Nebraska Directories

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Statewide directories for Nebraska were published periodically from 1882 to 1917. The 1886 directory was the first to list farmers in addition to businesses. It was compiled from the agricultural schedule of the 1885 census, and thus it is a partial index to that census (see the Census article). The directories have been microfilmed and are available for purchase from the Nebraska State Historical Society.

Directories Online
Ancestry.com ($) has Nebraska directories available online in its U.S. City Directories collection.

The Family History Library
The Family History Library has a copy of the 1878 business directory of cities, towns, and forts along the railroads of Nebraska, Colorado, and Utah (Family History Library film ).

The Family History Library has directories for:

Omaha

Lincoln

Web Sites


 * US City Directories This web site identifies printed, microfilmed, and online directories and their repositories.