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VITAL RECORDS
COLFAX COUNTY, NEBRASKA


Nebraska Vital Records - Answers to your questions: What's available? Where? What's the cost?


County Court
Colfax County Courthouse
P.O. Box 191
Schuyler, NE 68661
(402) 352-8511

Request probate records providing the name of deceased and date of death, if known.


County Clerk/Register of Deeds
Colfax County Courthouse
411 E. 11th Street
Schuyler, NE 68661
(402) 352-8504

To request copies of marriage records: please provide as much information as possible, along with a self-addressed, stamped envelope and $1.00 per record requested.


City and Village Offices - addresses, phone numbers, etc.


Schuyler Public Library
1123 A Street
Schuyler, NE 68661 (402) 352-2221

Cemeteries in Colfax County, along with readings, pictures, links. Don't miss this!!


Probate Records:
This index was taken from the Colfax County Court's probate index book. Entry includes name, file number and the range of dates of filing.
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | Mc | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y | Z

FUNERAL HOMES:

Mr. Frank Miller III, previous owner of Miller Funeral Home, has generously donated copies of the Funeral Home records to the Clarkson Public Library, complete with index. I am in the process of preparing the index to be placed online. You may contact the Clarkson Public Library to request more information. When requesting information, please use the name and record number as provided in the following index.

Please Note, however, that, with very rare exception, records through 1936 do not contain any additional information than is provided in the following index.


MISCELLANEOUS:
OBITUARIES: NOTE: Be sure to check for other obituaries in the "Peeking into the Past" and "Looking Back at the World" articles found on the Miscellaneous page.

Can't find what you're looking for? The Platte Valley Kin Seekers have access to many Schuyler papers and for a minimal charge, if they find what you are look for, they can send it to you. For more information check out the Platte Valley Kin Seekers web site or contact them at this email address.

Schuyler Quill:

Schuyler Sun:

Howells Journal:

Leigh World:

Colfax County Call:

Colfax County Press:

Miscellaneous and Unknown Newspapers:

Columbus Telegram:

  • Obituary of John E. Jenkins (1919) (offsite)
  • Selected obituaries from the Bratrsky Vestnik. A special thanks to Blanka Vetrovcova who translated these obituaries from Czech to English:

  • Groteluschen/Grotelueschen obituaries - page 1
  • Groteluschen/Grotelueschen obituaries - page 2
    For more information on the GROTELUESCHEN/GROTELUSCHEN families, visit Bill Ehlers' Website at http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/e/h/l/William-A-Ehlers/index.html -- also included is information on the EHLERS, WULF and ERB families.
  • Lusche/Luschei/Lutjelusche obituaries
  • Lueschen/Luschen/Lutjeluschen obituaries

  • Marriage Records:


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