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| | The Nebraska State Historical Society has the best collection of published biographies. There is no statewide biographical index or major manuscript collection. State, regional, and county histories often have biographical sections. Some representative biographical encyclopedias for [[Portal:Nebraska|Nebraska]] are: |
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| == Online Resources ==
| | ''Compendium of History, Reminiscence and Biography of Nebraska''. Chicago, Illinois: Alden Publishing Company, 1912. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=20985&disp=Compendium+of+history%2C+reminiscence+an%20%20&columns=*,0,0 film 1000179]; similar volumes are on Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=197385&disp=Nebraska%20%20&columns=*,0,0 film 1000180].)<br> |
| *[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7992 Western Nebraska History and Biography]($), index
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| *[http://www.learnwebskills.com/family/countyhistories2.htm#ne County and Town Histories], includes biographies
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| *[http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/resources/OLLibrary/cofhar/index.html Compendium of History Reminiscence and Biography of Western Nebraska], index & images
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| *[http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/resources/OLLibrary/Comp_NE/index.htm Compendium of History Reminiscence and Biography of Nebraska], index & images
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| *[http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/resources/OLLibrary/hwnep/voliii/hwnp000.htm History of Western Nebraska and It's People, Vol. III], index & images
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| *[http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/resources/andreas/ "History of the State of Nebraska", 1882], index & images
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| *[http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/resources/OLLibrary/Johnson/cover.html Johnson's History of Nebraska]
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| *[http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/resources/NSHS/1890Gaz/gaz90dir.html 1890 Nebraska State Gazetteer (town listings of businesses, farmers lists for each county)], index & images
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| *[http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/resources/OLLibrary/SCHofNE/index.htm Semi-Centennial History of Nebraska], index & images
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| *[http://www.olden-times.com/oldtimenebraska/n-csnyder/nbstory/contents.html "History & Stories of Nebraska"], index & images
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| *[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7992 Western Nebraska History and Biography]($), index
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| *[http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/religion/catholic/Franciscans/index.htm Franciscans of Nebraska, Prefaced by "Historical Sketches of Mid-Nebraska"], index & images | |
| *[http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/resources/OLLibrary/mbrcd/index.htm Memorial and Biographical Record], index & images
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| *[http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/county/gage/books/senebios/index.htm Southeastern Nebraska, A Biographical and Genealogical History of - Vol I], index & images
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| *[http://www.memoriallibrary.com/NE/History/1904/ "Nebraskans, 1854-1904"], index & images
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| *[http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/preservation/1904/index.htm "Nebraskans, 1904-1914"], index & images
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| *[http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/preservation/1904/index.htm "The Blue Book of Nebraska Women"], index & images
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| *[http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/resources/OLLibrary/Nebraskana/index.htm Nebraskana, 1932 - "Biographical sketches of Nebraska men and women of achievement], index & images
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| *[http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/resources/OLLibrary/who1940/whowho40.html Who's Who in Nebraska, 1940], index & images | |
| *[https://www.nsea.org/sites/default/files/content_images/Resources/900Famous.03312016.pdf 900 Famous Nebraskans], Nebraska State Education Association
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| *[http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/resources/OLLibrary/ Links to biography collection by county and town, NEGenWeb Project Resource Center On-Line Library]. Scroll down to "Counties
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| The [http://sites.rootsweb.com/~negenweb/ Nebraska GenWeb] has a large [http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/resources/OLLibrary/ On-line Library] of books available for viewing, which include biographies, state, county and town histories. The books are arranged by subject and location.
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| Biographies provide useful genealogical information such as a person’s birth date and place; names of family members, including maiden names; education; occupation; and social, political, and religious affiliation. They may also contain a physical description of the person, previous residences, and immigration information. Biographies are the product of family knowledge or previous research about early settlers and prominent citizens of a state, county, or town. Local histories may contain biographical sketches of lesser-known people.
| | Baldwin, Sara Mullin and Robert Morton Mullin. ''Nebraskana: Biographical Sketches of Nebraska Men and Women of Achievement''. Hebron, Nebraska: Baldwin Company, 1932. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=183400&disp=Nebraskana%2C+biographical+sketches+of+N%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 978.2 D3ba; film 1036245 item 4].) |
| ==Biographies in Local Histories==
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| *Biographical information is often found in '''state, county, and town histories'''.
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| *Towards the end of the 19th century, began publishers soliciting short biographical/family histories from local founding families, offering to publish them in an upcoming local history. This then became an incentive for family members to buy a copy of the book.
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| *Families represented were '''not necessarily prominent'''. Practically everyone living there, especially in the Midwest, counted as an early settler.
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| *These biographies often start with '''the first member of the family to settle in the area''', and detail their descendants at the time of publishing. They may tell '''where the family moved in from'''. Children's marriages often are given, with '''maiden names''' included.
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| ===Finding Biographies===
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| *The [[Nebraska, United States Genealogy#Counties|'''county Wiki page''']] lists several county histories. It also lists '''local libraries, and societies''' which probably have copies of local histories.
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| *Many histories are no longer under copyright and can be found in the following '''online, digitized book collections'''. Search with keywords "History" and "the name of your locality" (state, county, or town).
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| **[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/ '''FamilySearch Books''']
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| **[https://books.google.com/ '''Google Books''']
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| **[https://www.worldcat.org/ '''World Cat'''] | |
| **[https://www.hathitrust.org/ '''HathiTrust''']
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| **[https://archive.org/ '''Internet Archive''']
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| *The FamilySearch library has extensive collections of these local histories. Many are digitized. Search the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog '''FamilySearch Catalog'''] under your locality for the topics "Biography" and "History".
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| The [https://history.nebraska.gov/ History Nebraska] has the best collection of published biographies (enter Biographies in Search field). There is no statewide biographical index or major manuscript collection. State, regional, and county histories often have biographical sections.
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| == Biographical Encyclopedias == | | Sheldon, Addison Erwin. ''Nebraska: The Land and the People''. Three Volumes. Chicago, Illinois: Lewis Publishing Company, 1931. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=197385&disp=Nebraska%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 978.2 H2s; film 1000180].) Volumes 2 and 3 are biographical. |
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| Some representative biographical encyclopedias for [[Nebraska Genealogy|Nebraska]] are:
| | Morton, Julius Sterling et al. ''Illustrated History of Nebraska''. Three Volumes. Lincoln, Nebraska: Jacob North and Co., 1905-13. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=197808&disp=Illustrated+history+of+Nebraska%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 978.2 H2m; film 1036256].) The Nebraska Historical Society has an every-name card index to these volumes on microfilm. <!--{12070608788430} --> |
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| *Baldwin, Sara Mullin and Robert Morton Mullin. ''Nebraskana: Biographical Sketches of Nebraska Men and Women of Achievement''. Hebron, Nebraska: Baldwin Company, 1932. {{FSC|183400|title-id|disp=FS Library film 1036245 item 4}}.
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| *''Compendium of History, Reminiscence and Biography of Nebraska''. Chicago, Illinois: Alden Publishing Company, 1912. {{FSC|20985|title-id|disp=FS Library film 1000179}}; similar volumes are on {{FSC|197385|title-id|disp=FS Library film 1000180}}.<br>
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| *Morton, Julius Sterling et al. ''Illustrated History of Nebraska''. Three Volumes. Lincoln, Nebraska: Jacob North and Co., 1905-13. {{FSC|197808|title-id|disp=FS Library film 1036256}}. The Nebraska Historical Society has an every-name card index to these volumes on microfilm.
| | The Nebraska GenWeb has a large online collection of books available for viewing, which include biographies, state, county and town histories. Browse the titles by subject or location at [http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/resources/OLLibrary/ http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/resources/OLLibrary/]<br> |
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| *Sheldon, Addison Erwin. ''Nebraska: The Land and the People''. Three Volumes. Chicago, Illinois: Lewis Publishing Company, 1931. {{FSC|197385|title-id|disp=FS Catalog book 978.2 H2s; FS Library film 1000180}}. Volumes 2 and 3 are biographical.
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| == Further Reading ==
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| See the [[United States Biographies|United States Biographies]] page for information on nationwide biographical collections. See also the Nebraska "[[Nebraska History|History]]" and "[[Nebraska Genealogy|Genealogy]]" sections for additional sources. You may wish to explore biography, history and genealogy sections in the wiki at county levels also.
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| Biographies can be found on state, county and local levels. The FamilySearch Library has many collected biographies and local or county histories with biographical sketches on residents. Additional resources for Nebraska biographies may be found in the [https://familysearch.org/search/search/index/catalog-search#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&collectionId=&fed=false&page=1&catSearchType=subject&searchCriteria=Nebraska+Biography&placeName=&author_givenName=&author_surname= Nebraska-Biography] topic page of the FamilySearch Catalog .
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