Douglas County, Nebraska Genealogy

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County Courthouse

 * Douglas County Courthouse 1701 Farnam Street Omaha NE 68183-1001 Official ebpage of Douglas County: http://www.douglascounty-ne.gov/

Parent County
1854--Douglas County was created 23 November 1854 as an original county. County seat: Omaha

Populated Places
Douglas County cities and villags


 * Bennington
 * Omaha
 * Ralston
 * Valley
 * Boys' Town
 * Waterloo

Neighboring Counties

 * Dodge
 * Pottawattamie County, Iowa
 * Sarpy
 * Saunders
 * Washington

Railroads
In December 1863 the First Transcontinental Railroad started from Omaha, Nebraska.


 * Union Pacific Railroad
 * American Memoryfrom Library of Congress has maps of the Union Pacific Railroad
 * Wikipedia article on the Union Pacific Railroad
 * Railroad Museumin Omaha, Nebraska

Cemeteries and Obituaries

 * Douglas County Cemeteriesfrom RootsWeb - Links to some cemeteries and transcriptions
 * Omaha obituary index. Lists over 150,000 obituaries from Omaha and surrounding areas.

Church
Google maps shows many Douglas County churches

LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Omaha Branch Record of Members 1929-1942 at Family History Library
 * Omaha South Branch Record of Members 1941 at Family History Library
 * Winter QuartersBishops Accounts 1840-1859 for Bishop Edward Hunter. Also includes Nauvoo, Illinois 5th Ward and Salt Lake City, Utah 13th Ward,

Court

 * Douglas County Court 1819 Farnam St. Omaha, NE 68183 Telephone: (402) 444-7000
 * Douglas County Court Directory Lists courts in Douglas County their addresses, their online resources, and links to their individual websites.

Land

 * DoGIS.com Geographical Information Systems for Douglas County. Locate addresses and land parcels in the county

Newspapers

 * Library of CongressChronicling America newspaper project contains digital copies of newspapers for Douglas County, Nebraska. Some are foreign language newspaprs. Years of publication vary.

Probate

 * Probate records 1912-1970housed by the North Platte Genealogical Society at North Platte, Nebraska

Vital Records

 * Douglas Countybirths from early Omaha newspapers at the W. Dale Clark Library in Omaha. These birth announcements were extracted by those looking for obituaries in the same papers.
 * Obituaries from Omaha and surroundong areas, Nearly 19,000 listings from Omaha newspapers.

Societies and Libraries

 * Greater Omaha Genealogical Society Website: http://gogsmembers.wordpress.com/
 * Historical Society of Douglas County
 * Webpage: http://www.omahahistory.org/

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog
 * Linkpendium links for Douglas County, Nebraska
 * Linkforumfor Douglas County, Nebraska
 * Cyndi's ListFor Nebraska then scroll to Douglas County. Links to websites for multiple subjects