MORTON-JAMES PUBLIC LIBRARY GENEALOGY RESOURCE LIST

923 1st Corso, Nebraska City, NE  68410

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The following items are located in the Genealogy/Historical section

        Directories

              Nebraska City Directories:  1870, 1881-1882*, 1891-1892, 1893-1894, 1898, 1905-1906*,

              1910-1911, 1926-1927*, 1937*, 1940, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973,

              1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988 through current edition.

              *Includes surrounding towns or Otoe County by precinct.

              Otoe County Directory, 1891.

              Nebraska City Telephone Directories:  1923, 1927, 1934, 1939 through 1944, and 1946 through

              1954, 1957, 1959, 1961.

              Dunbar Telephone Directory, 1921.

              Otoe County Farm Directory, 1942. 

        Cemeteries

                  Wyuka Cemetery Internment Index, January 1855 – March 2002.

                  Wyuka Cemetery, Nebraska City, Internments and Monumental Inscriptions, 1855-1957

                  by Leonard Tomlyn.

                  St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery, Nebraska City, NE.

                  St. Benedict’s Catholic Cemetery, Nebraska City, NE, Old and New Cemetery.

                  Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery, Avoca, NE. / St. Paul’s Lutheran Cemetery, Talmage, NE.

                  St. Bernard’s Cemetery, Julian, NE.

                  Union Cemetery, Otoe (Berlin), NE. / Delaware Cemetery, Dunbar, NE. / Rosewood Cemetery,

                  Palmyra, NE. / Warner Cemetery (Burials to 1907), Syracuse, NE. / Park Hill Cemetery

                        (Burials to 1909) Syracuse, NE. (incomplete).  Complete directory for Park Hill Cemetery available at cemetery.

                  Cowles Hill Cemetery, Otoe County, NE.

                  Fairview-Dudley Cemetery, Syracuse, NE. / North Branch Lutheran Cemetery (south section

                       only), Otoe, NE. / Wilcox Cemetery, Burr, NE.

                  Camp Creek Cemetery, 1866-1929, Otoe County, NE.

                   Unadilla Cemetery, Unadilla, NE.

                  Historical Records, Otoe County, NE, Cemetery Records, only graves with markers, 1854-1907.  Vol. 1 Towns A-N,  Vol. 2 Towns O-Z –ask Librarian.

                  Nebraska Cemeteries and Known Burial Sites, Parts 1 & 2, Nebraska State Genealogy Society.

                  First Presbyterian Church (Cumberland Presbyterian Church), 1871-1915, Dunbar, NE, Cemetery and Church Register.

                  Cass County Cemetery Records:

                        Buck                      East Union

                        Kenosha                West Union

                        Rock Bluff             Scoita

                        Lewiston                Pleasant Grove

        Microfilm – Please use only 1 microfilm at a time; return to Front Desk before making another

        selection.  Thank you.

                  Nebraska City newspapers, 1854-present.

                  Wyoming (NE) Post, April 3, 1858 to June 5, 1858.

                  Wyoming (NE) Telescope, June 11, 1857 to September 3, 1859.

                  The Otoe County Grit (Dunbar, NE), November 18, 1898 to May 26, 1899.          

                  Dunbar (NE) Review, October 11, 1900 to October 31, 1912 and November 7, 1912 to

                       January 3, 1936.

                  The Berlin Weekly Times/Otoe Weekly Times/Otoe Times (Berlin/Otoe, NE), January 15, 1918

                       to September 30, 1921.

                  The Union/The Otoe Union (Unadilla, NE), December 5, 1896 to December 28, 1928.

                  The Palmyra Items (Palmyra, NE), September 17, 1887 to August 16, 1940 and May 6, 1906 to

                       June 1, 1945.

                  The Talmage Tribune ( Talmage, NE), September 9, 1886 to August 9, 1973.

                  Federal Census Records of Nebraska Territory, 1860.

                  Federal Census Records of Nebraska, Otoe, Cass, and Nemaha Counties,

                       1870, 1880, 1900, 1910.

                  Federal Census Records of Nebraska, all counties, 1920.

                  Federal Census Records of Nebraska, all counties, 1930.

                  Nebraska State Census, Otoe, Cass, and Nemaha Counties, 1885.

                  Nebraska Census, Veterans/Widows, Cass, Douglas, Gage through Saunders, 1890.

                  Nebraska Special Census Records, 8th Census, 1850-1860, Agricultural, Industry and Social

                       Schedules.

                  Otoe County Marriage Records, 1856-1987.  Includes index.

                  J. Sterling Morton Papers, 1849-1902.

        Miscellaneous books

                  1865 Otoe County Census.

                  Nebraska Territorial Census Index, 1854, 1855, 1856.

                  Nebraska Territorial Census Index, 1860.

                  Nebraska Mortality Index, 1860, 1870, 1880.

                  Nebraska 1870 Federal Census Index A-Z.            

                  Congregational Church of Camp Creek, Otoe County, NE.

                  A History of Camp Creek, It’s Church, Cemetery and School, 1854-1900.    

                  Otoe County Pioneers:  A Biographical Dictionary by Raymond Dale, Vols. 1-10.

                  Biographical Album of Otoe & Cass Counties, NE, 1889, Vols. 1 & 2.

                  Our Centennial Year, Bethel United Church of Christ, 1887-1987.         

                  NCHS (Nebraska City High School) 100th Anniversary, 1880-1980.  Lists names of graduates

                       starting with 1880 through 1980 – ask Librarian

                  History of the State of Nebraska by A.T. Andreas, 1882,  Vols. 1 & 2.

                  Illustrated History of Nebraska by J. Sterling Morton, 1905, Vols. 1-3.

                  Otoe County History, 1983.

                  A Glimpse of the Past...A Pictorial History of Otoe County, 1996

        Files and atlases – ask Librarian for assistance

                  Genealogy Vertical Files

                  Historical Vertical Files   

                  Atlas of Otoe County, NE, 1922, 1963 and 1977.

                  Munn’s Atlas of Otoe County, NE, 1902.

                  Standard Atlas of Otoe County, 1912 and 1917.

                  The Official State Atlas of Nebraska, 1885

        Family histories

                  Historical Sketches of the Fallis, Byerley and Kindred Families by Jacquelyn Snyder

                       Addington.

                  Ancestry of Carl Eugene Bebout 1902-1980 by George Bebout.

                  Grandparents are Great!  The History and Genealogy of the Darcy-Dorsey Family by Lois   

                       Colette Dorsey Bennington.

                  Grandparents are Great!  The History and Genealogy of the Mosher Family by Lois Colette

                       Dorsey Bennington.

                  The Allgood and Padgett Connection by Joy I. Bridenstein.

                  Teachers in the Alaskan Wilderness by Elizabeth Richardson Childs.

                  Enoch Harper Wilson by Donna Wilson Crabtree.

                  Memories of Minersville:  Our Life Together by Grace L. Crook.

                  Descendants of Isaac and Hetty Ann S(c)ears.

                  “Manit” (Sarah Elizabeth du Jareau and Robert Smith) by Florence Endell.

                  Nebraska Farmer’s Son by Laurence L. Falk.

                  Families of Richard Lechner

                  Family History of William Bischof.

                  Genealogical Record of James Gilmore and Peter Massie and Their Descendents by George H. Gilmore.

                  The Gudes Gestern und Heute by Herbert Gude.

                  The Gibsons and Orrs: Pioneer Families:  a Family History by Laura Wayland-Smith Hatch.

                  The Descendetns of Frederick William Heinke, Sr. by Richard M. Heinke

                  The Irland Family History by Kenneth L. Irland.

                  The Descendants of Johann Heinrich Holscher by Darlene Holscher James.

                  Schaeffer Genealogy by Helen Jira.

                  Journals of Lewis Compton Burnett 1848-1906.

                  Our Wuertele Heritage by Sheryl Wuertele Kremer.

                  The Keyser Family:  Henry’s Children by Willet Keyser.

                  Kimball Family Book.

                  Kreifels Family Book.

                  The Kussman Heritage.

                  Zibeon and Gertrude Earl:  Nebraska Pioneers by John Earl Lindell.

                  Bender-Bainter-Painter-Smith and the Allied Families of Phillipson-Marino-Alioto by Joseph

                       Linn Marino.

                  The Oregon Journey of Alexander and Rebecca McQuinn.

                  Allstot, Hendricks, and Livingston Lineages by Lois Morgan.

                  Myers Family.

                  Gaunt-Gant Family: Some of the Descendants of Peter Gaunt of Sandwich, Massachusetts by

                       Mary Chalfant Ormsbee.

        Family histories (continued)

                  Herman and Agte Neemann Family Ancestors and Descendants 1768-1988 by Esther M. Peterson.

                  Forebears Faring by Otis Dunbar Richardson.  (Richardson-Dunbar-MacCuaig families)

                  The History and Genealogy of the Ruhge-Ruhga family by Justin M. Ruhge

                  Family History of Joseph Anton Sand by Paul Frederick Sand.

                  Sheldon in America by Henry Olcott Sheldon.

                  John Spiers life as a Mormon Pioneer by Duane E. Spiers.

                  John Jemison 1805-1892 and Catherine Benner 1803-1829 Their Ten Children and a Few Ancestors by Margaret Marolyn (Scott) Stubblefield.

                  Wilhelm-Mitzner-Wenzel Roots and Branches by Gladys Wenzel.

                  A McAllister History with Wood, Robinson, Barksdale Branches by Gladys Wenzel.

                  In the Long Run : The Sum and Substance by Vada Long Whetham.  (Long family)

                  Sara Jane Whitten.

                  Stray Leaves by Waldo Willhoft.  (Willhoft-Fitzekam families)

                  William Seigle Rector, Sr. of Nebraska City (Neb.).

        Other sources:

                  Nebraska Bureau of Vital Statistics                      Nebraska State Historical Society

                  14th & M Sts.                                                          1500 R St.

                  P.O. Box 95065                                                        P.O. Box 82554

                  Lincoln, NE 68509-5065                                          Lincoln, NE 68501

                  402-471-2871                                                            402-471-4751              

                  Birth and death records since 1904 only               http://www.nebraskahistory/.com 

                  www.vitalchek.com           

        Syracuse newspapers available at The Museum of Memories in Syracuse, NE.  

        Websites:

           http://www.ancestry.com/                                               http://www.familysearch.org

http://www.cyndislist.com/                                              http://usgenweb.com

            http://ocgs.homestead.com