Nebraska Vital Records - Answers to your questions: What's available? Where? What's the cost?
County Court
Platte County Courthouse
2610 14th Street
Columbus, NE 68601
(402) 563-4905
Request probate records, providing the name of
deceased and date of death, if known.
(See records available on the bottom of this page.)
Pages of interest will be copied and mailed to you at a charge of 25 cents per page copied.
District Court
Platte County Courthouse
2610 14th Street
Columbus, NE 68601
(402) 563-4906
Request copies of divorce records, or other District Court proceedings.
County Clerk
Platte County Courthouse
2610 14th Street
Columbus, NE 68601
(402) 563-4904
Request copies of marriage records. Please provide as much information as possible, along with your return address, and $1.00 per record requested.
City Clerk
Columbus City Offices
2424 14th Street
Columbus, NE 68601
(402) 562-4224
The City Clerk has Columbus Cemetery records (and ONLY those).
Columbus Public Library
2504 14th Street
Columbus, NE 68601
- Platte County Cemeteries - An alphabetical list of all Platte County cemeteries and their approximate location. Many cemeteries have additional information such as headstone readings and pictures---more will be added.
- Surnames of persons buried in Platte County, Nebraska
- Surnames of persons buried in Columbus Cemeteries: A-F; G-K; L-R; S-Z
- Surnames of persons buried in all of Platte County with the exception of Columbus and St. Stanislaus Cemetery, Duncan: A-F; G-K; L-R; S-Z
- Surnames of persons buried at St. Stanislaus Cemetery, Duncan
- Key to cemetery numbers used above
- Miscellaneous information
- Photographs and information of selected individuals with Platte County roots buried in Fresno, California. Surnames: Behlen, Doberstein, Fittje, Kamm (off site)
DivorcesAn index of most divorces published in the Columbus Telegram from about 1932 to 1947. Please contact Platte Valley Kin Seekers for more information: Divorces
Births, Marriages and Deaths:
Published in the Columbus newspapers. Although I cannot guarantee that I have found every mention of a birth, marriage or death, I have completed my search of the papers through 1890. NOTE: Please note that the designation of Birth, Marriage or Death, along with the surname in caps, is NOT part of the printed article. That has been included only for ease in locating the information.
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1878: Jan-Jun; Jul-Dec; 1879: Jan-Jun; Jul-Dec; 1880: Jan-Jun; Jul-Dec; 1881: Jan-Jun; Jul-Dec; 1882: Jan-Jun; Jul-Dec; 1883: Jan-Jun; Jul-Dec; 1884: Jan-Jun; Jul-Dec; 1885: Jan-Jun; Jul-Dec; 1886: Jan-Apr; May-Aug; Sep-Dec; 1887: Jan-Apr; May-Aug; Sep-Dec; 1888: Jan-Apr; May-Aug; Sep-Dec; 1889: Jan-Apr; May-Aug; Sep-Dec; 1890: Jan-Apr; May-Aug; Sep-Dec; 1891: Jan-Apr; May-Aug; Sep-Dec; 1892: Jan-Jun; Jul-Dec; 1893; 1894: Jan-Jun; Jul-Dec; 1895; 1896; 1897; 1898: Jan-Apr; May-Aug; Sep-Dec; 1899; |
1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919; 1920; 1921; 1922; 1923; 1924; 1925; 1926; 1927; 1928; 1929; 1930; 1931; 1932; 1933; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939; 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970; 1971; 1972; 1973; 1974; 1975; 1976; 1978; 1979; 1980; 1981; 1982; 1983; 1984; 1985; 1987; 1988; 1991; 1998; 2000;
Recent Obituaries:
DON'T MISS THIS!!! Search an index to obituaries published
in the Columbus Telegram:
Index to Obituaries Published in the Columbus Telegram
(Off site)
- Index of obituaries reported in the Columbus Telegram:
From July 1993; 1994; 1995; 1996; 1997; 1998; - Abstracts of obituaries. NOTE: Persons named in these abstracts
include both those that are surviving and those that are deceased. No
distinction is made between the two to protect the privacy of those
still living. This includes parents, spouse and children.
1999 (A-K); 1999 (L-Z);
2000 (A-K); 2000 (L-Z);
2001 (A-K); 2001 (L-Z);
2002 (A-K); 2002 (L-Z);
2003 (A-G); 2003 (H-N); 2003 (O-Z);
2004 (A-K); 2004 (L-Z) - Recent Abstracts. Note new abbreviations!
2005 (A-K); 2005 (L-Z);
2006 (A-K); 2006 (L-Z);
2007 (A-K); 2007 (L-Z);
2008 (A-K); 2008 (L-Z);
2009 (A-K); 2009 (L-Z);
2010 (A-K); 2010 (L-Z);
2011 (A-K); 2011 (L-Z);
2012 (A-K); 2012 (L-Z);
2013 (A-K); 2013 (L-Z);
2014 (A-K); 2014 (L-Z);
2015 (A-K); 2015 (L-Z);
2016 (A-K); 2016 (L-Z);
2017 (A-K); 2017 (L-Z);
2018 (A-K); 2018 (L-Z);
2019 (A-K); 2019 (L-Z);
2020 (A-K); 2020 (L-Z);
2021 (A-K); 2021 (L-Z);
2022(A-K); 2022(L-Z);
2023(A-K); 2023 (L-Z) - Also see Nebraska Obituary Abstracts (a part of the NEGenWeb Project) for abstracts containing more information.
Miscellaneous obituaries:
- Miscellaneous Obituaries published out-of-state with Platte County connections
NOTE: Please send your obituaries to me for posting. Complete obituaries may be posted that are from any paper earlier than 1923 and all those from the Columbus Telegram and Schuyler Sun. Information will need to be abstracted from later editions to avoid copyright violations.
- Groteluschen/Grotelueschen obituaries (Given names A-I)
- Groteluschen/Grotelueschen obituaries (Given names J-Z)
- Lusche/Luschei/Lutjelusche obituaries
- Lueschen/Luschen/Lutjeluschen obituaries
- Major Frank J. North - a tribute to his life. Special thanks to Ted and Carole Miller for scanning the article and preparing it for your enjoyment.
- Obituary of Judge Alfred M. Post from the Nebraska and Midwest Genealogical Record
- Notices from the Nebraska History and Record of Pioneer Days:
Probate Records:
This index was taken from the Platte County Court's probate index book which includes filings through 1989. As with all records, misspellings abound, so please check carefully for your name of interest. Entry includes name and date of death, if recorded, or year of filing. - WITH ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS!!!
PLEASE NOTE: When the file contents were microfilmed recently, it was learned that some files are missing. As I find this information, I will mark the name with **. I hesitate removing the name because it may be helpful to you to know approximately when this person died and that he/she was in Platte County. Please do not request copies from the Court if there are ** in front of the name.
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Funeral Homes:
- Gass-Haney
Funeral Home - Current and archived obituaries. (Off site)
- History and information you can expect to find in their records.
- McKown Funeral Home - Current and Recent Obituaries (Off site)
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Index to Platte County Marriage Records:
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Book 1 - July 5,
1858 - March 1, 1881 Book 2 - March 1, 1881 - Dec 15, 1884 Book 3 - Dec 12, 1884 - March 4, 1889 Book 4 - Nov 8, 1888 - April 3, 1893 Book 5 - April 11, 1893 - January 3, 1898 Book 6 - Febr 22, 1898 - March 5, 1902 Book 7 - Febr 6, 1902 - May 1, 1906 |
Book 8 -April 16,
1906 - January 4, 1910 Book 9 - January 6, 1910 - March 6, 1913 Book 10 - March 7, 1913 - April 8, 1916 Book 11 - April 12, 1916 - June 29, 1919 Book 12 - June 28, 1919 - March 22, 1922 Book 13 - March 22, 1922 - July 30, 1923 Book 14 - August 10, 1923 - September 7, 1927 |
Miscellaneous newspaper accounts of marriages and anniversaries
Orphans and Adoptees - many articles gathered from newspapers and most found elsewhere on these pages collected on one page for your convenience.
Funeral Remembrance Cards -- submitted by Marge Sandlier