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Cheyenne 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.

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Coordinates: 39.99°0′N 91.19°0′W / 39.99°N 91.19°W / 39.99; -91.19

Cheyenne County, Nebraska
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Location in the state of Nebraska
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Facts
Founded	June 22, 1867
County Seat	Sidney
Courthouse
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Address	Cheyenne County Courthouse 1000 10th Ave. Sidney, Nebraska 69162-1612 Phone: 308.254.2141

County Courthouse

Cheyenne County Courthouse
1000 10th Ave
Sydney, Nebraska 69162
Phone: 308.254.2141

County Clerk has marriage and land records.
County Court has probate records.
Clerk District Court has divorce records. ^[1]

History

Parent County

1867--Cheyenne County was created 22 June 1867 from unorganized territory. County seat: Sidney ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

• Daltan
• Gurley
• Lodgepole
• Potter
• Sidney The town was founded by the Union Pacific Railroadin 1867 and grew up around the military base of Fort Sidney where soldiers were stationed to guard the transcontinental railroadfrom Indian attacks.

Neighboring Counties

• Banner
• Deuel
• Garden
• Kimball
• Logan County, Colorado
• Morrill
• Sedgwick County, Colorado
• Weld County, Colorado

Resources

Cemeteries

• USGenWeb has a list of Cheyenne County cemeteries, their locations and links to online transcriptions as well as connections to Find-a-grave where it applies.

Census

For tips on accessing Cheyenne County, Nebraska census records online, see: Nebraska Census.

Church

Court

Cheyenne County has both a District and a County Court. The District Court issues writs, files papers delivered to him, endorses papers, and keeps records of court proceedings. The County Court files copies of Land records as well as birth, marriage, and death records.

• Distric Court
  Courthouse
  1000 10th Ave
  PO Box 217
  Sidney, Nebraska 69162-0217
  Telephone: (308)254-2814
• County Court
  Courthouse
  1000 10th Ave
  Sidney, Nebraska 69162-0217
  Telephone: (308)254-2141

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Societies and Libraries

• Cheyenne County Genealogical Society (DDGS)
  PO Box 802
  Sidney, Nebraska 69162
  Website: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~necheyen/CCGS.htm
  The society has all Cheyenne County marriage records prior to 1 Jan 1987, cemetery transcription books done in 1998, census films for the county, and a county history with biographies. See their GenWeb site for fees. The collections of the CCGS have been moved to the Sidney Public Library to the B. Seda Hertiage Room.
• Sidney Public Library
  1112 12th Ave.
  Sidney, NE 69162
  (308)254-3110
• Cheyenne County Historical Society
  Fort Sidney Complex
  6th & Jackson Sts.
  Sidney, Nebraska 69162
  (308)254-2550

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Sidney Nebraska Family History Center

Web Sites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Cheyenne County, Nebraska page 429, At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).

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