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Nebraska
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Table of Contents
Records Of The Family History Library
Family History Library Catalog
Archives And Libraries
Bible Records
Biography
Cemeteries
Census
Church Records
Court Records
Directories
Emigration And Immigration
Gazetteers
Genealogy
History
Land And Property
Maps
Military Records
Naturalization And Citizenship
Newspapers
Periodicals
Probate Records
Vital Records
For Further Reading
Comments And Suggestions

BIBLE RECORDSLook this term up in the glossary.

The Daughters of the American RevolutionLook this term up in the glossary. (DAR) collection contains some Bible records (see the “Genealogy” section of this outline). This collection is partially indexed by E. Kay Kirkham, An Index to Some of the Bibles and Family Records of the United States, vol. II (Logan, Utah: Everton Publishers, 1984; FHL book 973 D22kk v.2; fiche 6089184).


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BIOGRAPHYLook this term up in the glossary.

The Nebraska State Historical Society has the best collection of published biographies. There is no statewide biographical index or major manuscript collection. State, regional, and county histories often have biographical sections. Some representative biographical encyclopediasLook this term up in the glossary. are:

Compendium of History, Reminiscence and Biography of Nebraska. Chicago: Alden Publishing Co., 1912. (FHL film 1000179; similar volumes are on FHL film 1000180.)

Baldwin, Sara Mullin and Robert Morton Mullin. Nebraskana: Biographical Sketches of Nebraska Men and Women of Achievement. Hebron, Neb.: Baldwin Co., 1932. (FHL book 978.2 D3ba; film 1036245 item 4.)

Sheldon, Addison Erwin. Nebraska: The Land and the People. 3 vols. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1931. (FHL book 978.2 H2s; film 1000180.) Volumes 2 and 3 are biographical.

Morton, Julius Sterling et al. Illustrated History of Nebraska. 3 vols. Lincoln: Jacob North and Co., 1905-13. (FHL book 978.2 H2m; film 1036256.) The Nebraska Historical Society has an every-name card index to these volumes on microfilm.


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CEMETERIESLook this term up in the glossary.

The Nebraska State Historical Society and the Daughters of the American RevolutionLook this term up in the glossary. (DAR) Library in Washington, D.C. have 19 volumes of cemetery transcripts. These list over 110,000 names from 150 cemeteries collected from 1975 to 1979 by Clarabelle Mares and Kathrine Petersen. Additional cemetery records are found in the DAR collection described in the “Genealogy” section of this outline.


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CENSUSLook this term up in the glossary.


FederalLook this term up in the glossary.

Many federal census records are found at the Family History Library, the National Archives, and other federal and state archives. The United States Research Outline provides more detailed information about these records.

The Family History Library has the U.S. federal censuses of Nebraska from 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920. The 1890 census was destroyed, but the schedule of Union veterans is on microfilm at the Family History Library. The library also has a published index.

The federal government took a special census of Nebraska in 1885, which is on 56 microfilms at the Family History Library and at the Nebraska State Historical Society. The society also has the State Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1886 and a card index made from the directory that provides a partial index to the census. The Family History Library does not have the directory or the card index.

Published transcripts of the 1860 census and for 35 of the 48 counties in the 1870 census are available. Published indexes are available for the 1860 and 1870 censuses. SoundexLook this term up in the glossary. (phonetic) indexes are on microfilm for part of the 1880 and all of the 1900 and 1920 censuses. The Nebraska State Historical Society also has a complete head-of-household indexLook this term up in the glossary. for the 1880 census. A street index for Omaha that can help you use the 1910 census is on FHL fiche 6331481.

Mortality schedules for 1860, 1870, 1880, and 1885 are at the Nebraska State Historical Society. The National Archives and the Family History Library have copies on microfilm. The library also has copies of published indexes for the 1860, 1870, 1880, and 1885 schedules.


TerritorialLook this term up in the glossary. and StateLook this term up in the glossary.

Territorial and state censuses exist for parts of Nebraska for 1854, 1855, 1856, 1860, 1865, and 1869.

The county enumerations of several eastern Nebraska counties, taken during 1854, 1855, 1856, 1865, and 1869, were published in the Nebraska and Midwest Genealogical Record, vols. 13-22, 1932-44 (FHL film 162018). (See the “Periodicals” section of this outline.) The existing records are at the Nebraska State Historical Society.

The Nebraska territorial censuses of 1854 to 1856 have been transcribed, indexed, and published in Eunice Evelyn Cox, 1854, 1855, 1856 Nebraska Territory Censuses (Ellensburg, Wash.: Cox, 1977; FHL book 978.2 X2p 1854-1856; film 1036024 item 2; fiche 6051283). The State Archives at the Nebraska State Historical Society has a card index for the 1865 and 1869 censuses.

A detailed census of German immigrants from Russia living in Lincoln was taken from 1913 through 1914. The information is similar to that found in the 1900 census, but the town or colony of birth is also given. It is arranged by street and is listed in the Family History Library Catalog under NEBRASKA, LANCASTER, LINCOLN—CENSUS (FHL film 833157).

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