- Try the US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office's searchable database of over 2,000,000 pre-1908 Federal land title records for the 30 Public Land States which includes Nebraska.
(Prepared by Earl Rook)
The land which is now Garden County was, during the course of the settlement
period, included in seven different federal land office districts as the
number and boundaries of land offices changed.
Land Office Record Inventory
- Omaha Land Office
Omaha District records, 1855 - 1869 (also includes records of
West Point District, 1869 - 1873, Norfolk District, 1873 - 1881, and
Neligh District, 1881 - 1894)
| Cash Entries |
1 - 6039 |
| Homestead Final Certificates |
1 - 6350 |
| Canceded Homestead Entries |
6 - 11366 |
| Timber-Culture Final Certificates |
1 - 729 |
| Canceled Timber Culture Entries |
1 - 4221 |
- Grand Island Land Office, 1869 - 1893
| Cash Entries |
1 -6125 |
| Homestead Final Certificates |
1 - 10009 |
| Canceled Homestead Entries |
1 - 18537 |
| Timber-Culture Final Certificates |
1 - 1173 |
| Canceled Timber-Culture Entries |
1 - 7670 |
- North Platte Land Office, 1872 - 1918
| Cash Entries |
1 - 7892 |
| Homestead Final Certificates |
1 - 6974 |
| Canceled Homestead Entries |
6 - 24105 |
| Timber-Culture Final Certificates |
1 - 1786 |
| Canceled Timber-Culture Entries |
1 - 13741 |
- Sidney Land Office, 1887 - 1906
| Cash Entries |
1 - 2043 |
| Homestead Final Certificates |
1 - 3497 |
| Canceled Homestead Entries |
1 - 6229 |
| Timber-Culture Final Certificates |
1 - 1212 |
| Canceled Timber-Culture Entries |
818 - 1564 |
- Broken Bow Land Office, 1890 - 1922
| Cash Entries |
1 - 1672 |
| Homestead Final Certificates |
1 - 1824 |
| Canceled Homestead Entries |
1 - 7557 |
| Timber-Culture Final Certificates |
1 - 1165 |
- Lincoln Land Office, 1868 - 1925
Includes Nebraska City records, 1857 - 1868
| Cash Entries |
1 - 4003 |
| Homestead Final Certificates |
1 - 12295 |
| Canceled Homestead Entries |
4 - 18844 |
| Timber-Culture Final Certificates |
1 - 882 |
| Canceled Timber-Culture Entries |
1 - 1691 |
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