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Lincoln 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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Lincoln County, Nebraska
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Location in the state of Nebraska
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Facts
Founded	January 7, 1860
County Seat	North Platte
Courthouse
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Address	Lincoln County Courthouse 301 N. Jeffers Street North Platte, Nebraska 69101 Phone: 308.534.4350

County Courthouse

Lincoln County Courthouse
301 North Jeffers Street
North Platte, Nebraska 69101
Phone: 308-535-35001

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

History

Parent County

1860--Lincoln County was created 7 January 1860 from unorganized territory. County seat: North Platte ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

• Brady
• Dickens
• Hershey
• Maxwell
• North Platte
• Sutherland
• Wallace
• Wellfleet

Neighboring Counties

• Custer
• Dawson
• Frontier
• Hayes
• Keith
• Logan
• McPherson
• Perkins

Resources

Cemeteries

• Antelope Valley Cemetery (northeast of Brady)
• Ash Grove Cemetery (German Lutheran: south and west of Wellfleet)
• Birdwood Creek (gravesite: north and west of Hershey)
• Birdwood Presbyterian Church Cemetery (north and west of Hershey)
• Brady Cemetery (west and north of Brady)
• Buchner family Cemetery (S.S. Buchner: north and east of Wallace)
• Chamberline  family cemetery (James Chamberline: north and east of Dickens on Chamberline Ranch)
• County Cemetery (souh and west of Sutherland: abandoned)
• Dickens Cemetery
• Floral Lawns Memorial Cemetery (south and east of North Platte)
• Frontier Cemetery south and west of Sutherland)
• Garfield Cemetery
• Gaslin Cemetery (south and east of Brady)
• Good Hope Cemetery (northwest from North Platte)
• Hansen Family Cemetery ( Hans C Hansen: north of Curtis)
• Kilmer Valley Cemetery (south and west of Arnold)
• Lamont Cemetery (Riverside District: south and west of Hershey)
• Lindberg Cemetery (west and north of Gothenburg)
• Listen Family Cemetery (west and south of Dickens)
• McBaugh Family Cemetery (Maxwell Precinct)
• Melton Family Cemetery (west and south of Dickens)
• Miriam Cemetery (south and east of North Platte)
• Morning View Cemetery (south of Wallace)
• John A. Murphy Cemetery (Catholic: west and north of Farnam)
• Myrtle Cemetery (northeast of North Platte)
• North Platte City Cemetery
• Peckham Rural Cemetery (south and west of Gothenurg)
• Plainview Cemetery (south and west of Maxwell)
• Platte Valley Cemetery (east of Hershey)
• Pleasant Valley Cemetery (south of Wallace)
• Riverside Cemetery (west and north of Hershey)
• St. Patrick's Catholic Cemetery (south and west of North Platte)
• Sutherland City Cemetery (1) (south of sutherland)
• Sutherland City Cemetery (2) (northeast corner of town)
• Svea-Dal Cemetery (northeast of Brady)
• Sykes Family Cemetery (north and east of Wallace)
• Trinity Cemetery (Lutheran: in Huebner: south and east of Hershey)
• Wellfleet Cemetery
• Wyuka and Fairview Cemetery
• Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery (German Lutheran: north and east of Wellfleet)

Census

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

Church

LDS Ward and Branch Records

• &columns=*,0,0 Lincoln District: Created in 1935 from the East Nebraska District, was a unit of the Western States Mission. Record of members 1935-1941 
• &columns=*,0,0 North Platte: Record of members 1929-1941

Court

There is a District Court and a County Court in Lincoln County. District courts primarily hear felony criminal cases, equity cases, and civil cases involving more than $51,000. County courts handle misdemeanor cases; traffic and municipal ordinance violations; preliminary hearings in felony cases; civil cases involving $51,000 and less; small claims cases; some divorce cases; probate, guardianship, conservatorship, and adoption proceedings; and juvenile matters.

• Lincoln County District Court
  PO Box 1616
  North Platte, Nebraska 69103
• Lincoln County Court
  PO Box 519
  North Platte, NE 69103

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Migration

Early migration routes to and from Lincoln County, Nebraska for European and African American settlers included:

• Platte River
• Oregon Trail 1830s to 1890s from western Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon^[3]
• California Trail 1846 to 1869 from western Missouri to northern California^[4]
• Mormon Trail 1846 to 1869 from Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah^[5]

Military

Newspapers

Probate

Surname Lists

Surname list of early settlers of North Platte area.

Taxation

Vital Records

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• North Platte 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), Kimball, Nebraska page 432, 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).
3. ↑ Jim Tompkins, "The Oregon Trail 1841-1848 Map II" in Oregon Trail Landmarks at http://www.oregonpioneers.com/OTMap2.jpg (accessed 18 July 2011).
4. ↑ "Oregon California Trails Association" at http://octatrails.micromaps.com/ (accessed 18 July 2011).
5. ↑ "The Pioneer Story: The Mormon Pioneer Trail" in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at http://lds.org/gospellibrary/pioneer/pioneerstory.htm (accessed 18 July 2011).

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