Douglas County, Nebraska:
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Projects

• Douglas County History and Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Douglas County NEGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• Dodge County, NE  to the northwest
• Pottawattamie County, IA  to the east
• Sarpy County, NE  to the south
• Saunders County, NE  to the west
• Washington County, NE  to the north

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• Douglas Co, Nebraska, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Douglas County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• History of the city of Omaha, Nebraska  1894     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Omaha GEDCOM Index 
• Omaha illustrated  A history of the pioneer period and the Omaha of today (1888)     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Omaha: the Gate city, and Douglas County, Nebraska  Volume 1     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Omaha: the Gate city, and Douglas County, Nebraska  Volume 2     (Source: Internet Archive)

Cemeteries (10)

Census Records and Indexes (43)

Court and Legal Records

• Omaha Police Department  Official Historical Souvenir, 1909

Directories (13)

History (88)

Introduction and Guides (10)

Land Records

• Homestead Records  Omaha Land Office     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)
• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (12)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• Douglas County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Douglas County, NE Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• NEDOUGLA-L Douglas County genealogy

  • NEDOUGLA-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • NEDOUGLA-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • NEDOUGLA-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (56)

Military Records and Histories

• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Douglas County, Nebraska     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Omaha, NE  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Omaha, NE Camp Thayer  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Omaha, NE Ordnance Depot  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Douglas County     (Source: Family History Library)

• World War I

  • Nebraska WWI Draft Cards Index  Douglas County     (Source: Nebraska State Historical Society Library & Archives)
  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Douglas County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Omaha City     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

  • Douglas County, Nebraska  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Miscellaneous Data

• Douglas County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Douglas County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Migrations through Douglas County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Douglas County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Douglas County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• The Excelsior  Sep 3, 1898 - Aug 27, 1904     (Source: Google News Archive)
• Omaha daily bee, Omaha [Neb.]  1872-1916
• Omaha Daily Republican  Aug 6, 1866 - Oct 15, 1886     (Source: Google News Archive)
• The Omaha Excelsior  Sep 6, 1884 - Dec 28, 1918     (Source: Google News Archive)
• The Omaha Republican  May 2, 1876 - Jul 30, 1890     (Source: Google News Archive)
• Search Omaha Historical Newspapers  Free search     (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Wyoming Newspaper Project  includes Omaha, NE newspapers

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Douglas Co. NE Obituaries 
• O'Bits of Nebraska  Actual images of Nebraska obituaries from small town newspapers prior to 1930
• Obituary Extracts from the American Citizen Newspaper, Omaha, Nebraska 
• Omaha Obits  Obits from Omaha and Surrounding Areas
• Omaha Obituary Index  June-July 1899     (Source: Genealogy Buff)
• Omaha World-Herald  Recent obituaries
• Omaha, Nebraska Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Ralston Recorder 
• Ralston, Nebraska Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (22)

School Records and Histories (15)

Search Engines and Searchable Databases

• Marriage License Search 

Societies

• City of Omaha's Landmarks Heritage Preservation Committee 
• Douglas County Historical Society 
• Eastern Nebraska Genealogical Society 
• Greater Omaha Genealogical Society 
• Major Isaac Sadler-La Belle Vue Chapter  Omaha     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• Mary Katharine Goddard Chapter  Omaha     (Source: Wayback Machine)
• Omaha Chapter      (Source: Wayback Machine)
• Omaha Chapter      (Source: National Society Sons of the American Revolution)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (361)

Transportation and Industry

• Omaha Daily Union      (Source: Nebraska State Historical Society Library & Archives)
• Building histories of Douglas County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Douglas County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Douglas County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Historic Bridges of Nebraska  Douglas County
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Omaha Clothing Factory  1896     (Source: Nebraska State Historical Society Library & Archives)
• Patents  Douglas County, Nebraska     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records

• 1860 Mortality Schedule      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Douglas County Marriages      (Source: USGenWeb Archives Marriage Records Project)
• Douglas County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Douglas County, Nebraska Marriages  1854 - 1881     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• Douglas County, Nebraska Marriages  1854-1881     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Marriage License Search 
• Omaha Area Marriages & Anniversaries 
• Omaha Births  Births from Douglas County, NE, records and early Omaha Newspapers
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Douglas County, Nebraska     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

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