Nebraska Substitute Birth, Marriage, and Death Records online

Nebraska substitute birth, marriage, and death records online lists alternate places to look for BMDs including family bibles, census records, cemetery records, funeral home records, obituaries, probate records, military records, naturalization and citizenship records, and more.

**If you haven’t been able to find an ancestor in Nebraska Birth, Marriage, and Death Records online, these are some great substitute birth, marriage, and death record options.**

Family Bibles	Family bibles often include a front page where family names, birth dates, and birth places are recorded
Census Records	US Census records from 1850 forward contain the age and state or country of birth for each member of a household Some census records give the month and year of birth Some census records give the relationship to the head of the household
Cemetery Records	Cemetery headstones usually give the birth and death year and sometimes the complete birth and death dates Some tombstones include the country of birth
Funeral Home Records	Funeral home records may contain copies of obituaries or notes, records about the date of death, details about the grave location, information about the funeral service, and information about surviving family, residences, and more
Obituaries	Obituaries usually include the birth date and place, marriage date, death date and place, and biographical information for the deceased as well as family names
Probate Records	Probate records may include the date of death, last will and testament listing family relations, an inventory of possessions, deeds, and more
Military Records	Military records may include the birth date and place Pension records may include the birth date and place Military records may include a physical description of the person and names of a parent
Naturalization & Citizenship Records	These may include the birth date and place Name changes and aliases Residence prior to arrival, residence after arrival, and much more

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County level Nebraska substitute birth, marriage, and death collections online

See also Nebraska Census Records online

See also Nebraska Obituaries online

Adams County – Cemeteries – Tombstone Inscriptions of Adams County, Nebraska Cemeteries : Including Adjacent Cemeteries in Clay, Kearney, Nuckolls and Webster Counties (Parkview Cemetery, Hastings, Nebraska Not Included)

Blaine County – Cemeteries – Loup and Blaine Country Cemetery Headstone Inscriptions, 1800-1970

Box Butte County – Cemeteries – Hemingford and Rural Cemeteries of Box Butte County, Nebraska

Box Butte County – Cemeteries – Nebraska, Box Butte County, Cemetery Records, 1883-2015

Box Butte County – Guardianship – Nebraska, Box Butte County, Probate Records, 1889-1971

Buffalo County – Cemeteries – Cemetery Records of Gibbon and Shelton, Buffalo County, Nebraska

Cass County – Cemeteries – Pleasant Ridge Cemetery Records

Cherry County – Cemeteries – Richland Harmony Cemetery – Cherry County, Nebraska

Cherry County – Cemeteries – Richland Harmony Cemetery – Cherry County, Nebraska : Continued from Vol. 2, No. 4, Page 156

Clay County – Cemeteries – Tombstone Inscriptions of Adams County, Nebraska Cemeteries : Including Adjacent Cemeteries in Clay, Kearney, Nuckolls and Webster Counties (Parkview Cemetery, Hastings, Nebraska Not Included)

Cuming County – Cemeteries – Lutheran Cemetery Records of Cuming and Stanton Counties, Nebraska

Dawes County – Cemeteries – Nebraska, Dawes County, Cemetery Records, 1870-1992

Dawes County – Guardianship – Nebraska, Dawes County, Probate Records, 1884-1956

Dawes County – Pensions – Nebraska, Dawes County, Pensions, 1924-1945

Dawson County – Schools – Census – Nebraska, Dawson County, School Census Records, 1888-2006

Dodge County – Cemeteries – Dodge County Recorded Cemeteries

Dodge County – Cemeteries – Dodge County, Nebraska, Cemeteries

Douglas County – Cemeteries – Inscriptions Found on Tombstones and Monuments in Early Latter-day Saint Burial Grounds : Nauvoo, Illinois (Joseph Smith Homestead, Pioneer Saints Cemetery on Parley Street); Mt. Pisgah, Iowa; West Bank of the Niobrara River, Nebraska; Winter Quarters, Nebraska

Douglas County – Cemeteries – Records Copied by Ethel B. Kirby from Early Church Records Loaned to the Genealogical Society of Utah by the Historian’s Office

Fillmore County – Cemeteries – Harmony Cemetery : Fillmore County, Belle Prairie Township, Section 27, Strang, Nebraska

Franklin County – Cemeteries – Miscellaneous Data

Franklin County – Cemeteries – Nebraska, Franklin County, Cemeteries, 1827-2000

Franklin County – Guardianship – Nebraska, Franklin County, Probate Records : Case Files, 1874-2000

Hall County – Cemeteries – Hall County, Nebraska Cemetery Index

Hall County – Cemeteries – Miscellaneous Records : 1856-1972

Hall County – Cemeteries – Wiegert Cemetery – Hall County, Nebraska : (continued from Page 73)

Hall County – Cemeteries – Wiegert Cemetery – Hall County, Nebraska : [1850-1974]

Kearney County – Cemeteries – Tombstone Inscriptions of Adams County, Nebraska Cemeteries : Including Adjacent Cemeteries in Clay, Kearney, Nuckolls and Webster Counties (Parkview Cemetery, Hastings, Nebraska Not Included)

Lancaster County – Cemeteries – Cemetery Records, Lancaster County, Nebraska

Lancaster County – Cemeteries – Lancaster County, Nebraska Records

Lincoln County – Cemeteries – Kock Cemetery Records, Lincoln County, Nebraska

Loup County – Cemeteries – Loup and Blaine Country Cemetery Headstone Inscriptions, 1800-1970

Nuckolls County – Cemeteries – Tombstone Inscriptions of Adams County, Nebraska Cemeteries : Including Adjacent Cemeteries in Clay, Kearney, Nuckolls and Webster Counties (Parkview Cemetery, Hastings, Nebraska Not Included)

Otoe County – Cemeteries – Cemetery Records, 1854-1907

Pawnee County – Cemeteries – West Branch Cemetery, Pawnee County, Nebraska

Phelps County – Cemeteries – Nebraska, Phelps County, Cemetery Records, 1890-1999

Phelps County – Guardianship – Nebraska, Phelps County, Probate Case Files, 1894-1935

Saline County – Cemeteries – Jindra Cemetery, Saline County, Nebraska

Stanton County – Cemeteries – Lutheran Cemetery Records of Cuming and Stanton Counties, Nebraska

Washington County – Cemeteries – Cuming City Cemetery [Nebraska] : [1815-1957]

Washington County – Cemeteries – St. Paul’s Church Cemetery, Washington County, Nebraska : (continued from Vol. 4, No. 4, Page 111)

Washington County – Cemeteries – St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Cemetery, Washington County, Nebraska : (continued from Page 83)

Webster County – Cemeteries – Tombstone Inscriptions of Adams County, Nebraska Cemeteries : Including Adjacent Cemeteries in Clay, Kearney, Nuckolls and Webster Counties (Parkview Cemetery, Hastings, Nebraska Not Included)

City level Nebraska substitute birth, marriage, and death collections online

See also Nebraska Census Records online

See also Nebraska Obituaries online

Allen – Cemeteries – Springbank Friends Cemetery, 1852-1974

Alliance – Cemeteries – Record of the Tombstone Inscriptions of the Alliance Cemetery, Alliance, Nebraska

Arnold – Cemeteries – Census of Four Nebraska Cemeteries As Found in 100 Years on the South Loop : Arnold Cemetery to November 1982; Garfield Table Cemetery to November 1982; Kilmer Cemetery to March 22, 1972; Powell Canyon Cemetery to October 1982

Edgar – Cemeteries – Edgar Cemetery, Edgar, Clay County, Nebraska

Funk – Cemeteries – Nebraska, Phelps County, Funk, Fridhem Lutheran Cemetery Family Group Sheet Book, 1870-2012

Gage – Cemeteries – Miscellaneous Records : 1856-1972

Hastings – Cemeteries – Parkview Cemetery Index, Hastings (Adams County, Nebraska)

Hemingford – Cemeteries – Hemingford and Rural Cemeteries of Box Butte County, Nebraska

Lincoln – Cemeteries – Nebraska, Lancaster County, Fairview Cemetery, Burial Records : COLLECTION RECORD, 1864-1999

Lincoln – Cemeteries – Nebraska, Lancaster County, Wyuka Cemetery Burial Permits : COLLECTION RECORD, 1883-1999

Lincoln – Cemeteries – Fairview Cemetery Files, 1864-1999

Lincoln – Cemeteries – Nebraska, Lancaster County, Fairview Cemetery, Burial Records : COLLECTION RECORD, 1864-1999

Lincoln – Cemeteries – Wyuka Cemetery Records, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1883-1999

Lincoln – Minorities – Census of the German-Russian Population of Lincoln, Nebraska, 1913-1914

Omaha – Minorities – The Swedish Element in Omaha : a Historical Record of the Cultural and Commerical Activities of Swedish-born Residents of Omaha and the Descendants with 500 Biographies