Hi John, I can only speak for Buffalo County, where, incidentally, there are/were Fialas. The county didn't register births previous to 1904 -- and in a number of cases not until many years later. E.g., my mother's birth in 1909 was never registered. So there are no Buffalo County birth records prior to 1904 at the county or state level. Marriage records for Buffalo County are on file at the court house from the early beginnings of county government. The Trails and Rails Museum has them also, in their archives, which the Fort Kearny Gen. Soc. uses to do look-ups, etc. I don't know the cost at the court house, but I can give you the name of a volunteer who will do a look-up for you. :-) Death records -- I don't know. I haven't looked, nor have I asked. If you are interested, or haven't already done so, please visit the Buffalo County NEGenWeb Project site at http://www.rootsweb.com/~nebuffal scroll down to the search engine box and enter "Fiala" Happy New Year! Mona [email protected] Host - Buffalo Co., NEGenWeb - http://www.rootsweb.com/~nebuffal Our Family - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~monajo/ On Tue, 01 Jan 2002 10:10:33 -0600 jFiala <[email protected]> writes: > I have found that many Nebraska counties have sent their pre-1904 > birth > and death records, and their pre-1909 marriage records to "The > State". > However, county officials don't seem to be able to say where that > is, or > if they are accessible "somewhere". Their recollection is just that > "The State" required they be sent in. I have the genealogy brochure > published by the NSHS with the description of what they have, which > in > the case of birth and death records appears to be pretty limited. > > Has anyone on this list actually written somewhere (other than a > county > courthouse office) for a pre-1904 birth or death record, or a > pre-1909 > marriage record and been successful? If so, where did you write? > Please furnish the particulars of place, process, cost, etc. Thank > you! > > John Fiala > > > ==== NEBRRoots Mailing List ==== > NEGenWeb Project. Visit: http://www.rootsweb.com/~negenweb/ > Nebraska History & Trivia join: [email protected] > List Admin: [email protected] > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.