Genealogy Sources for Nebraska
You may visit the Nebraska State Historical Society or search the Library Catalog or contact the Historical Society at:
Phone: 402-471-3270
Tollfree: 800-833-6747
Fax: 402-471-3100
Mailing Address:
Nebraska State Historical Society
PO Box 82554
Lincoln, NE 68501-2554
Websites Selected by Librarians:
- 1940 Nebraska White Pages
- Birth, Death, Divorce and Marriage Certificates
- Cindi's List of Genealogical Sites on the Internet - Nebraska Census, Cemeteries, Land, Obituaries, Personal, Taxes and Vital
- County Courthouses addresses from the Nebraska State Historical Society.
- Digitized Historical Newspapers from History Nebraska
- Douglas County Historical Society
- FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormon)
- Genealogy information from Nebraska Health & Human Services
- Genealogy Resources - General
- Hastings Regional Center Cemetery Records Index, 1909-1959
- Historical Nebraska Newspapers
- History Nebraska Library Catalog search items held by the History Nebraska (formerly the Nebraska State Historical Society)
- Holocaust and War Victims Tracing Center a national clearinghouse for persons seeking the fates of loved ones missing since the Holocaust and its aftermath
- Homestead Records-Broken Bow Nebraska Land Office Homestead National Historical Park, located in Beatrice, Nebraska, and the University of Nebraska?Lincoln (UNL) contracted with the National Archives &Records Administration to microfilm the Broken Bow Land Office records (1890-1908). Using this microfilm, UNL has created an online index to the records.
- Lincoln-Lancaster County Genealogical Society open to anyone from anywhere in the world who is interested in genealogy and history or who has ancestors from this area of Nebraska
- Nebraska Cemeteries and Related Information
- Nebraska Cemeteries Directory from Cemetery Junction
- Nebraska Death Index A free searchable database of 185,806 deaths in the state of Nebraska between 1956-1968, and free digitized images of the approximately 1.4 million entries in the death index for the years 1904-1955.
- Nebraska Genealogy Society Directory
- Nebraska Graves Project
- Nebraska Hospital for the Insane - Admissions/Discharges/Deaths, 1887-1895 (Starts on page 16 – Sheet 13)
- Nebraska Memories 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 Newspapers on Microfilm at the Nebraska Historical Society listed alphabetically
- Nebraska Obituaries Search for names and pay for obituaries.
- Nebraska State Genealogical Society
- Norfolk Regional Center Cemetery Records, 1888-1954
- Obituary Sources for Nebraska
- Research and References Services at History Nebraska Services, fees, and links to more information about types of documents in their collections.
- Southwest Nebraska Genealogical Society McCook and Red Willow County as well as the surrounding counties like Chase, Dundy, Hayes, Hitchcock, Furnas and Frontier. Located in the Merit Building at 110 West C Street Suite M2 & M3. Red Willow records include the original District Court Books, many, many original marriage records thru Volume 12. Yearly abstract books from 1800's thru 2015 from the McCook Gazette containing births, weddings and obits.
- Union College Library - Lincoln, NE Union College Library houses the Lincoln Lancaster County Genealogical Society collection
- Wyuka Cemetery (Lincoln, Ne.) Interments 1877 - Feb 1881