Historical Records

Resources

The following history and genealogy records are available in the Wayne County Clerk's Office:

• 1898 Plat Book of Wayne County, Nebraska
• 1918 Plat Book of Wayne County, Nebraska
• 1938 Edition of the History of Wayne County compiled by Dorothy Huse Nyberg (County Clerk's Office has both soft cover book and CD formats)
• 1962 Atlas of Wayne County, Nebraska
• 2000 Pictorial Atlas of Wayne County, Nebraska
• Book on LaPorte, Nebraska compiled & contributed by Steve Gross – June 2009
• Booklet on 125 Years of Wayne, Nebraska compiled & contributed by Steve Gross - July 2009
• Card file covering Businesses in Wayne, Nebraska compiled by Bessie Baier (originals are held by the Wayne County Museum, copies were scanned by the County Clerk's office in 2008), a database is in progress
• Cemetery Index covering the cemeteries in Wayne County compiled and contributed by the Wayne County Historical Society as of 2001
• Cemetery Lot Records of Zion's Lutheran Church North of Hoskins in NE1/4 NW1/4 31-26-1 (see Glide Number 9.9)
• Farm, Ranch & Home Names Register from 10/12/1912 to 7/5/1960
• Marriage Licenses issued in Wayne County since 1870, indexed alphabetically by bride and groom's names
• Notary Commissions 1949-1967
• Real Estate Records since 1870, indexed both chronologically by legal description and alphabetically by Grantor's and Grantee's names
• Registries for Physicians, Nurses, Dentists, Veterinarians and Locksmiths covering various years
• School Superintendent's Records (by advanced request at this time)
• Wayne County Souvenir Edition Booklet (200 years in Wayne) contributed by Steve Gross – July 2009
• Wayne Herald Centennial Souvenir Edition 1984 (newspaper form) contributed by Steve Gross – July 2009