Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Dodge County, checked against the repository descriptions linked below. Date spans may contain gaps; an index is not a complete set of original records.
Tax records
Deeds and land
Schools
County government
- Journals & Ledgers · Treasurer · RG266 · Subgroup TWO · Series NINE1916-1951
- Correspondence & Supplemental Documents · County Board Of Supervisors · RG266 · Subgroup THREE · Series TWO1913-1958
- Bond Records · County Clerk · RG266 · Subgroup FOUR · Series THREE1873-1954
- Brand And Estray Records · County Clerk · RG266 · Subgroup FOUR · Series FOUR1865-1920
- Professional Registers · County Clerk · RG266 · Subgroup FOUR · Series SIX1891-1936
Military records
Court records
- Justice Of The Peace Dockets · County Court · RG266 · Subgroup SIX · Series ONE1868-
- Civil & Criminal Dockets · County Court · RG266 · Subgroup SIX · Series THREE1870-1947
- Appearance Dockets · District Court · RG266 · Subgroup SEVEN · Series THREE1859-1951
- Court Calendars · District Court · RG266 · Subgroup SEVEN · Series FOUR1891-1931
- Complete Record · District Court · RG266 · Subgroup SEVEN · Series FIVE1907-1978
- Daily Journal · District Court · RG266 · Subgroup SEVEN · Series SIX1859-1975
- Case Files & Bills Of Exception · District Court · RG266 · Subgroup SEVEN · Series SEVEN1965-1988
- Judgment & Execution Dockets · District Court · RG266 · Subgroup SEVEN · Series EIGHT1867-1974
- Commissioners Of Insanity · District Court · RG266 · Subgroup SEVEN · Series NINE1889-1947
Wills and estates
See the repository's descriptions and search options
Repository access note: Selected dated series headings from History Nebraska county government finding aids. These guides were revised at different dates and may describe missing film, closed records or records held elsewhere. Consult the linked PDF page and full guide, then confirm current access with History Nebraska. Undated and ambiguous headings were omitted.
Sources: the catalogs and repository descriptions linked on the entries above. Selected inventories do not establish complete coverage of every record type or online access to original documents. Read the repository access note for source dates and limitations.
Where to find the records
- Dodge County official website
Hours, addresses and phone numbers for the register of deeds, the county clerk, the county court, the clerk of the district court and history Nebraska, and any online record search the county offers.
- The register of deeds
Deeds and other land records.
- The county clerk
Marriage licenses and records (some counties' early marriage records are at History Nebraska).
- The county court
Probate (wills and estates).
- The clerk of the district court
Divorces, naturalizations and civil and criminal cases.
- History Nebraska
In Lincoln: the State Archives, with county records, the state censuses and newspapers.
- History Nebraska (State Archives)free
The state historical society and State Archives in Lincoln, with county records, newspapers and photographs.
- FamilySearch Catalogfree
Search by place for "Nebraska, Dodge" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
Offices change their hours and access rules; call before you visit.
Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Land not yet in any county
Later formed partly from Dodge County: Platte County, Sarpy County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1854, search the parent county. The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries shows each boundary change.
Research tip
Nebraska began statewide registration of births and deaths in 1904. Many settlers claimed land under the Homestead Act; their federal case files are at the National Archives and can name family and neighbors.