Nebraska Census

United States U.S. Census Nebraska Census

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For a list of the exact date of each federal census, click here.

Online Nebraska indexes and images[edit | edit source]

Federal population schedules[edit | edit source]

Microfilm images[edit | edit source]

**Federal Census Microfilms Available from the Family History Library**
1940 N/A	1910	1870
1930	1900 and Soundex	1860
1920 and Soundex	1880 and Soundex

**Federal Census Microfilms Available from the National Archives**
1940 N/A	1910 T624	1870 M593
1930 T626	1900 T623 and Soundex T1057	1860 M653
1920 T625 and Soundex M1573	1880 T9 and Soundex T760

In 1860, Nebraska Territory encompassed most of present-day Nebraska and parts of the present-day states of Wyoming, Montana, North and South Dakota, and Colorado.

Indexes: fiche, film, or book[edit | edit source]

For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of Nebraska, click here

Federal non-population schedules[edit | edit source]

Online indexes and images[edit | edit source]

Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Nebraska
		Free	Free at Some Libraries (usually with library card)			Pay
Year	Type	Record Search	Heritage Quest	Ancestry FHL	Ancestry Library	Ancestry Home
1890	Veterans	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1885	Mortality	-	-	-	-	-
1880	Defective	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1880	Mortality	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1870	Mortality	-	-	Link	Link	Link
1860	Mortality	-	-	Link	Link	Link

Microfilm images[edit | edit source]

Indian census rolls, Winnebago, 1904-1939	Mortality, agriculture and industry schedule, 1880
Indian census rolls, Yankton, 1885-1931	Mortality, agriculture and industry schedule, 1870
Indian census rolls, Santee, 1885-1917	Mortality, agriculture and industry schedule, 1860
Census records, Winnebago, 1869-1929

Mortality schedules for 1860, 1870, 1880, and 1885 are also located at the Nebraska State Historical Society at http://www.nebraskahistory.org/.

Indexes: fiche, film, or book[edit | edit source]

For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of Nebraska, click here.

State, territorial, and colonial censuses[edit | edit source]

1917 Counties: Cass ^[1]
1898 Counties: Gage ^[1]
1885 Counties: Extant for all counties except Blaine and Chase. ^[1]
1884 Counties: Madison ^[1]
1882 Counties: Cass ^[1]
1881 Counties: Cass ^[1]
1880 Counties: Cass, Lancaster ^[1]
1879 Counties: Cass, Lancaster ^[1]
1878 counties: Cass, Lancaster ^[1]
1877 Counties: Cass ^[1]
1876 Counties: Cass, Frontier, Sarpy (Richardson Precinct) ^[1]
1875 Counties: Lancaster ^[1]
1874 Counties: Jefferson, Kearney, Lancaster ^[1]
1872 Counties: Dawson ^[1]
1870 Counties: Lancaster ^[1]
1869 Counties: Butler, Stanton ^[1]
1865 Counties: Butler, Cumings, Lancaster (Saltillo and Lancaster Precincts), Otoe ^[2]^[1]
1864 Counties: Cedar ^[1]
1858 Counties: Otoe (Nebraska City) ^[1]
1856 Counties: Burt, Cass, Clay, Cumings, Dakota, Dodge (Northern and Southern Districts), Lancaster, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee, Platte, Richardson, Washington ^[2] ^[1]
1855 Counties: Cass (census and index), Dodge, Douglas, Franklin (records and index), Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee, Richardson ^[2]^[1]
1854 all 6 districts ^[2] ^[1]

1913-1914 A detailed census of German immigrants from Russia living in Lincoln was taken for Nebraska. The information is similar to that found in the 1900 census, but the town or colony of birth is also given. It is arranged by street. (Family History Library film 833157.)
1885 The Federal Government took a special census of Nebraska, which is on 56 microfilms at the Family History Library and at the Nebraska State Historical Society. The society also has the state Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1886 and a card index made from the directory that provides a partial index to the census. The Family History Library does not have the directory or the card index.
The 1854, 1855, and 1856 Nebraska territorial censuses have been transcribed, indexed, and published in: Cox, Eunice Evelyn. 1854, 1855, 1856 Nebraska Territory Censuses. Ellensburg, Washington: Cox, 1977. (Family History Library book 978.2 X2p 1854-1856; film 1036024 item 2; fiche 6051283.)
1854, 1855, 1856, 1865, and 1869 Territorial and state censuses exist for parts of Nebraska. The county enumerations of several eastern Nebraska counties, were published in:The Nebraska and Midwest Genealogical Record, vols. 13-22, 1932-44 (Family History Library film 162018). The State Archives at the Nebraska State Historical Society has a card index for the 1865 and 1869 censuses. The existing records are at the Nebraska State Historical Society.

Existing and lost censuses[edit | edit source]

For a list of available and missing Nebraska censuses, click here.

Why use a census?[edit | edit source]

A well-indexed census is one of the easiest ways to locate where an ancestor's family lived and when they lived there. You can also use censuses to follow the changes in a family over time, and identify neighbors. These and other clues provided by censuses are important because they help find additional kinds of records about the family.

More about censuses[edit | edit source]

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Sources and footnotes[edit | edit source]

↑ ^1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 ^1.11 ^1.12 ^1.13 ^1.14 ^1.15 ^1.16 ^1.17 ^1.18 ^1.19 ^1.20 ^1.21 “Nebraska Population Census Records at the Nebraska State Historical Society [Internet site]” at http://www.nebraskahistory.org/ (accessed 3 Jan 2010).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 State Census Register: State and County Census Register Located at the Family History Library. (Salt Lake City: FHL, 2005), 2: 771-8.

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