Burt County, Nebraska Genealogy

United States Nebraska  Burt County

Burt 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
Burt County Courthouse 111 N 13th Street Tekamah, NE 68061 Phone: 402.374.2955 County Clerk has marriage and land records. County Judge has probate and court records. Clerk District Court has divorce records.

Parent County
1854--Burt County was created 23 November 1854 as an original county. County seat: Tekamah

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

Populated Places

 * Craig
 * Decatur
 * Lyons
 * Oakland
 * Tekamah

Neighboring Counties

 * Cuming
 * Dodge
 * Harrison County, Iowa
 * Monona County, Iowa
 * Thurston
 * Washington

Cemeteries
Check Cemeteries in Google Maps

The following links may only be partial listings of the graves in these cemeteries.


 * Advent Cemetery, 8 miles North &amp; 3 miles West of Tekamah.
 * Argo Cemetery located about 1/2 mile south of Uehling, NE on US 77 and then 3 miles east and 1/4 mile south. Or 6 miles south &amp; 2 miles west of Craig (also on Find-A-Grave)
 * Arizona Cemetery 2 miles north &amp; 5 miles east of Tekamah.
 * Craig Cemetery 1/2 mile south of Craig
 * Deman Hinds Cemetery also called Anderson or Decatur Cemetery Located 4 miles west and 1/2 mile south of Decatur, NE (also on Find-A-Grave)
 * Grace Lutheran Cemetery 1 mile south of Bertha, NE or 6 miles north of Craig (also on Find-A-Grave)
 * Hillcrest Cemetery located in northwest corner of Decatur
 * Holy Family Cemetery Located 2 miles southwest of Decatur, NE (also on Find-A-Grave)
 * Lyons Cemetery 1/2 mile northeast of Lyons
 * Oakland Cemetery and Lutheran Cemetery just south Oakland. These two cemeteries are adjoining but separate.
 * Pioneer Cemetery More listed here (in Cuming Co. but operated by Oakland, Burt County) (also on Find-A-Grave)
 * (Another cemetery down the road from Pioneer and even further into Cuming County is named Peterson Pioneer Cemetery)
 * Saint John's Luthern Church Cemetery 4 mi. South on Hwy 77, 1 mi. East and ½ mi. South of Lyons, Nebraska (also on Find-A-Grave)
 * Saint Josephs Cemetery aka Holy Cross Cemetery, 1 mile east &amp; 1 mile south of Bancroft.Or 3 miles north and 5 miles west of Lyons.
 * Saint Paul's Luthern Church Cemetery located about 1 mile west and 3 miles north of Uehling, NE (also on Find-A-Grave)
 * Salem Cemetery 3 miles west of Oakland on Hwy 32, 2 miles South.
 * Silver Creek Cemetery in Silver Creek Township, Burt County, Nebraska9 miles east of Oakland. (also on Find-A-Grave)
 * Small Burial Plot, S20, T21N, RIOE. between Craig and Tekamah
 * Tekamah Cemetery 1 mile north of Tekamah
 * Westside Methodist Cemetery, 4 miles west of Oakland on Hwy 32 &amp; 2 miles North. (also on Find-A-Grave)

Census
In addition to the federal census of 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, and 1940 Burt County can also be found in several territorial and state census. Some of those are posted online:

1854 NE Territorial Census, District 6 (Burt &amp; Washington Counties)

1856 NE Territorial Census for Burt County

Burt County Taxes of April 1872

1885 NE State Census for Burt County

1890-1 Business Directory &amp; Farmer's List of the Nebraska State Gazetteer : Burt County

Local Histories
History of the State of Nebraska first published in 1882 by The Western Historical Company, A. T. Andreas, Proprietor, Chicago, IL. Includes a detailed chapter on Burt County. Republished on the web by NEGenWeb Project Resource Center On-Line Library. (Andreas' History of the State of Nebraska: Burt County Produced by Karen Elliott.)

"Burt County Nebraska in the World War, VICTORY" 1919, published by The Burt County Herald, Tekamah, NE. (Produced by William Wever, T&amp;C Miller with index.)Republished on the web by NEGenWeb Project Resource Center On-Line Library.

"Noteworthy Men of Tekamah and Vicinity", by Ott Brothers, 1905. Republished on the web by NEGenWeb Project Resource Center On-Line Library.

A history of Burt County, Nebraska : from 1803 to 1929. Wahoo, Neb. : Ludi Print. Co., [1929?] Available online through Heritage Quest (check with your local library through which you may have access already to Heritage Quests databases)

Story of an old town : with reminiscences of early Nebraska and biographies of pioneers by DeMilt, A. P. Omaha, Neb. : Douglas Print. Co. 1902 [about Decatur, Burt County, NE, chapter 6 is about early Burt County in general with biographical sketches] Available online through Heritage Quest (check with your local library through which you may have access already to Heritage Quests databases).

[http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/county/burt/olres/whoswho/whosburt.htm Who's Who in Burt County, Nebraska, 1940. by Douglas C. Sutherland.] Transcribed by Karen Elliott for NEGenWeb Project.

A Craig scrapbook: a story of a village in Burt County, Nebraska by Lang, Russell Clark; Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, c2008 Available online by BYU Digital Archives.

1884 Atlas of State: Record of County Officials of Burt County, Nebraska 1855 - 1884. Transcribed and submitted by Bonnie Marks for USGenWeb Project.

"Nebraska... Our Towns" contains short histories of the individual towns in Burt county. "Historical Nebraska" is part of "Virtual Nebraska" by the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.

Maps
Burt County website has a group of useful maps including very detailed road, county, and city maps.

Nebraska Department of Roads website lisrts a number of very detailed historic maps.



Military
Burt County WWI Draft Records and Military Personal transcribed by Bill Weaver for USGenWeb Nebraska Archives

Military Pensioners, 1 January 1883 transcribed by Alice Miller for USGenWeb Nebraska Archives

Probate
Online Probate Records
 * 1806 – 1989 Nebraska Wills and Probate Records 1806-1989 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

Taxation
Burt County Taxes of April 1872

Vital Records
Marriage Records 1861-1937 transcribed by Bill Weaver for USGenWeb Nebraska Archives

Societies and Libraries
Lyons Public Library 335 Main Street Lyons, NE 68038-0198 (402) 687-2895 Oakland Public Library 110 East 3rd Street Oakland, NE 68045-1356 (402) 685-5113

Tekamah Public Library 204 South 13th Street Tekamah, NE 68061-1304 (402) 374-2453

Burt County Museum E.C. Houston House 319 North 13th Street P.O. Box 125 Tekamah, NE 68061-0125 (402) 374-1505 Email: burtcomuseum@huntel.net Web site: www.huntel.net/community/burtcomuseum/

Swedish Heritage Center 301 North Chard Avenue Oakland, NE 68045 (402) 685-6161 or (402) 685-5057

Web Sites

 * Burt County, Nebraska USGenWeb Project
 * Nebraska Genealogy: Burt County Page
 * Linkpendium: Burt County
 * Linkpendium: Burt County