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William Gray, 1852-1927 [RG3402.AM]

NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY MANUSCRIPT FINDING AID RG3402.AM:  William Gray, 1852-1927 Patents:  1898-1911 Lincoln, Lancaster County, Neb.:  Inventor, ...

Nebraska County Atlases and Plat Books

The History Nebraska Library has a collection of over 800 county atlases or plat books ranging from the approximately 1885 to the present.  Of these, 147 are on ...

Nebraska Plat Books on Microfilm

1885 Nebraska State Atlas Reel 1, #1 Adams County, 1919, Reel 1, #2 Antelope County, 1922, Reel 1, #3 Boone County, 1920, Reel 1, #4 Box Butte County, 1913, ...

City and County Directories of Nebraska

The History Nebraska library collects all available city/county directories for all communities and counties in the state. The coverage is from territorial days to ...

Nebraska Civil War Veterans Database

A database (Nebraska Civil War Veterans Database) has been compiled that allows researchers to locate name references within the Civil War Veterans Indexes. The ...

1890 & 1911 Gazetteer Index

A database (1890/1911 Gazetteer Index) has been compiled that allows researchers to locate references within the gazetteers. The researcher may input a Name, City, ...

Nebraska Public Instruction Biennium Reports

A database (Public Instruction Biennium Reports 1861-1960 Index) has been compiled that allows researchers to locate references within the reports. The researcher may ...

Public Instruction Reports, Subject Keys

Academies & Pvt. Colleges Anniversary-25th Year Bellevue College Blair Col. & Theological Blake School Blizzard of 1888 Books/Apparatus-Stat. Boys ...

Sherard’s Nebraska Place Names Index

A database (Sherard's Nebraska Place Names Index) has been compiled that allows researchers to locate place names. The researcher may input a Place Name or County and ...

Nebraska Telephone Directories

The History Nebraska library is the only library in the state that collects old phonebooks from towns, cities, or regions in Nebraska. The coverage is from the early ...

Nebraska Homestead Land Records

A database (1860-1954 Tract Books Index) has been compiled that allows researchers to locate references within the 163 land tract books that list the first owners of ...

Nebraska U.S. General Land Office Tract Books

By: Gerald E. Sherard 429 South Moore St. Lakewood, CO 80226-2629 (2001) Much of the land in Nebraska was obtained by homesteading under the Homestead Act of May 20, ...

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