Nebraska Death Certificates
For divorces before 1909.
Nebraska death certificates. Death records were registered at an early date from county offices. Statewide registration of deaths in nebraska started in 1904 with complete records by 1920. Onomah has death records dating back to 1873. Birth and death records for nebraska were not consistently kept prior to 1904 at either the state or county level.
The historical society does not have official records of births and deaths on file with the exception of an omaha birth registry 1869 1907. Many agencies do not offer to send the certificates directly to the secretary of state office and the us department of state for legalization. Vital records now offers secure delivery and fast process times. Box 95065 lincoln nebraska 68509 5065 divorce certificates.
An omaha death registry 1873 1915. Nebraska death records are typically issued in the form of death certificates after someone passes away. You may get a divorce certificate for yourself or your parents. Birth certificates cost 17 in nebraska.
To get a divorce certificate by mail send a 1600 check or money order made out to vital records no credit cards include the following information. You may choose to get your death certificate directly from a corresponding vital records office losing all the benefits that vital records now has to offer. Hastings regional center cemetery records 1889 1959 pdf file. A few death records were recorded in a few counties before 1904.
You can easily request for a death certificate to be legalized under the same order. For example the city of omaha has death records from 1873 and the city of lincoln has death files from 1889. Except for lancaster douglas counties for marriages before 1909 contact the county where the marriage license was filed or the nebraska state historical society. Nebraska did not begin statewide registration of death records until late 1904 and compliance was not complete for several years.
Nebraska vital records po. Nebraska death records indexes obituaries and cemeteries by county. Nebraska death certificates nebraska vital records issues certified copies of nebraska death certificates of individuals who died within nebraska which can typically be used to obtain death benefits to claim insurance proceeds and for other legal purposes. Nebraska obituary abstracts 2001 2011 not complete nebraska gravestone photos over 300000 gravestone photos from across nebraska.
Death records refer to the document issued upon a persons death or a copy of the information within this document. And a few vital records for early eastern nebraska which can be found in the nebraska and midwest genealogical record. And more nebraska newspapers. This certificate lists important information regarding a persons death such as date of death time of death and where the person died.
Copies of death certificates can be obtained from the nebraska department of health and human services. Online nebraska death records indexes.