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Microfilm images
In 1860, Nebraska Territory encompassed most of present-day Nebraska and parts of the present-day states of Wyoming, Montana, North and South Dakota, and Colorado.

Indexes: fiche, film, or book
For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of Nebraska, click here

Microfilm images
Mortality schedules for 1860, 1870, 1880, and 1885 are at the Nebraska State Historical Society at http://www.nebraskahistory.org/. The National Archives and the Family History Library have copies on microfilm. The library also has copies of published indexes for the 1860, 1870, 1880, and 1885 schedules.



Indexes: fiche, film, or book
For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of Nebraska, click here.

State, territorial, and colonial censuses

 * 1854 all 6 districts
 * 1855 Counties: Cass (census and index), Dodge, Douglas, Franklin (records and index), Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee, Richardson
 * 1856 Counties: Burt, Cass, Clay, Cumings, Dakota, Dodge (Northern and Southern Districts), Lancaster, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee, Platte, Richardson, Washington
 * 1858 Counties: Otoe (Nebraska City)
 * 1864 Counties: Cedar
 * 1865 Counties: Butler, Cumings, Lancaster (Saltillo and Lancaster Precincts), Otoe
 * 1869 Counties: Butler, Stanton
 * 1870 Counties: Lancaster
 * 1872 Counties: Dawson
 * 1874 Counties: Jefferson, Kearney, Lancaster
 * 1875 Counties: Lancaster
 * 1876 Counties: Cass, Frontier, Sarpy (Richardson Precinct)
 * 1877 Counties: Cass
 * 1878 counties: Cass, Lancaster
 * 1879 Counties: Cass, Lancaster
 * 1880 Counties: Cass, Lancaster
 * 1881 Counties: Cass
 * 1882 Counties: Cass
 * 1884 Counties: Madison
 * 1885 Counties: Extant for all counties except Blaine and Chase.
 * 1898 Counties: Gage
 * 1917 Counties: Cass

Existing and lost censuses
For a list of available and missing Nebraska censuses, click here.

Why use a census?
A well-indexed census is one of the easiest ways to locate where an ancestor's family lived and when they lived there. You can also use censuses to follow the changes in a family over time, and identify neighbors. These and other clues provided by censuses are important because they help find additional kinds of records about the family.

More about censuses
Click here for additional details about how to use censuses, such as:


 * index searching tips
 * analyzing and using what you find
 * census accuracy
 * historical background
 * contents of various census years and types