Nebraska Archives and Libraries: Difference between revisions

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houses printed materials, whereas the State Archives maintains Nebraska government records, newspapers, and other historical documents.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 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); FS Library book 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 at Kansas City, Missouri

400 West Pershing Road
Kansas City, MO 64108
Telephone: 816-268-8000
Website
Email

The National Archives at Kansas City, Missouri has the records of regional federal offices for Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, including the following:

Federal naturalization records including A-files
Bureau of Indian Affairs and other American Indian records
Copies of federal land, census, military, and immigration records

Nebraska State Genealogical Society

P.O. Box 5608
Lincoln, NE 68505-0608
Website
Email

Nebraska Libraries

The Nebraska Library Commission provides a comprehensive list of websites for the libraries within Nebraska.

Nebraska State Historical Society, Collections tab.

American Historical Society of Germans from Russia
631 "D" Street
Lincoln, Nebraska 68502-1199
Telephone: 402-474-3363

The Danish American Archive and Library
1738 Washington Street
Blair, Nebraska
Telephone: 402-426-7910

The collection consists of books, recordings, photographs, and unpublished written materials relating to the people of Danish extraction in North America.

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 FamilySearch Library has copies of these.

Nebraska Online Records

Nebraska Online Genealogy Records

Links to online databases and indexes that may include vital records, biographies, cemeteries, censuses, histories, immigration records, land records, maps, military records, naturalizations, newspapers, obituaries, or probate records.

Websites

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:

USGenWeb

Website

This 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

Website

RootsWeb is a useful list of sites and resources. Includes a large, regularly updated research coordination list.

FamilySearch™

Website

The FamilySearch Library and FamilySearch centers have access to FamilySearch on the Internet. This is a good place to begin your research.

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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 ]
+=== Wiki Articles on Major Repositories in Nebraska ===
+[[Nebraska State Historical Society]]{{·}} [[Beatrice Public Library]]{{·}} [[State DAR Library]]{{·}} [[American Historical Society of Germans from Russia]]{{·}} [[National Archives at Kansas City]]{{·}} [[Mid-Continent Public Library Midwest Genealogy Center]]<br>
-Mailing Address: <br />P.O. Box 82554 <br />Lincoln, NE 68501
+=== Nebraska Archives ===
-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.
+==== Nebraska State Historical Society Library and Archives  ====
-The state of 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.
+Library/Archives<br>Nebraska State Historical Society<br>1500 "R" Street <br>Lincoln, NE 68501 <br>Telephone: 402-471-4751 <br>Fax: 402-471-3100 <br>[https://history.nebraska.gov/ Website]<br>
-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; FHL book 978.2 A3n No. 5; includes a 1983 supplement).
+Mailing Address: <br>P.O. Box 82554 <br>Lincoln, NE 68501<br><br>
-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.
+: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.
-'''National Archives—Central Plains Region<br />'''(Kansas City) <br />2312 East Bannister Road <br />Kansas City, MO 64131 <br />Telephone: 816-268-8000<br />E-mail Address: [mailto:kansascity.archives@nara.gov kansascity.archives@nara.gov]<br />Internet: http://www.archives.gov/central-plains/kansas-city/
+:The state of [[Nebraska Genealogy|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.
-'''Nebraska Genealogical Society'''<br />P.O. Box 5608 <br />Lincoln, NE 68505 <br />E-mail Address: [mailto:fitzfp@aol.com fitzfp@aol.com]<br />Internet: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nesgs/
+: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); FS Library book {{FSC|250731|title-id|disp=978.2 A3n No. 5; includes a 1983 supplement}}.
-=== Nebraska Libraries ===
+: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.
+<br>
+<br>
-The following provides a comprehensive list of websites for the libraries within Nebraska :
+==== National Archives at Kansas City, Missouri  ====
-http://www.nlc.state.ne.us/
+West Pershing Road<br>Kansas City, MO 64108<br>Telephone: 816-268-8000<br>[http://www.archives.gov/ Website]<br>[mailto:kansascity.archives@nara.gov Email]<br><br>
+The National Archives at Kansas City, Missouri has the records of regional federal offices for Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, including the following:
-'''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 />Internet: http://www.ahsgr.org/
+*Federal naturalization records including [http://www.archives.gov/research/immigration/aliens/a-files-kansas-city.html A-files]
+*Bureau of Indian Affairs and other American Indian records
+*Copies of federal land, census, military, and immigration records
-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.
+==== Nebraska State Genealogical Society  ====
-=== Computer Networks and Bulletin Boards ===
+P.O. Box 5608 <br>Lincoln, NE 68505-0608 <br>[https://nsgs.org// Website]<br>[mailto:president@nsgs.org/ Email]<br>
-Computers with modems can be useful tools for obtaining information from selected archives and libraries. In a way, computer networks themselves serve as a library. The Internet, certain computer bulletin boards, and commercial on-line services help family history researchers:
+=== Nebraska Libraries  ===
-* Locate other researchers
+The [https://nlc.nebraska.gov/ Nebraska Library Commission] provides a comprehensive list of websites for the libraries within Nebraska.
-* Post queries
-* Send and receive e-mail
-* Search large databases
-* Search computer libraries
-* Join in computer chat and lecture sessions
-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.
+[https://history.nebraska.gov/ Nebraska State Historical Society], Collections tab.
-Addresses on the Internet change frequently. As of March 2007, the following sites are important gateways linking you to many more network and bulletin board sites:
+[[Image:Germans from Russia Museum Lincoln, NE.JPG|right|175px|Germans from Russia Museum Lincoln, NE.JPG]][http://www.ahsgr.org/ '''American Historical Society of Germans from Russia''']<br>631 "D" Street<br>Lincoln, Nebraska 68502-1199<br>Telephone: 402-474-3363 <br><br>
-=== USGenWeb ===
+[http://www.danishamericanarchive.com/ '''The Danish American Archive and Library''']<br>1738 Washington Street<br>Blair, Nebraska <br>Telephone: 402-426-7910
-[http://www.usgenweb.com/ http://www.usgenweb.com/ ]
+:The collection consists of books, recordings, photographs, and unpublished written materials relating to the people of Danish extraction in North America.
-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.
+: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 FamilySearch Library has copies of these.
-=== RootsWeb ===
+=== Nebraska Online Records  ===
-[http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/usa/ http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/usa/ ]
+<div id="fsButtons"><span class="online_records_button">[[Nebraska Online Genealogy Records]]</span></div>{{DCfollowup}}<br><br>
-A useful list of sites and resources. Includes a large, regularly updated research coordination list.
+=== Websites  ===
-For further details about using computer networks, bulletin boards, and news groups for family history research, see the [http://www.familysearchwiki.org/../united-states-research-outline United States Research Outline], 2nd ed., "Archives and Libraries" section.
+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.
-=== FamilySearch™ ===
+Addresses on the Internet change frequently. The following sites are important gateways linking you to many more sites:
-[http://www.familysearch.org/ www.familysearch.org]
+*'''USGenWeb'''
+[http://usgenweb.org/ Website]
+: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.
-The Family History Library and Family History Centers have computers with accesss to the internet. This is a good place to begin your research.
+*'''RootsWeb'''<br>
+[https://home.rootsweb.com/ Website]
+:[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ RootsWeb] is a useful list of sites and resources. Includes a large, regularly updated research coordination list.
+*'''FamilySearch™'''<br>
+[https://familysearch.org/ Website]
+:The FamilySearch Library and FamilySearch centers have access to [https://familysearch.org/ FamilySearch] on the Internet. This is a good place to begin your research. <!--{12058658402580} -->
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