Otoe County, Nebraska Genealogy Records

Listed record inventories

Selected holdings and indexes for Otoe County, checked against the repository descriptions linked below. Date spans may contain gaps; an index is not a complete set of original records.

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

• Otoe 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, Otoe" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.

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Boundaries and parent counties

Formed from: Cass County, Pierce County (original, extinct)

Check the parent counties for earlier records: Cass County, Pierce County

Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1855, search the parent county. The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries shows each boundary change.