Hitchcock County, Nebraska Genealogy

United States Nebraska  Hitchcock County

Hitchcock 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
Hitchcock County Courthouse 229 E. 'D' St.,P.O. Box 248 Trenton, NE 69044 Phone: 308.334.5646 County Clerk has marriage, land, divorce and court records. County Judge has probate records.

Parent County
1873--Hitchcock County was created 27 February 1873 from unorganized territory. County seat: Trenton

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Dundy
 * Frontier
 * Hayes
 * Rawlins County, Kansas
 * Red Willow

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.