Death Records and Death Certificates in Nebraska
Nebraska Death Records
The population of Nebraska was recorded 1,934,408 on July 1, 2019, a 5.92% increase since the 2010 United States Census. Nebraska racial composition of population as of 2016 was 88% White, 4.7% Black or African American, 0.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 2.1% Asian, 0.1% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, 1.9% some other race, and 2.3% two or more races.
This page is created to provide genealogists and researchers an ultimate guide to the state of Nebraska death records. Use the links and the tips below for Nebraska death records, certificates, online tools and databases. Additional information on how to obtain Nebraska death certificates is available below.
How to Find a Death Record in Nebraska
Nebraska death records search
This webpage gives you access to all of the online databases containing Nebraska death records, Nebraska death certificates, Nebraska death notices, Nebraska death indexes, and other related Nebraska genealogy records.
Nebraska death records free
Below are some of the most comprehensive resource for death records in Nebraska.
Nebraska Death Index
Nebraska death records database
Links to Nebraska death and burial indexes and databases can be found on this page.
Nebraska social security death index
The Social Security Death Index contains information on millions of deceased individuals in Nebraska with social security numbers whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration. Try the links below to search the index:
Public Death Record Nebraska
In addition to the indexes and databases above, there are some other resources that gives to almost the same or might even more information about a deceased individual. Here are some to check out:
Nebraska Death Certificates
How to get a death certificate in Nebraska
The statewide requirement for registration of births and deaths began late in 1904, and marriages and divorces in 1909. However, compliance was not total for several years. For birth and death records from 1904 and marriage records from 1909, write:
Nebraska Department of Health
Vital Records
P.O. Box 95065
Lincoln, NE 68509-5065
Nebraska death certificates online
Use the links below to get death certificates and vital records in Nebraska.
Nebraska Death Notices
Check local newspapers and local online news websites which frequently publish notices. Use the link below for more information on Nebraska news agencies.
Nebraska counties for death record research
- Adams County
- Antelope County
- Arthur County
- Banner County
- Blaine County
- Boone County
- Box Butte County
- Boyd County
- Brown County
- Buffalo County
- Burt County
- Butler County
- Cass County
- Cedar County
- Chase County
- Cherry County
- Cheyenne County
- Clay County
- Colfax County
- Cuming County
- Custer County
- Dakota County
- Dawes County
- Dawson County
- Deuel County
- Dixon County
- Dodge County
- Douglas County
- Dundy County
- Fillmore County
- Franklin County
- Frontier County
- Furnas County
- Gage County
- Garden County
- Garfield County
- Gosper County
- Grant County
- Greeley County
- Hall County
- Hamilton County
- Harlan County
- Hayes County
- Hitchcock County
- Holt County
- Hooker County
- Howard County
- Jefferson County
- Johnson County
- Kearney County
- Keith County
- Keya Paha County
- Kimball County
- Knox County
- Lancaster County
- Lincoln County
- Logan County
- Loup County
- Madison County
- McPherson County
- Merrick County
- Morrill County
- Nance County
- Nemaha County
- Nuckolls County
- Otoe County
- Pawnee County
- Perkins County
- Phelps County
- Pierce County
- Platte County
- Polk County
- Red Willow County
- Richardson County
- Rock County
- Saline County
- Sarpy County
- Saunders County
- Scotts Bluff County
- Seward County
- Sheridan County
- Sherman County
- Sioux County
- Stanton County
- Thayer County
- Thomas County
- Thurston County
- Valley County
- Washington County
- Wayne County
- Webster County
- Wheeler County
- York County