Fillmore County, Nebraska Genealogy

United States Nebraska  Fillmore County

Fillmore 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
Fillmore County Courthouse 900 G St. Geneva, NE 68361 Phone: 402.759.4931 County Clerk has marriage and land records from 1872and delayed birth records. County Court has probate and court records. Clerk District Court has divorce records. County Superintendant of Schools has school census.

Parent County
1856--Fillmore County was created 26 January 1856 from unorganized territory. County seat: Geneva

Populated Places
Towns in Fillmore County with, when possible, links to official town sites:


 * Exeter
 * Fairmont
 * Geneva
 * Grafton
 * Milligan
 * Ohiowa
 * Shickley
 * Strang

Neighboring Counties

 * Clay
 * Hamilton
 * Jefferson
 * Nuckolls
 * Saline
 * Seward
 * Thayer
 * York

Cemeteries
The Fillmore County portion of NEGenWeb has a list of cemeteries in Fillmore County, and provides links to headstone transcriptions for many of them.

Church
Chapter X of Johnson's History of Nebraska

The Fillmore County section of Andreas' History of the State of Nebraska (1882) gives more specific information regarding religious development in the county.

Vital Records
The Fillmore County portion of NEGenWeb has posted many indexed marriage records from Fillmore County, and they are adding more as time allows.

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Linkpendium has a great collection of links to many sites with information regarding Fillmore County and the people who lived there (for example, an online copy of the 1891 Nebraska Gazetteer, biographies of prominent locals, land records, maps, histories, etc.).
 * Linkpendium has a great collection of links to many sites with information regarding Fillmore County and the people who lived there (for example, an online copy of the 1891 Nebraska Gazetteer, biographies of prominent locals, land records, maps, histories, etc.).