Nebraska Court Records online includes all types of court records such as miscellaneous court collections, guardianship records, some probate records, and more. This is a preliminary list.

For present day court records online, please visit Nebraska Public Records online for links.

TIP – Login with your free FamilySearch account to unlock some collections — see other tips for opening FS resources.

KEY to collections

• FS=FamilySearch FREE but login with your free account to access
• Anc$=Ancestry – fee site
• MH=MyHeritage – fee site
• GTHG – Genealogy Trails History Group
• HN – History Nebraska
• IA – Internet Archive
• NSA – Nebraska State Archives
• RW – RootsWeb

Nebraska Court Records Online at the federal and state level

US – United States Public Records, 1970-2009, at FS 

US – U.S. Circuit Court Criminal Case Files, 1790-1871, at Anc$ 

US – United States, Index of Court Cases, 1833-2018, at MH

US – U.S., F.B.I. Deceased Criminal Identification Files, 1971-1994, at Anc$ 

US – American Protective League Correspondence, 1917-1919, at Anc$ 

US – U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patents, 1790-1909, at Anc$ 

US – United States Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Patents, 1970-2019, at Anc$ 

US – International Patents, 1890-2020, at Anc$ 

Nebraska – Orphan Train riders,This table lists names of known Nebraska orphan train riders, families taking them in, etc., at NSA

Nebraska – Nebraska Prisoner Records, 1870-1990, parole records only, index, at HN

Nebraska Court Records Online by County

Dawes County – Court Records – Nebraska, Dawes County, Court Records, 1892-1958, at FS

Dawson County – Court Records – Nebraska, Dawson County, Court Files, 1865-1939, at FS

Douglas County – Court Records – In the Supreme Court of Nebraska : Marjorie H. Baker, Plaintiff and Appellee, Erna Mae Bradley … [and Others], Intervenors and Appelles Vs. Gertrude L. Somerville, Robert S. Somerville, and Emil Holmstrom, Defendants and Appellants : Brief of Appellants, at FS

Harlan County – Court Records – Nebraska, Harlan County, Complete Record, 1873-1900, at FS

Harlan County – Court Records – Nebraska, Harlan County, District Court Records, 1873-1900, at FS

Polk County – Court Records – Nebraska, Polk County, District Court Records, 1871-1910, at FS

Red Willow County – Court Records – Nebraska, Red Willow County, District Court Complete Records, 1882-1974, at FS

Red Willow County – Notarial Records – 1884-1924 Red Willow County, NE Notary Bonds Index, at FS