State of Nebraska      The Cornhusker State Part of the family of Genealogy Trails 37th State - Admission to statehood - March 1, 1867

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Nebraska Homestead--Sod House--Taken about 1900 near Arnold, Neb. Photo donated by:  Anna Newell Nebraska was part of the Louisiana Purchase of 1803.  Before the 1860s most pioneers passed through Nebraska along the Platte River Valley on their way to California and Oregon.  During the 1860s, homesteaders poured into Nebraska to claim free land grants; many of the first farm settlers built their homes out of sod because trees were so sparse.  The major factor in organizing the territory was the building of the Pacific Railroad.    Nebraska became the 37th state in 1867, shortly after the American Civil War.  At that time the capital was moved from Omaha to Lancaster, later renamed Lincoln after the recently assassinated President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln.  The population in 1860 was 28,841, the  estimated population for 2005 was 1,758,787.    The five largest ancestry groups in Nebraska are German, Irish, English, Swedish and Czech.    Nebraska gets its name from a  Native American (Oto) word meaning "flat water", after the Platte River that flows through the state.

Nebraska is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa and Missouri to the east, across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwest; and Wyoming to the west.   Please Report any Broken Links, Thank you   Sorry, unable to do personal research. We regret that we are unable to perform personal research for folks.   All data we come across will be added to this site.   We thank you for visiting and hope you'll come back again to view the updates we make to this site.

Nebraska is made up of 93 counties:   Adams Antelope Arthur Banner Blaine Boone Box Butte Boyd Brown Buffalo Burt Butler Cass Cedar Chase Cherry Cheyenne Clay Colfax Cuming Custer Dakota Dawes Dawson Deuel Dixon Dodge Douglas Dundy Fillmore Franklin Frontier Furnas Gage Garden Garfield Gosper Grant Greeley Hall Hamilton Harlan Hayes Hitchcock Holt Hooker Howard Jefferson Johnson Kearney Keith Keya Paha Kimball Knox Lancaster Lincoln Logan Loup Madison McPherson Merrick Morrill Nance Nemaha Nuckolls Otoe Pawnee Perkins Phelps Pierce Platte Polk Red Willow Richardson Rock Saline Sarpy Saunders Scotts Bluff Seward Sheridan Sherman Sioux Stanton Thayer Thomas Thurston Valley Washington Wayne Webster Wheeler York             Counties updated for the month of: June 2009   Boyd Banner Richardson Custer Harlan Cedar Thomas Douglas Kieth Adams Hitchcock Dixon Cass Franklin Sheridan Buffalo Saline Gage               Submit a Nebraska Obituary            Search Nebraska Counties   As Well As   All States and Counties For Free Data   Provided by Genealogy Trails Pick a State Site To Search Entire Site AL AK AR AZ CA CO CT DC DE FL GA HI IA ID IL IN KS KY LA MA MD ME MI MN MO MS MT NC ND NE NH NJ NM NV NY OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VA VT WA WI WV WY powered by FreeFind     View 2009 Updates   2009 Updates for Hosted Counties   Dundy   Jefferson   Loup   View 2008 Updates View 2007 Updates Nebraska County Hosts        Look-Ups    County Map Census Data Vital Statistics Information  Misc. Obituaries  **    Origin of Nebraska Cave Men of The Prairie    Facts and Trivia List of Nebraska Governors 1893 County Fairs Westward Highways  A Land Of Milk And Honey  Nebraska Counties Old Postcards  Capital Building  Early Earthquakes Government Officals  Here and There, Part I     Here and There, Part II Land Discovery in Nebraska  Nebraska Governors News and Tidbits Trails Of Yesterday   Mormons   Naming Of Wyuka Cemetery   Supreme Court Of Nebraska In Memoriam of John B. Barnes  Women Editors of Nebraska Newspapers      New Post Masters Named     The Beginnings of Nebraska Historical Society    The Nebraska State Historical Society News Article   Public Land Sales in the Territory of Nebraska   Resources, Prospects and Advantages of Immigration     Woman Suffragists - The Officers of the Nebraska Association   Colonies     G. A. R. - Lincoln   Essay Contest     Mary Manuel Lisa     First Humble Homes Were Built      To Open Lands in Nebraska      The Truth About Nebraska      Big Blue Valley      Honored Offical Positions      Friends of The Cow       Nebraska of the Long Ago      Counties in Order of Settlement            Nebraskan Indians   Omahas Pawnee War Wounded Knee 1823 Trading Expedition Wife of Winnabago Chief Wounded Knee - 1972 Indian Problems   Unearthed Medal Pawnee Indians Attacked Winnebago Wedding Redman's Problems Navajo Tom                                  Military   Fort Atkinson Medal of Honor Recipients Nebraska In The Civil War The Major Day Military Papers   Fort Atkinson Trivia   Civil War Soldiers   A Soldiers Monument   Soldier's Homesteads Nebraska's Part in The Rebellion     Pensions     Nebraska Pensions Granted Pensions Granted Pensions For Veterans Pensions For Old Soldiers Pensioners Hereabouts                          News Across Nebraska Miscellaneous County News Run On Banks Discovery of Shredded Wheat Gasoline War 1923 The Prairies Are Ablaze All Around Nebraska From Around theState   1908 Nebraska Storm                                             **Obituaries with specific county ties have been moved to the appropriate county name.       Any contributions of data are greatly appreciated.  To make our site grow we need your input.   To contribute data to this site, please send it to Frances.

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