We use a large variety of resources to aid you in your pursuit of your ancestors. We use so many I will not name them all but give you an idea of the various resources we use. We belong to Ancestry and use other web sites as well to assist us in the research.

They are:
• County Court – civil and criminal cases and marriage records
• District Court – civil and criminal cases and divorce records
• County Assessor – Land records
• Nebraska State Historical Society and there voluminous collection of Nebraska newspapers for obituaries, anniversaries, wedding pictures, and other various articles you ancestor may have appeared in.
• Local and County Histories as well as family histories in the library.
• Naturalization records
• City Directories
• Livestock brand recordings
• School census records
• Census records
• Native American census records
• Cemetery and Mortuary records
• Church records
• State Penitentiary records
• Various libraries

These are a few of many kinds of records each individual research may lead us to. Each family is somewhat unique and at times we have to think ‘outside the box’ to be successful in our research for you.

County Court: Adoptions, criminal and civil cases, probate, conservator, guardianships
• Adoptions are closed in Nebraska as is the original birth certificate
• Probate could be both testate and intestate, indexed
• Conservator and Guardianships are also indexed

District Court: Naturalizations, Divorce, civil and criminal cases
• Naturalizations is a federal issue however were handled by the District Court until..
• The proceedings or detail of the divorce can be obtained from this court.

County Clerk:Marriage records, filings, minutes of the commissioners
Marriage records used to be handled by County Court but several years Ago were transferred to the Clerk. The smaller courts can give You a copy of the application for license which has the most Genealogy info such as names of parents including the mothers’ Of the bride and groom maiden names, the bride and grooms age, Place of birth, residence. The marriage certificate which can be obtained at the vital records Would tell you the witnesses which may be relatives and a Church if they were married by a clergyman. This may Lead to other church records Minutes of the Commissioners may tell you who was paid for various Work or supplies and how much. They also will tell you who may Have had financial assistance from the county and if a grave was Dug for someone indigent, especially the poor farm. Filings: In order to make sure a record was secure it could be filed with Clerk. An example would be the many discharge papers that at One time could be filed with the Clerk.