Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians and archivists, a great number of indexes to marriage collections have been provided for free online. These searchable indexes provide specific marriage license, bond, and certificate information, and sometimes scanned images of the actual marriage documents themselves. These free online collections have hundreds of millions of records in them in total.
There are a great number of online and offline collections that may include marriage information that are not included in the lists below. These different types can be found in 22 Ways to Find Ancestors Marriage Information.
The lists below are specific marriage indexes and record collections that are available for free online for the state of Nebraska.
Note 1: Many of the links listed below take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. In many cases there is a link to the digital collection in the middle of the page, but also near the bottom of the page under Film/Digital Notes is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections’ images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital. Please also note that I have listed below only databases that are accessible digitally from your computer (or tablet/phone)
Note 2: I have included links to Free Ancestry records and indexes. You do not need a subscription, but do need an Ancestry account. Without a subscription you can view indexes. If there is an image associated with a record, in most cases you will need a subscription, but the index does include very usable information.
(Updated November 2021; recently added links are in BOLD):
- Adams County, Marriages
- Antelope County Marriages 1867-1984
- Banner County Marriage Index
- Blaine County Marriage Index
- Box Butte County Marriages, 1887-1958
- Box Butte County Marriages, 1887-2015
- Boyd County Marriage Index
- Brown County Marriages
- Brown County Marriages
- Buffalo County Marriages
- Buffalo County Marriages, 1871-1881
- Buffalo County, Marriages
- Burt County, Marriage Indexes
- Butler County Marriages
- Cass County Marriages
- Cass County Marriage Indexes
- Cass County, Marriage Indexes
- Cedar County Marriages
- Clay County Marriages
- Colfax County Marriages
- Cuming Co. Marriages
- Cuming County Marriages
- Cuming County, Marriages
- Custer County, Marriages
- Dawes County, Marriage Records, 1885-1961
- Dawson County Marriage Index
- Dawson County, Marriage Indexes
- Dodge County Marriages
- Dodge County Marriages
- Dodge County, Marriage Indexes
- Dodge County, Marriages
- Douglas County Marriage Licenses
- Douglas County Marriage Licenses Search
- Douglas County Marriage Records, January 1, 1892 – January 1, 1893
- Douglas County Marriages
- Douglas County Marriage Records 1893, Platte County, 1890-93
- Douglas County, Marriage Records 1875-1890
- Douglas County, Marriages
- Douglas County, Marriages 1856-1875
- Fillmore County Marriage Indexes
- Franklin County, Marriage Records : Index, 1872-1990
- Frontier County Marriage Index, 1883-1987
- Frontier County, Marriage Indexes
- Furnas County Marriage Indexes
- Gage County, Marriages
- Garfield County, Marriages
- Grant County Marriage Records
- Grant County, Marriage Records, 1888-1895
- Greater Omaha Birth and Marriage Records
- Greeley County Marriages
- Greeley County, Marriages
- Hall County Marriages
- Hall County Marriage Records
- Hamilton County Marriages – 1885-1888
- Hayes County Marriages in the News for 1888, 1911-1912, 1920-1921
- Holt County Marriage Records
- Howard County, Marriage Indexes
- Jefferson County Marriage Bonds 1864-1875
- Jefferson County Marriages 1864-1880
- Jefferson County Marriages 1880-1888
- Jefferson County, Marriages
- Johnson County, Marriage Indexes
- Keya Paha County Marriage Indexes
- Keya Paha County Marriages
- Kimball County Marriages
- Lancaster County Marriage Indexes
- Lancaster County Marriage Licenses
- Lancaster County Records
- Lincoln County Marriage Indexes
- Lincoln County Marriage License Search
- Lincoln Vital Records
- Madison County Marriage Records from 1866-1909
- Merrick County Marriage Indexes
- Merrick County, Marriage Indexes
- Miscellaneous BMD Records by County
- Nance County Marriage Indexes
- Nance County, Marriage Indexes
- Nebraska Marriage Records by County – Index
- Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995
- Nebraska Genealogical Collection
- Nebraska, Miscellaneous Records : 1856-1972
- Nuckolls County Marriage License Indexes
- Nuckolls County, Marriage Indexes
- Omaha Area Marriages
- Omaha Marriages
- Otoe County Marriage Index
- Phelps County Marriage Records, 1987-2015
- Phelps County, Newspaper Marriage Announcements and anniversaries, 1877-2016
- Platte County Births, Marriages and Deaths from Newspapers
- Platte County Nebraska Marriages, 1858-1889
- Polk County Marriage License Index
- Red Willow County Marriage Indexes
- Rock County Marriages
- Rock County, Marriage Indexes
- Sarpy County Marriages
- Sarpy County Marriage Licenses
- Sarpy County, Marriages
- Saunders County Marriages
- Sheridan County Marriage Records
- Spotted Tail Agency Marriage Register, 1847-1878
- Thurston County Marriages
- United States Marriages, 1733-1990
- United States, Freedmen’s Bureau Marriages, 1861-1872
- Washington County Marriages
- Washington County, Marriages
- Way County Marriages
- Wayne County, Salem United Church of Christ Church Records, 1901-1946
- Winnebago Agency Vital statistics : Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1863-1947
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
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