Church Records

The manuscript holdings of History Nebraska include the records of many Nebraska churches (listed by County). While most such collections include minutes and vital records (such as marriages, baptisms, births, and deaths), a few contain only bulletins, short histories, or other summary records. Some of the records appear in languages other than English, such as German and Swedish. The manuscript holdings also include records of some local and statewide religious organizations. Many of these collections are on microfilm and are available through interlibrary loan.  For more information about any of the collections listed below, please contact our Reference Services department.

 

RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS

American Sunday School Union in Nebraska, 1897-1908 [RG3419]

Auburn Ministerial Association (Nemaha County, Neb.), 1918-1952 [RG3868]

Call to Action Nebraska (CTAN), 1996-2020 [RG6206]

Cass County Council of Churches (Cass County, Neb.) [RG6098]

Catholic Cemeteries (Omaha, Neb.) [RG4014]

Catholics for Active Liturgical Life (Lincoln, Neb.) [RG0954]

Congregational Home Missionary Society, 1855-1893 [RG2659]

County Files Collection [RG6261]

Cuming City Cemetery Association (Cuming City, Neb.) [RG0926]

Czechoslovansky Cemetery (Ravenna, Neb.) [RG3454]

Dakota City Cemetery (Dakota City, Neb.) [RG0930]

Deer Creek Lutheran Mission (Wyoming Territory) [RG0876]

Evangelical Lutheran Synod in the Central States, 1868-1961 [RG2729]

Fair Plains Cemetery Association (Hitchcock County, Neb.) [RG1557]

Fairview Union Sunday School (Nemaha County, Neb.), 1866-1896 [RG2682]

Forest Lawn Cemetery (Omaha, Neb.) [RG0702]

Friends Cemetery Association (Monroe, Neb.) [RG2429]

General Conference of the German Congregational Churches of America, 1883-1964 [RG3024]

German Theological Seminary (Crete, Neb.), 1878-1898 [RG3036]

Glencoe Methodist Episcopal Sunday School (Glencoe, Neb.) [RG4226]

Harmony Cemetery Association (Fillmore County, Neb.) [RG4072]

Hickman Cemetery Association (Hickman, Neb.) [RG1086]

Immaculate Conception Church Baseball Team (Omaha, Neb.) [RG0776]

Interchurch Ministries of Nebraska, 1887-1970 [RG3576]

Laurel Hill Cemetery (Omaha, Neb.) [RG4175]

Lincoln Fellowship of Churches (Lincoln, Neb.), 1942-1971 [RG3701]

Lincoln Interfaith Council (Lincoln, Neb.) [RG3701]

Lincoln United Church Women (Lincoln, Neb.), 1930-1970 [RG3707]

Long Branch Cemetery (Richardson County, Neb.) [RG1190]

Lushton Cemetery (Lushton, Neb.) [RG1558]

Morley Cemetery (Washington County, Neb.) [RG1248]

Nebraska Baptist State Convention (Omaha, Neb.) [RG2681] (PDF)

Nebraska Brueder Konferenz, 1887-1974 [RG3415]

Nebraska Church Women United, 1948-1981 [RG3719]

Nebraska City Presbyterial Society (Nebraska City, Neb.), 1941 [RG1996]

Nebraska Conference Claimants Society of the Methodist Church, 1910-1948 [RG3116]

Nemaha County Bible Society, 1859-1868 [RG1271]

North Nebraska Conference Seminary (Central City, Neb.), 1884-1892 [RG5059]

Paxton Cemetery (Paxton, Neb.) [RG1302]

Pleasant Valley Cemetery (Madison County, Neb.) [RG1627]

Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, 1846-1868; 1880-1887; 1901-1908 [RG2683]

Prospect Hill Cemetery (Omaha, Neb.) [RG4538]

Religious Society of Friends (Neb.), 1882-1998 [RG3639]

Rose Hill Cemetery Association (Grant Precinct, Gage County, Neb.) [RG1340]

Rose Hill Cemetery Association (Waverly, Neb.) [RG1590]

Sabbath School (Blair, Neb.) [RG0736]

Salt Creek Mission (Lincoln, Neb.), 1864-1883 [RG3881]

Serra Club (Lincoln, Neb.) [RG0770]

St. Agnes Academy (Alliance, Neb.) [RG3871]

Tothill Cemetery Association (Davey, Neb.) [RG5522]

United Brethren Church (Neb.) [RG1485]

United Campus Christian Fellowship (U.C.C.F.) (Lincoln, Neb.), 1945-1967 [RG3160]

United Church of Christ. Nebraska Conference (Neb.), 1855-1978 [RG2678]

United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Synod of Nebraska (Neb.), 1872-1974 [RG2674]

Vertical Files [RG5000]

Waverly Cemetery Association (Waverly, Neb.) [RG2027]

Weeping Water Academy (Weeping Water, Neb.) [RG3184]

Weeping Water Ministerial Association (Weeping Water, Neb.), 1963-1973 [RG1512]

Wesley Foundation, Nebraska University [RG1075]

West Lancaster County Sunday School Association (West Lancaster County, Neb.) [RG1513]

Westlawn-Hillcrest Cemetery (Omaha, Neb.) [RG1418]

Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (Neb.) [RG1072]

Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society (Edgar, Neb.), 1892-1903 [RG0727]

Woman’s Home Missionary Society. Methodist Episcopal Church (Neb.) [RG5909.AM]

Yankee Hill Cemetery (Lincoln, Neb.) [RG4023]

 
CHURCH RECORDS BY COUNTY

A B C D F G H J K L M N O P R S T V W Y

 

ADAMS COUNTY

Hansen First Presbyterian Church (Hansen, Neb.), 1899-1968 [RG3062]

Hastings First Baptist Church (Hastings, Neb.), 1873-1964 [RG4085]

Hastings First Presbyterian Church (Hastings, Neb.), 1873-1975 [RG3047]

Kenesaw United Presbyterian Church (Kenesaw, Neb.), 1879-1998 [RG3103]

 

ANTELOPE COUNTY

Elgin United Church of Christ (Elgin, Neb.), 1887-1980 [RG4018]

 

BLAINE COUNTY

Brewster Congregational Church (Brewster, Neb.), 1899-1953 [RG2942]

Dunning Congregational Church (Dunning, Neb.), 1900-1956 [RG2942]

 

BOONE COUNTY

Albion Immanuel Lutheran Church (Albion, Neb.), 1876-1944 [RG2645]

Albion United Church of Christ Congregational (Albion, Neb.), 1947 [RG0852]

 

BOX BUTTE COUNTY

Alliance First Presbyterian Church (Alliance, Neb.), 1887-1975 [RG3231]

Hemingford Congregational Church (Hemingford, Neb.), 1886-1966 [RG3045]

 

BOYD COUNTY

Spencer First Congregational Church (Spencer, Neb.), 1891-1925 [RG2678]

 

BUFFALO COUNTY

Gibbon Faith United Church (Gibbon, Neb.), 1872-1977 [RG4145]

Gibbon First United Methodist Church (Gibbon, Neb.), 1951-1970 [RG4145]

Gibbon First United Presbyterian Church (Gibbon, Neb.), 1872-1970 [RG4145]

Kearney First Congregational Church (Kearney, Neb.), 1872-1919 [RG3223]

 

BURT COUNTY

Argo Congregational Church (Argo, Neb.), 1902-1927 [RG2678]

Lyons St. John’s German Evangelical Lutheran Church (Lyons, Neb.) [RG4245] (PDF)

Oakland Westside Methodist Church, RQ Club (Oakland, Neb.), 1934-1996 [RG5008]

 

BUTLER COUNTY

David City First Baptist Church (David City, Neb.), 1895-1980 [RG4038]

Millerton Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church (Millerton, Neb.), 1882-1979 [RG3946]

Rising City First Congregational Church (Rising City, Neb.), 1888-1920 [RG2678]

 

CASS COUNTY

Avoca First Lutheran Church (Avoca, Neb.), 1878-1979 [RG4037]

Avoca United Church of Christ Congregational Church (Avoca, Neb.), 1865-1979 [RG4003]

Cedar Creek Community Presbyterian Church (Cedar Creek, Neb.), 1915-1967 [RG3180]

Murray United Presbyterian Church (Murray, Neb.), 1860-1961 [RG2707]

Plattsmouth First Presbyterian Church (Plattsmouth, Neb.), 1858-1961 [RG2675]

Wabash First Baptist Church (Wabash, Neb.), 1886-1925 [RG6101]

Weeping Water First Baptist Church (Weeping Water, Neb.), 1873-1886 [RG6101]

Weeping Water First Congregational Church, 1860-1976 [RG3043]

Weeping Water United Church of Christ, 1860-1976 [RG3043]

 

CEDAR COUNTY

Hartington First Congregational Church (Hartington, Neb.), 1917-1967 [RG3077]

 

CHASE COUNTY

Champion Immanuel Lutheran Church (Champion, Neb.), 1900-1949 [RG4395]

Champion Evangelical United Brethren Church (Champion, Neb.), 1950-1965 [RG4537]

Chase Evangelical United Brethren Church (Chase, Neb.), 1930-1962 [RG4537]

Imperial Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Imperial, Neb.), 1926-1977 [RG4397]

Imperial Evangelical United Brethren Church (Imperial, Neb.), 1899-1968 [RG4537]

Imperial Methodist Church (Imperial, Neb.), 1902-1977 [RG4537]

Imperial Zion Lutheran Church (Imperial, Neb.), 1899-1977 [RG4395]

Lamar Evangelical United Brethren Church (Lamar, Neb.), 1949-1977 [RG4537]

 

CHERRY COUNTY

Kilgore Baptist Church (Kilgore, Neb.), 1913-1980 [RG4080]

Valentine St. John’s Episcopal Church (Valentine, Neb.), 1885-1915 [RG4416]

 
CHEYENNE COUNTY
Lodgepole Immanuel Lutheran Church (Lodgepole, Neb.), 1886-1974 [RG3241]
 
 

CLAY COUNTYSaronville Saron Evangelical Lutheran Church (Saronville, Neb.), 1872-1932 [RG2661]

Sutton Emmanuel Reformed Church (Sutton, Neb.), 1874-1946 [RG3218]

Sutton Federated Church (Sutton, Neb.), 1947-1962 [RG4173]

Sutton First Congregational Church (Sutton, Neb.), 1892-1949 [RG4173]

Sutton Free German Reformed Hope Church (Sutton, Neb.), 1908-1975 [RG3998]

Sutton German Evangelical Congregational Church (Sutton, Neb.), 1876-1953 [RG4412]

Sutton German Reformed Church (Sutton, Neb.), 1874-1946 [RG3218]

Sutton Hope Reformed Church (Sutton, Neb.), 1908-1975 [RG3998]

Sutton Methodist Episcopal Church (Sutton, Neb.), 1875-1949 [RG4173]

 

COLFAX COUNTY

Howells Holy Trinity Lutheran Church (Howells, Neb.), 1903-1914 [RG1098]

Leigh First United Church of Christ (Leigh, Neb.), 1887-1978 [RG4109]

 

CUMING COUNTY

Bancroft St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church (Bancroft, Neb.), 1901-1978 [RG3935]

Bancroft St. Paul’s Lutheran Church (Bancroft, Neb.), 1960 [RG0851]

Bancroft Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (Bancroft, Neb.), 1878-1979 [RG3985]

Beemer Congregational Church (Beemer, Neb.), 1950 [RG1056]

Beemer St. John’s Lutheran Church (Beemer, Neb.), 1876-1970 [RG4410]

Cuming County St. Petri’s Evangelical Lutheran Church (Cuming County, Neb.), 1891-1959 [RG3960]

West Point Evangelical Church (West Point, Neb.), 1871-1926 [RG2653]

Wisner Zion Lutheran Church (Wisner, Neb.), 1882-1970 [RG4409]

 

CUSTER COUNTY

Broken Bow Round Valley Evangelical Lutheran Church (Broken Bow, Neb.), 1881-1942 [RG4100]

Comstock Congregational Church (Comstock, Neb.), 1916-1927 [RG2678]

Sargent First Congregational Church (Sargent, Neb.), 1893-1910 [RG2678]

Wescott Congregational Church (Wescott, Neb.), 1889-1927 [RG2678]

 

DAKOTA COUNTY

Dakota City Emmanuel Lutheran Church (Dakota City, Neb.), 1868-1924 [RG2935]

Elk Valley Society of Friends (Elk Valley, Neb.), 1895-1936 [RG3639]

Hubbard St. John’s Catholic Church (Hubbard, Neb.), 1886-1978 [RG1551]

Hubbard St. Mary’s Catholic Church (Hubbard, Neb.), 1886-1906 [RG1550]

Jackson St. Patrick’s Catholic Church (Jackson, Neb.), 1858-1903 [RG1552]

 

DAWES COUNTY

Chadron United Methodist Church (Chadron, Neb.), 1884-1982 [RG4110]

 

DAWSON COUNTY

Cozad St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church (Cozad, Neb.), 1892-1961 [RG2647]

Gothenburg Evangelical Free Church (Gothenburg, Neb.), 1893-1926 [RG2652]

 

DIXON COUNTY

Spring Bank Society of Friends (Spring Bank, Neb.), 1882-1936 [RG3639]

Wakefield Salem Lutheran Church (Wakefield, Neb.), 1882-1956 [RG2656]

 

DODGE COUNTY

Fremont First Congregational United Church of Christ (Fremont, Neb.), 1880-1945 [RG3236]

Hooper St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church (Hooper, Neb.), 1873-1970 [RG3990]

North Bend United Presbyterian Church (North Bend, Neb.), 1861-1961 [RG2711]

Pebble Congregational Church (Pebble, Neb.), 1871-1974 [RG3230]

Scribner First Congregational Church (Scribner, Neb.), 1871-1974 [RG3230]

Scribner St. John’s Ridgeley Lutheran Church (Scribner, Neb.), 1874-1941 [RG4189]

Scribner United Church of Christ (Scribner, Neb.), 1871-1974 [RG3230]

Uehling Congregational Christian Church (Uehling, Neb.), 1906-1972 [RG3421]

 

DOUGLAS COUNTY

Omaha Clifton Hill Presbyterian Church (Omaha, Neb.), 1894-1972 [RG3118]

Omaha First Central Congregational Church (Omaha, Neb.), 1856-1977 [RG4415]

Omaha First Christian Church (Omaha, Neb.), 1867-1883 [RG1290]

Omaha First Congregational Church (Omaha, Neb.), 1856-1977 [RG4415]

Omaha First Evangelical and Reformed Church (Omaha, Neb.), 1900-1970 [RG4415]

Omaha First United Church of Christ (Omaha, Neb.), 1900-1970 [RG4415]

Omaha Lowe Avenue United Presbyterian Church (Omaha, Neb.), 1887-1971 [RG3224]

Omaha Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church (Omaha, Neb.), 1881-1940 [RG4102]

Omaha Our Savior’s Lutheran Church (Omaha, Neb.), 1881-1940 [RG4102]

Omaha Scandanavian Evangelical Lutheran Church (Omaha, Neb.), 1881-1940 [RG4102]

Omaha St. Barnabas Episcopal Church (Omaha, Neb.), 1868-1979 [RG3963]

Omaha St. Mary’s Avenue Congregational Church (Omaha, Neb.), 1883-1918 [RG4415]

Omaha Trinity Cathedral (Omaha, Neb.), 1857-1973 [RG3237]

Platte Valley Society of Friends (Platte Valley, Neb.), 1887-1907, 1923-1924 [RG3639]

South Omaha Trinity Norwegian-Danish Lutheran Church (South Omaha, Neb.), 1895-1912 [RG4099]

 

FILLMORE COUNTY

Exeter Christian Church (Exeter, Neb.), 1885-1957 [RG3076]

Exeter First Congregational Church (Exeter, Neb.), 1872-1963 [RG3059]

Fairmont Federated Community Church (Fairmont, Neb.), 1872-1966 [RG3178]

Fairmont First Presbyterian Church (Fairmont, Neb.), 1872-1966 [RG3178]

Grafton Congregational Church (Grafton, Neb.), 1878-1973 [RG3949]

Grafton Methodist Episcopal Church (Grafton, Neb.), 1884-1907 [RG4174]

Ohiowa Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church (Ohiowa, Neb.), 1888-1981 [RG4202]

Ohiowa South St. John’s German Evangelical Lutheran Church (Ohiowa, Neb.), 1888-1981 [RG4202]

Ohiowa St. John’s Lutheran Church (Ohiowa, Neb.), 1880-1963 [RG4041]

 

FRANKLIN COUNTY

Campbell Zion Lutheran Church (Campbell, Neb.), 1926 and 1936 [RG0857]

Naponee First Congregational United Church of Christ (Naponee, Neb.), 1881-1971 [RG3074]

 

FRONTIER COUNTY

Stockville First Congregational Church (Stockville, Neb.), 1890-1982 [RG4133]

 

GAGE COUNTY

Adams Presbyterian Church (Adams, Neb.), 1880-1962 [RG2650]

Beatrice First Presbyterian Church (Beatrice, Neb.), 1872-1961 [RG2654]

Cortland Cortland United Church (Cortland, Neb.), 1903-1983 [RG4149]

Cortland Pilgrim Congregational United Church of Christ (Cortland, Neb.), 1904-1981 [RG4149]

Cortland United Methodist Church (Cortland, Neb.), 1907-1981 [RG4149]

Pickrell Congregational Church (Pickrell, Neb.), 1886-1910 [RG2678]

 

GARFIELD COUNTY

Burwell First Congregational Church (Burwell, Neb.), 1888-1900 [RG3222]

 

GREELEY COUNTY

Spalding Hope Lutheran Church (Spalding, Neb.), 1955-1960 [RG4151]

 

HALL COUNTY

Alda Society of Friends (Alda, Neb.), 1895-1922 [RG3639]

Grand Island First Congregational Church (Grand Island, Neb.), 1953-1961 [RG4076]

Grand Island Free Evangelical Lutheran Pilgrim Congregational Church (Grand Island, Neb.), 1908-1954 [RG4076]

Grand Island Park Community Congregational Church (Grand Island, Neb.), 1956-1959 [RG4076]

Grand Island United Congregational, United Church of Christ (Grand Island, Neb.), 1887-1970 [RG4076]

 

HAMILTON COUNTY

Aurora Federated-Congregational and Presbyterian Church (Aurora, Neb.), 1872-1978 [RG0701]

Aurora First Congregational Church (Aurora, Neb.), 1872-1949 [RG0701]

Aurora First Presbyterian Church (Aurora, Neb.), 1873-1947 [RG0701]

Aurora Immanuel Danish Evangelical Church (Aurora, Neb.), 1874-1917 [RG2704]

Giltner Salem Baptist Church (Giltner, Neb.), 1875-1899 [RG4084]

Hampton Zion Lutheran Church (Hampton, Neb.), 1875-1976 [RG4373]

Phillips Monroe Evangelical Free Church (Phillips, Neb.), 1885-1956 [RG2664]

Stockham German Evangelical Congregational Church (Stockham, Neb.), 1898-1906 [RG4412]

Thornton Presbyterian Church (Giltner, Neb.) [RG5839].pdf

HARLAN COUNTY

Freewater Congregational Church (Freewater, Neb.), 1880-1906 [RG2678]

Stamford German Emmanuel Lutheran Church (Stamford, Neb.), 1899-1924 [RG4413]

Stamford Sappa Peak Lutheran Church (Stamford, Neb.), 1886-1976 [RG4413]

Stamford Trinity Lutheran Church (Stamford, Neb.), 1886-1978 [RG4413]

 

HAYES COUNTY

 

HITCHCOCK COUNTY

Trenton Congregational Church of the Redeemer (UCC) (Trenton, Neb.), 1886-1962 [RG3226]

Trenton Rosefield Sabbath School and Church (Congregational) (Trenton, Neb.), 1887-1919 [RG3238]

Trenton United Methodist Church (Trenton, Neb.), 1887-1976 [RG3244]

 

HOLT COUNTY

Dustin Congregational Church (Dustin, Neb.), 1886-1912 [RG0706]

 

HOWARD COUNTY

Farwell St. Anthony of Padua Church (Farwell, Neb.), 1877-1974 [RG3227]

 

JEFFERSON COUNTY

Daykin Immanuel Lutheran Church (Daykin, Neb.), 1891-1982 [RG4135]

Fairbury St. Michael’s Church (Fairbury, Neb.), 1909 [RG0774]

Fairbury Zion Evangelical Church (Fairbury, Neb.), 1882-1971 [RG2930]

Fairbury Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church (Fairbury, Neb.), 1882-1971 [RG2930]

Fairbury Zion United Church of Christ (Fairbury, Neb.), 1882-1971 [RG2930]

Harbine United Church of Christ (Harbine, Neb.), 1885-1970 [RG3151]

Jansen Cub Creek Church (Jansen, Neb.), 1882-1971 [RG3225]

Jansen St. Paul’s United Church of Christ (Jansen, Neb.), 1882-1971 [RG3225]

Meridian German Presbyterian Church (Meridian, Neb.), 1873-1925 [RG4904]

Plymouth Second Congregational Church (Plymouth, Neb.), 1894-1905 [RG3155]

 

JOHNSON COUNTY

Sterling Hopewell Methodist Church (Sterling, Neb.), 1865-1967 [RG3067]

Tecumseh St. Paul’s Evangelical Church (Tecumseh, Neb.), 1894-1948 [RG3194]

Tecumseh St. Paul’s Evangelical and Reformed Church (Tecumseh, Neb.), 1894-1948 [RG3194]

Tecumseh St. Paul’s United Church of Christ (Tecumseh, Neb.), 1894-1948 [RG3194]

 

KEARNEY COUNTY

Cosmo Township First Danish Baptist Church (Upland, Neb.), 1889-1916 [RG2658]

Cosmo Township Osco Baptist Church (Upland, Neb.), 1889-1916 [RG2658]

Wilcox Pleasant View Christian Church (Wilcox, Neb.), 1912-1972 [RG3079]

 

KEYA PAHA COUNTY

Burton Congregational Church (Burton, Neb.), 1908-1917 [RG2678]

Springview Congregational Church (Springview, Neb.), 1887-1947 [RG2678]

 

KNOX COUNTY

Bloomfield Congregational Church (Bloomfield, Neb.), 1891-1905 [RG2678]

Olcott Chapel and Cemetery (Knox County, Neb.) [RG5221]

 

LANCASTER COUNTY

Davey Bethlehem Lutheran Church (Davey, Neb.), 1880-1961 [RG3239]

Emerald St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church (Emerald, Neb.), 1878-1952 [RG2732]

Emerald Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (Emerald, Neb.), 1884-1994 [RG2708]

Hallam Congregational United Church of Christ (Hallam, Neb.), 1868-1982 [RG4007]

Hickman German Presbyterian Church (Hickman, Neb.), 1878-1968 [RG2655]

Hickman Methodist Church (Hickman, Neb.), 1888-1892 [RG3075]

Hickman United Presbyterian Church (Hickman, Neb.), 1898-1968 [RG2655]

Kramer St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church (Kramer, Neb.), 1872-1973 [RG3647]

Lincoln Butler Avenue Congregational Church (Lincoln, Neb.), 1922-1951 [RG4095]

Lincoln Christ Lutheran Church (Lincoln, Neb.), 1949-1977 [RG4394]

Lincoln Church of the Holy Trinity (Lincoln, Neb.), 1869-1985 [RG4199]

Lincoln College View Presbyterian Church (Lincoln, Neb.), 1911-1959 [RG2676]

Lincoln Congregational Club (Lincoln, Neb.), 1903-1925 [RG2678]

Lincoln East Lincoln Evangelical Church (Lincoln, Neb.), 1902-1932 [RG4128]

Lincoln Ebenezer United Church of Christ (Lincoln, Neb.), 1915-1981 [RG4060]

Lincoln Epworth Methodist Church (Lincoln, Neb.), 1950-1972 [RG4128]

Lincoln Evangelical St. John’s Church (Lincoln, Neb.), 1907-1967 [RG4040]

Lincoln Faith Reformed Church (Lincoln, Neb.), 1889-1916 [RG3930]

Lincoln Faith United Church of Christ (Lincoln, Neb.), 1967-1981 [RG4040]

Lincoln Faith United Methodist Church (Lincoln, Neb.), 1895-1982 [RG4128]

Lincoln First Baptist Church (Lincoln, Neb.), 1880-1997 [RG4127]

Lincoln First Christian Church (Lincoln, Neb.), 1900-1981 [RG4061]

Lincoln First Church of Christ Scientist (Lincoln, Neb.), 1905-1910 [RG4087]

Lincoln First Evangelical United Brethren Church (Lincoln, Neb.), 1936-1976 [RG4128]

Lincoln First German Congregational Church (Lincoln, Neb.), 1889-1977 [RG3022]

Lincoln First Plymouth Congregational Church (Lincoln, Neb.), 1911-1968, n.d. [RG1138]

Lincoln First Presbyterian Church (Lincoln, Neb.), 1926 [RG1168]

Lincoln Friedens Lutheran Church (Lincoln, Neb.), 1907-1985 [RG4212]

Lincoln German Evangelical Congregational Salem Church (Lincoln, Neb.), 1901-1967 [RG4040]

Lincoln German Evangelical Congregational Zion Church (Lincoln, Neb.), 1900-1966 [RG3037]

Lincoln German Evangelical Lutheran Friedens Church (Lincoln, Neb.), 1907-1985 [RG4212]

Lincoln German Evangelical Zion Church (Lincoln, Neb.), 1900-1966 [RG3037]

Lincoln Glad Tidings Assembly of God (Lincoln, Neb.), ca. 1979-2011 [RG5870]

Lincoln Holy Trinity Episcopal Church (Lincoln, Neb.), 1869-1985 [RG4199]

Lincoln Immanuel Church (Lincoln, Neb.), 1891-1981, 2008 [RG4163]

Lincoln Salem Evangelical Church (Lincoln, Neb.), 1895-1935 [RG4128]

Lincoln Salem United Church of Christ (Lincoln, Neb.), 1901-1967 [RG4040]

Lincoln Second Baptist Church (Lincoln, Neb.), 1916-1963 [RG6176]

Lincoln Second Methodist Episcopal Church (Lincoln, Neb.), 1880-1943 [RG3634] (PDF)

Lincoln Second Presbyterian Church (Lincoln, Neb.), 1887-1961 [RG2649]

Lincoln Society of Friends (Lincoln, Neb.), 1948-1975 [RG3639]*

Lincoln South Street Temple (Lincoln, Neb.), 2020 [RG6150]*

Lincoln St. John’s United Church of Christ (Lincoln, Neb.), 1907-1967 [RG4040]

Lincoln St. Mark’s Reformed Church (Lincoln, Neb.), 1889-1916 [RG3930]*

Lincoln St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church (Lincoln, Neb.), 1926-1985 [RG4208]

Lincoln St. Paul United Methodist Church (Lincoln, Neb.), 1895-1898 [RG4841]

Lincoln Trinity United Church (Lincoln, Neb.), 1957-1971 [RG3233]

Lincoln Trinity United Methodist Church (Lincoln, Neb.) [RG6139]

Lincoln Unitarian Church (Lincoln, Neb.)  [RG1054]

Lincoln United Campus Christian Fellowship (University of Nebraska), 1945-1965 [RG3160]

Lincoln Zion United Church of Christ (Lincoln, Neb.), 1900-1979 [RG3981]

Panama Presbyterian Church (Panama, Neb.), 1902-1959 [RG2709]

Princeton Methodist Episcopal Church (Princeton, Neb.), 1903-1920 [RG4149]

Roca Methodist Episcopal Church (Roca, Neb.), 1875-1935 [RG3075]

Waverly Congregational Church (Waverly, Neb.), 1876-1924 [RG4090]

 

LOUP COUNTY

Taylor First Congregational Church (Taylor, Neb.), 1893-1968 [RG3051]

 

MADISON COUNTY

Newman Grove Dahlsburg Lutheran Church (Newman Grove, Neb.), 1880-1915 [RG2677]

Newman Grove Zion Lutheran Church (Newman Grove, Neb.), 1880-1949 [RG2677]

Norfolk First Congregational United Church of Christ (Norfolk, Neb.), 1870-1970 [RG3221]

Norfolk St. Matthew’s Mission (Norfolk, Neb.), 1881-1980 [RG4035]

Norfolk Trinity Episcopal Church (Norfolk, Neb.), 1881-1980 [RG4035]

Norfolk Trinity Mission (Norfolk, Neb.), 1881-1980 [RG4035]

Tilden Friedens Evangelical Church (Tilden, Neb.), 1902-1980 [RG3997]

Tilden Peace United Church of Christ (Tilden, Neb.), 1902-1980 [RG3997]

 

MERRICK COUNTY

Central City Christ Episcopal Church (Central City, Neb.), 1872-1946 [RG4384]

Central City Society of Friends (Central City, Neb.), 1899-1960 [RG3639]

Palmer Society of Friends (Palmer, Neb.), 1932-1934 [RG3639]

Platte Valley Society of Friends (Platte Valley, Neb.), 1887-1907 [RG3639]

 

NEMAHA COUNTY

Auburn First Presbyterian Church (Auburn, Neb.), 1881-1957 [RG2668]

Benton Precinct Martin Luther Evangelical Lutheran Church (Benton Precinct, Nemaha County, Neb.), 1902-1984 [RG4182]

Benton Precinct St. Paul’s Lutheran Church (Benton Precinct, Nemaha County, Neb.), 1884-1950 [RG3982]

Brownville Congregational Church (Brownville, Neb.), 1858 [RG0815]

Nemaha St. John’s Episcopal Church (Nemaha, Neb.), 1858-1876 [RG1272]

 

OTOE COUNTY

Burr Hopewell Presbyterian Church (Burr, Neb.), 1874-1940 [RG3452]

Camp Creek Congregational Church (Camp Creek, Neb.), 1868-1879 [RG2678]

Douglas Christian Church (Douglas, Neb.), 1890-1971 [RG4113]

McWilliams Precinct St. John’s Parish, German Evangelical Church (McWilliams Precinct, Otoe County, Neb.), 1871-1917 [RG4361]

Nebraska City Bethel United Church of Christ (Nebraska City, Neb.), 1886-1971 [RG3061]

Nebraska City Evangelical Lutheran Church (Nebraska City, Neb.), 1886-1971 [RG3061]

Nebraska City Evangelical and Reformed Church (Nebraska City, Neb.), 1886-1971 [RG3061]

Nebraska City First United Methodist Church (Nebraska City.), 1888 [RG6175]

Nebraska City Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church (Nebraska City, Neb.), 1886-1971 [RG3061]

Otoe St. Luke’s Evangelical Lutheran Church (Otoe, Neb.), 1878-1956 [RG4020]

Palmyra First Baptist Church (Palmyra, Neb.) [RG6140]

Palmyra Presbyterian Church (Palmyra, Neb.), 1875-1968 [RG3054]

Syracuse First Congregational Church (Syracuse, Neb.), 1871-1914 [RG4326]

Syracuse First Lutheran Church (Syracuse, Neb.), 1880-1971 [RG4166]

Syracuse St. John’s Evangelical Church (Syracuse, Neb.), 1880-1969 [RG3168]

Syracuse St. John’s United Church of Christ (Syracuse, Neb.), 1880-1969 [RG3168]

Syracuse Taylor Memorial Church (Syracuse, Neb.), 1871-1914 [RG4326]

Talmage Zion United Church of Christ (Talmage, Neb.), 1884-1994 [RG3066]

Unadilla Christian (Disciples of Christ) Church (Unadilla, Neb.), 1873-1975 [RG3117]

Unadilla United Brethren Church (Unadilla, Neb.), 1889-1890 [RG1481]

 

PAWNEE COUNTY

Burchard Presbyterian Church (Burchard, Neb.), 1881-1883 [RG0835]

Liberty Mission Creek United Presbyterian Church (Liberty, Neb.), 1873-1962 [RG2672]

Pawnee City First Presbyterian Church (Pawnee City, Neb.), 1866-1954 [RG2701]

Pawnee City United Presbyterian Church (Pawnee City, Neb.), 1867-1959 [RG2700]

Steinauer Salem United Church of Christ (Steinauer, Neb.), 1878-1967 [RG3068]

Steinauer St. Anthony’s Church (Steinauer, Neb.), 1905 [RG1028]

 

PERKINS COUNTY

Grant First Congregational Church (Grant, Neb.), 1887-1970 [RG3219]

 

PHELPS COUNTY

Funk Fridhem Evangelical Lutheran Church (Funk, Neb.), 1882-1944 [RG2705]

 

PIERCE COUNTY

Pierce United Church of Christ (Pierce, Neb.), 1896-1971 [RG4119]

Plainview First Congregational Church United Church of Christ (Plainview, Neb.), 1903-1984 [RG4188]

Plainview Society of Friends (Plainview, Neb.), 1895-1936 [RG3639]

 

PLATTE COUNTY

Columbus Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church (Columbus, Neb.), 1871-1985 [RG4215]

Columbus Christ Lutheran Church (Columbus, Neb.), 1871-1985 [RG4215]

Columbus Federated Church (Columbus, Neb.), 1865-1970 [RG4272]

Lindsay Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Church (Lindsay, Neb.), 1879-1916 [RG2651]

Looking Glass St. Ansgar’s Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church (Looking Glass, Neb.), 1884-1913 [RG2662]

Postville Postville Welsh Church (Postville, Neb.), 1902-1982 [RG4160]

 

POLK COUNTY

Osceola St. Paul Lutheran Church (Osceola, Neb.), 1903-1969 [RG3176]

Polk First Methodist Church (Polk, Neb.), 1878-1954 [RG2657]

Polk Swede Plain Methodist Church (Polk, Neb.), 1876-1955 [RG2673]

Stromsburg Green’s Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church (Stromsburg, Neb.), 1894-1937 [RG0967]

Stromsburg Methodist Episcopal Church (Stromsburg, Neb.), 1894-1937 [RG0967]

Wayland United Church of Christ (Wayland, Neb.), 1873-1969 [RG3175]

 

RED WILLOW COUNTY

Indianola Congregational Church (Indianola, Neb.), 1893-1929 [RG4097]

McCook First Congregational Church (McCook, Neb.), 1882-1971 [RG3052]

 

RICHARDSON COUNTY

Dawson Zion Reformed United Church of Christ (Dawson, Neb.), 1878-1973 [RG4414]

Falls City Presbyterian Church (Falls City, Neb.), 1871-1964 [RG2712]

Falls City Zion Evangelical Church (Falls City, Neb.), 1886-1976 [RG3245]

Falls City Zion United Church of Christ (Falls City, Neb.), 1886-1976 [RG3245]

Humboldt Four Mile Congregational Church (Humboldt, Neb.), 1880-1980 [RG4008]

Humboldt Four Mile Evangelical and Reformed Church (Humboldt, Neb.), 1880-1980 [RG4008]

Humboldt German Evangelical Church Society (Humboldt, Neb.), 1880-1980 [RG4008]

Humboldt German Methodist Church (Humboldt, Neb.), 1860-1924 [RG3078]

Humboldt German Reformed Salem Church Society (Humboldt, Neb.), 1880-1980 [RG4008]

Humboldt Pleasant View Methodist Church (Humboldt, Neb.), 1885-1954 [RG3078]

Humboldt Salem Evangelical and Reformed Church (Humboldt, Neb.), 1880-1980 [RG4008]

Humboldt United Methodist Parish (Humboldt, Neb.), 1860-1968 [RG3078]

 

SALINE COUNTY

Crete Trinity Memorial Church (Crete, Neb.), 1871-1976 [RG4299]

Friend First Congregational Church (Friend, Neb.), 1875-1970 [RG3026]

Pleasant Hill Society of Friends (Pleasant Hill, Neb.), 1896-1914 [RG3639]

Pleasant Hill United Brethren in Christ Church (Pleasant Hill, Neb.), 1889-1907 [RG3989]

Wilber Trinity Lutheran Church (Wilber, Neb.), 1875-1952 [RG4103]

 

SARPY COUNTY

Bellevue First Presbyterian Church (Bellevue, Neb.), 1850-1939 [RG3234]

Papillion First Lutheran Church (Papillion, Neb.), 1876-1990 [RG1172]

 

SAUNDERS COUNTY

Ashland Immanuel Baptist Church (Ashland, Neb.), 1891-1907 [RG6095]

Ithaca Zion Lutheran Church (Ithaca, Neb.), 1885-1976 [RG3240]

Mead Alma Evangelical Lutheran Church (Mead, Neb.), 1935 and 1960 [RG1396]

Saunders Mt. Zion Church (Saunders County, Neb.), 1891-1895 [RG1249]

Swedeburg Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church (Swedeburg, Neb.), 1870-1970 [RG4417]

Swedeburg Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Swedeburg Congregation (Swedeburg, Neb.), 1870-1970 [RG4417]

Yutan St. Peter’s Evangelical and Reformed Church (Yutan, Neb.), 1908-1984 [RG4180]

Yutan St. Peter’s Reformed Church (Yutan, Neb.), 1908-1984 [RG4180]

Yutan St. Peter’s United Church of Christ (Yutan, Neb.), 1908-1984 [RG4180]

 

SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY

Gering Zion United Church of Christ (Gering, Neb.), 1937-1971 [RG3220]

Scottsbluff Community Congregational Church (Scottsbluff, Neb.), 1926-1970 [RG3119]

Scottsbluff Plymouth Congregational Church (Scottsbluff, Neb.), 1926-1970 [RG3119]

 

SEWARD COUNTY

Cordova St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church (Cordova, Neb.), 1889-1954 [RG2648]

Germantown (Garland) Congregational Church (Germantown [Garland], Neb.), 1893-1915 [RG2678]

Goehner Friedens United Church of Christ (Goehner, Neb.), 1902-1974 [RG3235]

Johnson Creek Frelsers Danske Evangelical Lutheran Church (Johnson Creek, Seward County, Neb.), 1880-1932 [RG2730]

Marysville Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (Marysville, Neb.), 1872-1970 [RG3977]

Milford Congregational Church (Milford, Neb.), 1874-1959 [RG2678]

Milford United Church of Christ (Milford, Neb.), 1874-1970 [RG2933]

Seward First Congregational Church (Seward, Neb.), 1887-1942 [RG2678]

Seward Frieden German Evangelical Church (Seward, Neb.), 1878-1973 [RG3228]

Staplehurst Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church (Staplehurst, Neb.), 1889-1966 [RG4177]

 

SHERIDAN COUNTY

Gordon Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church (Gordon, Neb.), 1889-1898 [RG3247]

Hay Springs First Congregational Church (Hay Springs, Neb.), 1907-1935 [RG4096]

Mirage Flats St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Community Church (Mirage Flats, Neb.), 1888-1962 [RG2663]

 

SHERMAN COUNTY

Loup City First Baptist Church (Loup City, Neb.), 1891-1954 [RG4562]

 

STANTON COUNTY

Pilger St. Paul’s Danish Lutheran Church (Pilger, Neb.), 1892-1959 [RG3960]

Pilger St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church (Pilger, Neb.), 1891-1968 [RG3960]

Stanton New England Congregational Church (Stanton, Neb.), 1878-1985 [RG4324]

 

THAYER COUNTY

Alexandria Meridian German Presbyterian Church (Alexandria, Neb.), 1873-1925 [RG4904]

Alexandria Presbyterian Church (Alexandria, Neb.), 1872-1962 [RG4904]

Bruning Congregational Church (Bruning, Neb.), 1890-1904 [RG2678]

Byron St. John’s Lutheran Church (Byron, Neb.), 1907-1962 [RG4191]

Deshler St. Paul Lutheran Church (Deshler, Neb.), 1893-1957 [RG4152]

Stoddard St. Paul’s Lutheran Church (Stoddard, Neb.), 1907-1956 [RG3243]

 

THOMAS COUNTY

Thedford First Congregational United Church of Christ (Thedford, Neb.), 1899-1976 [RG3242]


VALLEY COUNTY

North Loup Society of Friends (North Loup, Neb.), 1898-1935 [RG3639]

Pleasant Hill Society of Friends (Pleasant Hill, Neb.), 1896-1916 [RG3639]

 

WASHINGTON COUNTY

Blair Congregational United Church of Christ (Blair, Neb.), 1870-1977 [RG4385]

Blair St. Mary’s Episcopal Church (Blair, Neb.)  [RG5054] (PDF)

Fontanelle First Congregational Church (Fontanelle, Neb.), 1856-1887 [RG4411]

 

WEBSTER COUNTY

Cowles Congregational Church (Cowles, Neb.), 1883-1961 [RG4183]

Cowles Immanuel Lutheran Church (Cowles, Neb.), 1904-1951 [RG4153]

Cowles Methodist Episcopal Church (Cowles, Neb.), 1885-1938 [RG0942]

Eckley Methodist Episcopal Church (Eckley, Neb.), 1893-1938 [RG0942]

Red Cloud Grace Episcopal Church (Red Cloud, Neb.), 1928-1931 [RG0874]

 

YORK COUNTY

Bradshaw Arborville Congregational Church (Bradshaw, Neb.), 1876-1976 [RG3246]

Bradshaw Arborville United Church of Christ (Bradshaw, Neb.), 1876-1976 [RG3246]

Gresham Immanuel Lutheran Church (Gresham, Neb.), 1873-1976 [RG3453]

Thayer Presbyterian Church (Thayer, Neb.), 1902-1957 [RG3420]

York First Christian Church (York, Neb.), 1876-1969 [RG3204]

York German Evangelical Lutheran Church (York, Neb.), 1879-1972 [RG3232]

York St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church (York, Neb.), 1879-1972 [RG3232]

 

SOUTH DAKOTA

Jefferson St. Peter’s Catholic Church (Jefferson, South Dakota) [RG1549]

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