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'''Nebraska State Historical Society<br>'''Department of Reference Services <br>1500 "R" Street <br>Lincoln, NE 68501 <br>Telephone: 402-471-3270 <br>Fax: 402-471-3100 <br>Internet:[http://www.nebraskahistory.org/ http://www.nebraskahistory.org]

The Department of Reference Services includes two divisions of particular interest to genealogists—the Library Division and the State Archives. The Library Division houses printed materials, whereas the State Archives maintains Nebraska government records, newspapers, and other historical documents.

The state of [[Nebraska|Nebraska]] is actively microfilming records. Most of the state and many of the county records described in this outline are available on microfilm at the Nebraska State Historical Society. They cannot be borrowed by interlibrary loan, but most are available for purchase.  

A useful guide to records at the State Archives is ''A Guide to the Manuscript Division of the State Archives, Nebraska State Historical Society''(Lincoln: Nebraska State Historical Society, 1974; Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=250731&disp=A+guide+to+the+Manuscript+Division+of+th%20%20&columns=*,0,0 978.2 A3n No. 5; includes a 1983 supplement]).

The Nebraska State Historical Society has also published a series of helpful leaflets describing genealogical sources in Nebraska. You can write to the society for copies.  

'''National Archives—Central Plains Region (Kansas City)<br>'''400 West Pershing Road<br>Kansas City, MO 64108<br>Telephone: 816-268-8000<br>Internet: http://www.archives.gov/central-plains/

'''Nebraska State Genealogical Society'''<br>P.O. Box 5608 <br>Lincoln, NE 68505 <br>E-mail Address: [mailto:fitzfp@aol.com fitzfp@aol.com]<br>[http://www.nesgs.org/ Internet site]<br>  

The [http://www.nlc.state.ne.us/ Nebraska Library Commission] provides a comprehensive list of websites for the libraries within Nebraska&nbsp;:

'''American Historical Society of Germans from Russia<br>'''631 "D" Street <br>Lincoln, NE 68502-1199 <br>Telephone: 402-474-3363 <br>Fax: 402-474-7229 <br>E-mail Address: [mailto:ahsgr@ahsgr.org ahsgr@ahsgr.org]<br>[http://www.ahsgr.org/ Internet site]  

To learn more about the history and record-keeping systems of Nebraska counties, use the seven inventories of county archives published by the Historical Records Survey around 1940. The Family History Library has copies of these.

You can find computerized research tips and information about ancestors from Nebraska in a variety of sources at local, state, national, and international levels. The list of sources is growing rapidly. Most of the information is available at no cost. You can use Internet search engines to help locate information.

Addresses on the Internet change frequently. The following sites are important gateways linking you to many more sites:

This [http://usgenweb.org/ site] is a cooperative effort by many volunteers to list genealogical databases, libraries, bulletin boards, and other resources available on the Internet for each county, state, and country.  

'''RootsWeb'''<br>

[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ RootsWeb] is a useful list of sites and resources. Includes a large, regularly updated research coordination list.  

'''FamilySearch™'''<br>  

The Family History Library and family history centers have access to [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp FamilySearch] on the Internet. This is a good place to begin your research. <!--{12058658402580} -->

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