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Nebraska Genealogy Resources

Many were lured to Nebraska by free and inexpensive land under the Homestead Act of 1862. While some families moved on, many others established families who remain there today. The major wagon train trails all passed through Nebraska.

  • Coleman, Ruby Roberts. A Research Guide to Genealogical Data in Lincoln County, Nebraska. [Omaha, Neb.]: Nebraska State Genealogical Society, 1984.

  • History of Bancroft, Nebraska, 1884-1984. Dallas, Texas: National ShareGraphics, 1984.

  • Homestead National Monument of America. In Beatrice. The Homestead Act of 1862 was one of the most significant and enduring events in the westward expansion of the United States. By granting free land to claimants, it allowed nearly any man or woman a chance to live the American dream of owning their own land. Visit the park and gain understanding on how the Act changed the lives of all Americans and the land.
     
  • Nebraska GenWeb Project.

  • Nebraska Marriages 1855-1995 - Name index to marriage records from the state of Nebraska - 195,329 records after 6 May, 2010.  FamilySearch.org.

  • Nebraska Memories. Nebraska Memories is a cooperative project to digitize Nebraska-related historical and cultural heritage materials and make them available to researchers of all ages via the Internet. Nebraska Memories is brought to you by the Nebraska Library Commission.
     
  • Nebraska State/Federal Census: 1885. Microfilm of originals located at the National Archives Branch, Kansas City, Missouri. Filmed by NARA, 1961, 56 rolls, beginning with FHL film #499529.
     
  • Nebraska State/Federal Census: 1885 (Online at RootsWeb and Ancestry--Ancestry includes every-name index).
     
  • Nebraska State Historical Society.

  • Nebraska State Historical Society: Government Records.
     
  • Nebraska Territory and State Censuses: 1854-1869. Nebraska territorial & state census extractions published in the journal of the Nebraska Genealogical Society, "Nebraska and Midwest Genealogical Record", Volumes 9 - 22. You will find a small number of Federal mortality schedules that were published in the same journal at the end of the list.