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'''1900 Federal Census''' - A free Internet index and images to the 1900 United States Census can be viewed on the&nbsp; [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start FamilySearch Record Search – Pilot Site<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1236863911171_679" />]. Important additions to this census are month and year of birth of each household member, number of years married for each married person, number of children born to each mother and the number of those still living, year of immigration, and number of years in the United States.
'''1900 Federal Census''' - A free Internet index and images to the 1900 United States Census can be viewed on the&nbsp; [http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start FamilySearch Record Search – Pilot Site<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1236863911171_679" />]. Important additions to this census are month and year of birth of each household member, number of years married for each married person, number of children born to each mother and the number of those still living, year of immigration, and number of years in the United States.


== Historical Background  ==


<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1217447473540_255" />'''1803--'''Nebraska was part of the Louisiana Territory when it was purchased by the United States from France.
'''1813-1827--'''Trading posts and forts were established near present-day Omaha.
'''1830-1854--'''Nebraska was part of an area designated as Indian Territory.&nbsp; Between 1833 and 1876, Indian tribes ceded all Nebraska claims to the United States government.
'''1854--'''The Kansas-Nebraska Act established the Nebraska Territory.&nbsp; The creation of Colorado and Dakota territories in 1861 and the Idaho Territory in 1863 reduced Nebraska to nearly its present size.
'''1867--'''Nebraska becames a state.


== Indexes  ==
== Indexes  ==
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