Nebraska Census: Difference between revisions

<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1217447473540_255"></span>'''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.  

Published indexes are available for the 1860 and 1870 censuses. Soundex (phonetic) indexes are on microfilm for part of the 1880 and all of the 1900 and 1920 censuses. The Nebraska State Historical Society also has a complete head-of-household index for the 1880 census. A street index for Omaha that can help you use the 1910 census is on FHL fiche 6331481.  

Mortality schedules for 1860, 1870, 1880, and 1885 are at the Nebraska State Historical Society at http://www.nebraskahistory.org/ . The National Archives and the Family History Library have copies on microfilm. The library also has copies of published indexes for the 1860, 1870, 1880, and 1885 schedules.