County, Nebraska Genealogy

United States Nebraska  Colfax County

Colfax 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
Colfax County Courthouse 411 E 11th Street Schuyler, NE 68661 Phone: 402.352.3434 402.352.3434     County Judge has marriage records from 1869, probate records from 1886 and court records form 1885. Clerk District Court has divorce records from 1881. County Clerk has land records from 1860.

Parent County
1869--Colfax County was created 15 February 1869 fromPlatte County. County seat: Schuyler

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Butler
 * Cuming
 * Dodge
 * Platte
 * Saunders
 * Stanton

Cemeteries
Clarkson, Nebraska Sousek Cemetery

Columbus Cemetery Supervisor 1060 12th Avenue, Columbus NE (402) 562-4251 (402) 562-4251    www.columbusne.us/

Dodge, Nebraska: Saint Patricks Cemetery Tabor Cemetery

Howells, Nebraska Grove Hill Cemetery S S Peter and Paul Cemetery Saint Johns Cemetery Danish Lutheran Cemetery

Schuyler, Nebraska: Dry Creek Cemetery Saint Johns Cemetery Grandview Cemetery

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


 * Platte 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

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.