Nebraska Marriage, Death, Birth Records

The statewide requirement for registration of births and deaths began late in 1904, and marriages and divorces in 1909. However, compliance was not total for several years. The available records can be ordered from the Bureau of Vital Statistics, State Department of Health, 301 Centennial Mall South, P.O. Box 95007, Lincoln, Nebraska 68509. The most recent fee was $6 for birth records and $5 for marriage and death records.

With the exception of some delayed birth registrations located in the office of the county clerk, Nebraska did not record births and deaths at the county level. Divorce records before 1909 are at the county clerk of the district court.

Several genealogical societies have compiled indexes to the early marriage records of their county, and some are at the Nebraska State Historical Society. The early marriage records of Lancaster County have been indexed and published in 2 volumes, Vol. 1 (1866–93), and Vol. 2 (1893–1906) by the Lincoln-Lancaster County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 30055, Lincoln, Nebraska 68503-0055. A third volume was due to be published in 1991.

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