Morton James Public Library

Genealogy Resource List
The following items are located at the front desk. Ask Librarian.

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, 1946 through 1954, 1957, 1959, 1961. Dunbar Telephone Directory, 1921. Otoe County Farm Directory, 1942.

Cemeteries

Wyuka Cemetery Internments, Nebraska City, NE, 1855-1971.
Wyuka Cemetery Internments, 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.
Berlin-Otoe Cemetery, Union, NE.
Delaware Cemetery, Dunbar, NE.
Rosewood Cemetery, Palmyra, NE.
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.
Historical Records, Otoe County, NE, Cemetery Records, only graves with markers, 1854-1907. Vol. 1 Towns A-N, Vol. 2 Towns O-Z.
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

Nebraska City Newspapers, 1854-present.
Wyoming (NE) Telescope, April 3, 1858 to June 5, 1858.
Wyoming (NE) Post, 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.
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.

Books, files and atlases

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.

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

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.

Nebraska 1870 Federal Census Index A-Z.

The following books are located in the Ruth MacCuaig Quiet Room

Otoe County Pioneers: A Biographical Dictionary by Raymond Dale, Vols. 1-10.
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.
Biographical Album of Otoe & Cass Counties, NE, 1889, Vols. 1 & 2.
Our Centennial Year, Bethel United Church of Christ, 1887-1987.
A Glimpse of the Past...A Pictorial History of Otoe County, 1996.

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.
Enoch Harper Wilson by Donna Wilson Crabtree.
Nebraska Farmer’s Son by Laurence L. Falk.
Family History of William Bischof.
The Gudes Gestern und Heute by Herbert Gude.
The Gibsons and Orrs: Pioneer Families: a Family History by Laura Wayland-Smith Hatch.
The Descendants of Johann Heinrich Holscher by Darlene Holscher James.
The Irland Family History by Kenneth L. Irland.
Journals of Lewis Compton Burnett 1848-1906.
Our Wuertele Heritage by Sheryl Wuertele Kremer.
The Keyser Family: Henry’s Children by Willet Keyser.
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.
Myers Family.
Gaunt-Gant Family: Some of the Descendants of Peter Gaunt of Sandwich, Massachusett by Mary Chalfant Ormsbee.
Herman and Agte Neemann Family Ancestors and Decendants 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.
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)
Thomas Joy and His Descendants by J.R. Joy.
The descendents of Frederick William Heinke, Sr. by Richard M. Heinke and Carolyn Teske.
Descendents of Issac and Hetty Ann S(c)ears complied by Sharon L Davies.

Other sources:

Other sources:	Websites:
Nebraska Bureau of Vital Statistics 14th & M Sts. PO Box 95065 Lincoln, NE 68509-5065 402-471-2871 Birth and death recors since 1904 only Nebraska State Historical Society 1500 R St. PO Box 82554 Lincoln, NE 68501 402-471-4751	http://www.ancestry.com/ http://www.heritagequest.com/genealogy/help/ http://www.cyndislist.com/ http://www.familysearch.org http://usgenweb.com