Nebraska Fast Facts and Key Resources

• Statehood: 1867

• US territory status: Indian Territory in 1834; became Nebraska Territory in 1854

• First available federal census: 1860

• Territorial and state censuses: 1854, 1855, 1856, 1860, 1865, 1869

• Statewide birth and death records begin: 1904

• Statewide marriage records begin: 1909

• Public-land state

• Counties: 93

• Contact for vital records:

Web Sites

• 1893 Nebraska Census of Civil War Veterans

<www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/county/holt/l893>

• Germans from Russia Living in Lincoln, Neb.

<www.webbitt.com/volga/gn.lincoln.htm>

• A Guide to Genealogical Research at the Nebraska State Historical Society

<www.nebraskahistory.org/lib-arch/services/refrence/la_pubs/guide1.htm>

• History of the State of Nebraska

<www.kancoll.org/books/andreas_ne/hon_tabl.html>

• Nebraska Ancestors Sharing Center

<rootsweb.com/~neasc>

• Nebraska GenWeb Project

<rootsweb.com/~negenweb>

• The Nebraska Newspaper Project

<www.unl.edu/nebnews/index.html#nnphome>

• Nebraska School Records

<idreamof.com/school/ne.html>

• Orphan Trains of Nebraska

<rootsweb.com/~neadoptn/Orphan.htm>

• US Government Land Laws in Nebraska, 1854-1907

<nebraskahistory.org/lib-arch/services/refrence/la_pubs/ landlaw7.htm>

• USGenWeb Census Project: Nebraska

<us-census.org/states/nebraska>

RESOURCES

• Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, 0regon, & Washington, 1727-1900 Marriage Index CD (Genealogical Publishing Co.)

• Douglas County, Nebraska Marriages, 1854-1881 by Greater Omaha Genealogical Society and Friends (Genealogical Publishing Co.)

• The Family Tree Resource Book for Genealogists edited by Sharon DeBartolo Carmack and Erin Nevius (Family Tree Books)

• History of Nebraska by Ronald C. Naugle and James C. Olson (University of Nebraska Press)

• Nebraska: An Illustrated History by Frederick C. Luebke (Bison Books)

• Nebraska Place Names by Lilian L. Fitzpatrick (University of Nebraska Press)

• Original Land Transfen of Nebraska: How the West Was Almost Given Away by Russell C. Lang (Gateway Press)

• Perkey’s Nebraska Place Names by Elton A. Perkey (J&L Lee Co.)

• Ten Years in Burt County, Nebraska, 1900-1910 by Lee Deman (Gateway Press)

Organizations and Archives

• Bureau of land Management, Wyoming State Office

5353 Yellowstone Road, Box 1828, Cheyenne, WY 82003, (307) 775-6256, <www.wy.blm.gov>

• NARA Central Plains Region

2312 E. Bannister Road, Kansas City, MO 64131, (816) 268-8000, <archives.gov/central-plains/kansas-city>

• Nebraska State Genealogical Society

Box 5608, Lincoln, NE 68505, <www.nesgs.org>

• Nebraska State Historical Society

Library/Archives Division, 1500 R St., Lincoln, NE 68501, (402) 471-3270, <www.nebraskahistory.org>

• State of Nebraska Commission on Indian Affairs