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

History of Douglas County : Andreas' History of the State of Nebraska, Douglas County, Produced by Liz Lee

Populated Places
Douglas County cities and villags


 * Bennington
 * Omaha
 * Omaha Surveyed original layout and settlers involved.


 * 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


 * Record of Members 1929-1942 at Family History Library
 * Record of Members 1941 at Family History Library
 * Bishops 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

Migration
Early migration routes to and from for European and African American settlers included:


 * Missouri River
 * Platte River
 * Oregon Trail 1830s to 1890s from western Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon
 * California Trail 1846 to 1869 from western Missouri to northern California
 * Mormon Trail 1846 to 1869 from Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah

Military

 * Grand Army of the Republic in Douglas County, Nebraska -- Provisional Organization - July 10, 1867  --  Permanent Organization June 12, 1877


 * 1) History of Nebraska GAR
 * 2) GAR information is available through the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War


 * Original Post


 * 1) Post # 1 OMAHA Chartered Dec. 13, 1866 by National Headquarters 15 members


 * Later Posts


 * 1) Post #2 FT. OMAHA Phil Kearny Jan. 1, 1876-1896 Post moved to South Omaha Membership: Total-136+
 * 2) Post #2-A South Omaha Phil Kearny Oct 5, 1896-1924 Charter surrendered April 30, 1924 Membership: Total-304+
 * 3) Post # 7 Omaha George Custer June 5, 1876-1946 Changed Jan 9, 1922 when last 3 Omaha posts were combined to Old Guard (A reference to their being the last of their kind) Membership: Total-477+
 * 4) Post #110 Omaha Aug. 18, 1882-1921 Combined with Post #7 Omaha, changed on July (23), 1888 to U.S.Grant, Membership: Charter-18 Total-344+
 * 5) Post # 262 Omaha April 6, 1888-1921, Combined with Post 7 Gate City, (Post originally requested name of Thomas J. Potter) changed January 30, 1889 to Phil Sheridan, changed March 21, 1890 to George Crook, Membership: Total-400+
 * 6) Post # 282 South Omaha R.R. Livingston May 7, 1889-1896 Combined with Post 2-A 1827-1888 Membership: Charter-N/A Total-66+
 * 7) Post # 300 Florence James Isom March 29, 1890-1890 Charter surrendered 1/29/189,1Membership: Total-12
 * 8) Post # 337 South Omaha Samuel Dennis April 16, 1895-1896 Combined with Post 2-A Membership: Charter-27 Total-34

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

 * housed 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/

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Omaha Nebraska Family History Center

Web Sites

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