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<nowiki>* </nowiki>"With the exception of some delayed&nbsp;birth registrations&nbsp;located in the office of the&nbsp;county clerk,&nbsp;Nebraska&nbsp;did not record births and deaths at the county level."<ref>Alice Eichholz, ed. ''Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources'', 3rd ed. (Provo,Utah: Ancestry Publishing, 2004), 409.</ref>&nbsp;The city of Omaha kept birth and death records&nbsp;prior to statewide registration.&nbsp;  

The following is a list of online resources useful for locating Nebraska Vital Records which consist of [[United States Birth Records|births]], adoptions, [[United States Marriage Records|marriages]], divorces, and [[United States Death Records|deaths]].&nbsp; Most online resources for Nebraska Vital Records are indexes. After locating a person in an index always consult the original record to [[Contradictions and discrepancies|confirm the information]] in the index.  

*[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/united-states-marriages?state=nebraska United States Marriages – Nebraska, 1778-1938] ($) index, some images

The earliest civil vital records were kept by a few city health departments. The city of Omaha has&nbsp;birth records dating from 1869 and&nbsp;death records from 1873. Lincoln has birth and death files from 1889.  

'''[http://www.douglascountyhealth.com/ Douglas County Health Department]'''<br>Vital Statistics, Civic Center, Room 402<br>1819 Farnam Street<br>Omaha, NE 68183-0401<br>Telephone: 402-444-7205  

Statewide registration of births and deaths began in 1904 and was generally complied with by 1920. Delayed registrations are also available from 1917 for births that occurred before that time. To obtain copies of the records, write to:  

The Family History Library has not acquired copies of Nebraska birth or death records from state, county, or city offices. Some vital records have been transcribed and published in genealogical periodicals.

Marriages have been recorded by individual counties since the date each county was organized. Marriage documents since 1867 often list the names of parents of the bride and groom. Copies can be obtained by writing to the office of the probate judge in the county. Some of the earliest marriage records are now in the custody of the Nebraska State Historical Society. The Family History Library has microfilms of marriage records for many counties.  

Marriage records for some counties may be found at [http://usgwarchives.net/marriages/nebraska/nebraska.htm Nebraska Marriage Records]  

Divorce proceedings since the 1850's have been kept by the clerk of the district court for each county. Divorce records since 1909 are also at the Bureau of Vital Statistics.  

There are some online death records and indexes at [http://www.deathindexes.com/nebraska/index.html Online Nebraska Death Records and Indexes].

*'''1919-1976''' - {{RecordSearch|2549775|Nebraska, Box Butte County, Funeral Home Records, 1919-1976}} at [https://familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] — index and images

*'''1899-2012''' - {{RecordSearch|2367299|United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012}} at [https://familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] — index and images

[[Nebraska Church Records|Nebraska Church Records]]  

[[Nebraska History|Nebraska History]]  

*Search for Vital Records in the FamilySearch Catalog by using '''Place Search''' and then choosing '''Vital Records'''.&nbsp;Search for '''Nebraska''' to locate records filed by the State and then search the '''name of the county&nbsp;'''to locate records kept by that county.

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[[Nebraska Archives and Libraries|Nebraska Archives and Libraries]]  

[[Nebraska Societies|Nebraska Societies]]  

A description of the history and availability of existing records is in ''The Guide to Public Vital Statistics Records In Nebraska''. <ref name="null">''The Guide to Public Vital Statistics Records In Nebraska'' (Lincoln, Nebraska: Historical Records Survey, 1941); Family History Library {{FHL|12869|title-id|disp=book 978.2 V23h, film 874077 item 3; fiche 6046710}}.</ref>  

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