Online Nebraska Death Indexes, Records & Obituaries

Online Nebraska Death, Obituary and Cemetery Indexes

Nebraska, Index to Deaths, 1904-1955 at Ancestry/requires payment
Nebraska Death Index, 1904-1968 searchable by name from 1956-1968; browsable images from 1904-1955; from Reclaim the Records/free

Nebraska Obituaries Archive - Recent (you can obtain copies of individual obituaries online for a fee) includes...
- Bellevue Leader (2/27/2009-Current) Sarpy County
- Columbus Telegram (9/19/1999-Current) Platte County
- Fremont Tribune (8/16/2000-Current) Dodge County
- Grand Island Independent (9/14/2006-Current) Hall County
- Kearney Hub (5/30/2005-Current) Buffalo County
- Lincoln Journal Star (7/1/1996-Current) Lancaster County
- Nebraska City News-Press (2/9/2005-Current) Otoe County
- North Platte Telegraph (5/3/2004-Current) Lincoln County
- Omaha World-Herald (1/10/2011-Current) Douglas County
- Scottsbluff Star-Herald (4/20/2005-Current) Scotts Bluff County
- York News-Times (3/8/2000-Current) York County
- And more Nebraska newspapers

Nebraska Obituary Abstracts, 2001-2011 (not complete)
Nebraska Gravestone Photos over 300,000 gravestone photos from across Nebraska
Nebraska Grand Army of the Republic Burial Records, 1861-1948 from FamilySearch; burial records of Union Civil War veterans living in Nebraska

Nebraska Death Records Indexes, Obituaries and Cemeteries by County

Adams County: Hastings Regional Center Cemetery Records, 1889-1959 PDF document
Box Butte County, Funeral Home Records, 1919-1976 at FamilySearch; records are from the Miller and Landa Funeral Home, 1919-1976; and the Wildy Funeral Home, 1920-1950
Buffalo County Cemeteries
Butler County Tombstones
Cass County Cemetery Burials and other Genealogy Indexes
Cedar County Genealogy Indexes includes indexes for some probate records, cemetery burials, and Randolph Times obituaries
Cheyenne County: Greenwood Cemetery Burials Sidney, Nebraska
Dawson County: Historic Farnam Obituaries and Cemetery Burials
Douglas County and Omaha...
- Omaha Obits: Index to Obituaries and Death Notices in Omaha Newspapers has over 300,000 entries
- Omaha Area Cemetery Burials has over 230,000 entries
- Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Omaha - Burials Search
- Douglas County: Prospect Hill Cemetery Markers (Photos) in Omaha
Gage County: Southern Gage County Cemetery Burials from the Wymore Public Library
Jefferson County Genealogy Indexes includes a funeral register from a funeral home in Fairbury (October 1, 1906 to May 13, 1920), and other items
Knox County Cemeteries also has other genealogy indexes
Lancaster County and Lincoln...
- Lincoln Journal Star Obituaries 7/1/1996-Current (you can obtain copies of individual obituaries online for a fee)
- Lancaster County Cemetery Burials and Other Indexes
- Wyuka Cemetery Burials Search (Lincoln, Nebraska)
- Wyuka Cemetery Interments, 1877-Feb. 1881 (Lincoln, NE) PDF document
- Lancaster County, Fairview Cemetery, Burial Records, 1864-1999 (in Lincoln) at FamilySearch
- Lincoln-Lancaster County Genealogical Society Index indexes probate, mortuary and marriage records, and other items for assorted years
Lincoln County: North Platte City Cemetery Burials
Platte County...
- Platte County: Columbus Telegram Obituary Index PDF document
- Platte County Genealogy Indexes includes indexes for obituaries, cemetery burials, and other items
Scotts Bluff County: Fairview Cemetery Directory Listings in Scottsbluff, Nebraska
Thayer County: Sacred Heart Cemetery Burials (in Hebron, Nebraska) Excel file
Washington County Genealogical Society Indexes includes obituaries, cemeteries and marriages
- Washington County Cemeteries Search includes a separate database for Blair City Cemetery Burials
York County...
- York County: Metz Mortuary Death Index
  - Metz Mortuary Obituaries, April 2003-recent
- Greenwood Cemetery Burials York, Nebraska

Also... Nebraska Genealogy Databases at Ancestry (requires payment)
includes census records, WWI draft cards, WWII army enlistments, historical newspapers and city directories

Ordering Nebraska Vital Records

Where to Write for Vital Records - Nebraska Birth, Marriage, Divorce & Death Certificates (fees and restrictions apply)

Online Nebraska Death Records & Indexes

A Genealogy Records Guide