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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
NATURALIZATION AND CITIZENSHIP You can obtain Nebraska naturalization papers by writing to the clerk of the district court for the county in which your ancestor was naturalized. In some cases, the county has retained microfilm copies and sent the originals to the Nebraska State Historical Society.
The Omaha office of the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service Naturalization information can also be found in the land entry file If you need naturalization records after September 1906, contact the National Archives—Central Plains Region (Kansas City) or the local office of the Immigration and Naturalization Service
The Nebraska State Historical Society has over 20,000 microfilms of Nebraska newspapers. You can purchase copies of most of these microfilms from the society. Many of the newspapers have been indexed in the Newspaper and Information Index available at the society. You can get a list of the indexed newspapers by writing to the society and asking for Reference Leaflet No. 4, Newspaper Indexes. Other helpful statewide indexes to birth, marriage, and death notices are:
Nebraska Newspaper Abstracts: A Computer Index to Names and Events Abstracted from Selected Nebraska Newspapers. Alliance, Neb.: Nebraska State Genealogical Society, 1983—. (FHL book 978.2 B32n.) This series now has birth, marriage and other information through 1919.
Sittler, Melvin. Sittler Index of Surnames for Which Information Has Been Abstracted from the [Lincoln] Nebraska State Journal, May 1873-December 31, 1899. 5 vols. Lincoln: The Lincoln-Lancaster County Genealogical Society, 1983-84. (FHL book 978.2293 D22si; vols. 1-4 on fiche 6093604-7, vol. 5 on fiche 6117319.) Vol. 5 has abstracts for 1900.
A guide to help you locate Nebraska newspapers is Anne P. Diffendal, A Guide to the Newspaper Collection of the State Archives, Nebraska State Historical Society (Lincoln: Nebraska State Historical Society, 1977; FHL book 978.2 B33n
The Family History Library collects indexes and transcripts of newspaper records and obituaries but does not have copies of Nebraska newspapers.
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has a Works Projects Administration (WPA) index to pre-1906 naturalizations for all Nebraska counties and 63 Iowa counties. This index is on microfilm at the Nebraska State Historical Society. They also have a WPA index to district court naturalizations of Lincoln, Otoe, York, and Platte counties from the time of county formation to about 1940. The Family History Library does not have copies of these indexes. The Family History Library has some naturalization records from counties and from United States District Courts.
of an immigrant who purchased or homesteaded land. These records give the name of the immigrant, the court, the date of naturalization or declaration of intention, and the country of previous allegiance.
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NEWSPAPERS
no. 4, 1977; film 1036134 item 7).
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