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NEWSPAPERS OF NEBRASKA
Links on this page:
Microfilm Holdings | Newspaper
Websites | Current Newspapers
link | NE Newspaper
Project | Links to the Past -
"Out of Old NE" | History of
Newspapers in NE | Preservation of paper
documents |
Genealogist's Corner (from Nebraska State Historical
Society newsletter) written by Cindy Drake
Using
Newspapers in Genealogical Research (Part I) - Vol. 48 No. 5 -
November 1995
Use
of Newspapers in Genealogical Research (Part II) - Vol. 48 No.
6 - December 1995
Newspapers on microfilm - Holdings at NSHS
NSGS & NSHS Nebraska State Extraction Project - More than 15 years ago, volunteers of NSGS began compiling NE newspaper extracts. They were joined by NSHS volunteers and staff members and the files were combined, entered into a computer. Over 150,000 extracts have now been downloaded from that aging computer and made available by NSHS with the hearty approval of NSGS - through NEGenWeb site.
NEW - NSHS Nebraska Territorial Newspapers Extraction Project - There is a card file at NSHS, in a storage room, that contains several thousand 3x5 cards of newspaper extractions. The first box - 3000 have been typed and added to the News Site. (May 2005) Box 2, letters E thru L (Elections, .... Legislature) posted Jan 2008.
NE Newspapers with websites: check for obits and other "'vitals"!
| County | City | Title of Newspaper |
| Adams | Hastings | Hastings Tribune |
| Box Butte | Alliance | Alliance Times-Herald |
| Buffalo | Kearney | Kearney Hub |
| Cass | Plattsmouth | Cassgram |
| Cheyenne | Sidney | Sun Telegraph |
| Custer | see Garfield County, Burwell Tribune | |
| Dawson | Lexington | Lexington Clipper-Herald |
| Dodge | Fremont | Fremont Tribune |
| Douglas | Omaha | Omaha World Herald |
| Gage | Beatrice | Daily Sun |
| Garfield | Burwell | Burwell Tribune |
| Hall | Grand Island | Grand Island Independant |
| Hamilton | Aurora | Aurora News-Register |
| Kimball | Kimball | Western Nebraska Observer |
| Lancaster | Lincoln | Lincoln Journal-Star |
| Lancaster | Waverly | Waverly News |
| Lincoln | North Platte | North Platte Telegram |
| Loup | see Garfield County, Burwell Tribune | |
| Madison | Norfolk | Norfolk Daily News |
| Platte | Columbus | Columbus Telegram |
| Polk | Polk County News | |
| Red Willow | McCook | McCook Daily Gazette |
| Saunders | Ashland | Ashland Gazette |
| Saunders | Wahoo | Wahoo News |
| Scotts Bluff | Scottsbluff | Scottsbluff Star-Herald |
| Washington | Blair | Enterprise and Pilot-Tribune |
| Wheeler | see Garfield County, Burwell Tribune | |
| York | York | News Times |
List of current Nebraska newspapers and magazines with links to their websites.
NEBRASKA NEWSPAPER PROJECT
Site includes history of newspaper publishing in NE, history of the microfilming of newspapers at NSHS, current state-wide project to film & catalog additional NE newspapers. 4,700 titles cataloged; 150,000 pages to be microfilmed!
Links to the
Past. 
"OUT of OLD NEBRASKA" - Subjects, attitudes & opinions from the past. Links to additional information from assorted sources. Lists of all sorts, biography links.
"Immigrant Issue" of the Lincoln Journal for Sunday 5 June 1887. This special edition was intended to PROMOTE Nebraska as a state and provide the towns of with an opportunity to advertise their status, attract new residents. Thinking of moving in 1887? Which town would you pick? Note that many small towns had two or more newspapers! Do keep in mind - not all issues were preserved!
"Farnam Echo" of 30 Jul 1936 - Fiftieth anniversary of the town in Dawson County, produced by Weldon Hoppe.
Nance County News Journal, Souvenir Edition of 13 Oct .
NE Newspaper extracts on-line:
Blaine County obit index of Mamie Osborne Collier Collection
Buffalo County - obits page by Mona Houser
Burt Co, NE. Thanks to Justin Masters and Bill Wever
Oakland Independent (part of 1885, and complete 1901) - site is under construction!
Burt County has a collection of newspaper articles posted related to the Great War, Veterans of Civil War and Pioneers of Burt Co.Cherry and Hooker Counties, obit index of Mamie Osborne Collier Collection
Colfax County Vitals - scan down for assorted newspaper extracts
Hayes Co, NE - Marriages from the Times Republican (1888, 1912, 1920, 1921 online as of 26 Jan 1999) Thanks to Joan Lauenroth.
Nemaha Co, NE. Thanks to Marlene.
The Brock NEWS & the Brock CHAMPION 1891-1897
The Nebraska Republican Newspaper of 1884, excerpts as appeared in the Nemaha Valley Genealogical Society Newsletters, 3 issues of 1996-1997.Platte County - Extracts by year. Thanks to Sherri Brakenhoff
Saunders County (Oct 1874 - Dec 1884) Transcribed by Linda Hedlund for the county website.
The Paul Riley Collection, Southwest NE includes some newspaper extracts. Thanks to Brenda Lawless Daniel.
Nebraska Obituarie Extracts K. Harrison - 2001 and later from several newspapers. (collection moved Oct 2007)
Out of state obits with Nebraska Connections from Ancestor Sharing Center of Kathie Harrison.
The following newspapers have granted permission for publication of obits on NEGenWeb Project pages - without concern about dates and copyright:
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Ashland Gazette (Saunders Co.) |
Howells Journal (Colfax Co.) |
Schuyler Sun (Colfax Co.) |
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Colfax County Press |
Leigh World (Colfax Co.) |
Waverly News (Lancaster Co.) |
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Columbus Telegram (Platte Co.) |
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NEWS clips - NE related:
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Omaha, Douglas, NE - "Storm's Death List Reaches 275" |
"Cornhusker" as term for a native or a resident of Nebraska -
appeared in 1991 Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary.
- from Associated Press release, Lincoln, Nebraska, published in
Riverside Press Enterprise (Calif.) 20 Apr 1991.
History of Newspapers in Nebraska
"Nebraska
Press Association" from Compendium of History Reminiscence and
Biography of Western NE, 1909, p102
"Newspapers
Received by the NE State Historical Society - Jan. 1, 1908"
from Proceedings & Collections of NSHS, Vol 15
"The
Nebraska Press and the Historical Society" from NE History and
Record of Pioneer Days, Vol I no.1, Feb 1918
"Reorganization
of the Newspaper Department" of NSHS from NE History and
Record of Pioneer Days, Vol I no. 5, Sep 1918
"First
Nebraska Newspaper Files" of NSHS from NE History and Record
of Pioneer Days, Vol II no. 2, Jan-Mar 1919
"Our
Newspaper Department" of NSHS from NE History and Record of
Pioneer Days, Vol II no. 3, Apr-Jun 1919
History
of Nebraska Newspapers from Johnson's History of Nebraska,
1880 includes names of pioneer journalists & list of
newspapers in existence in 1879.
"Territorial
Press" chapter from History of Nebraska by Morton &
Watkins, 1918.
List of 1890 publications from 1890-91 Nebraska State Gazetteer. List by county (Adams - Johnson) (Kearney - York)
If you have any information about Nebraska newspapers, please submit the data. If you know of an article about a NE newspaper that already appears on the web, please send the url. We're interested in newspaper title, years of publication, name of editor(s), and changes over time. Please include location (city & county) and ALL the details (grin). David Gochenour
Preservation of Your Paper Treasures by George G. Morgan
Care of Old Documents, Bibles & More from USGenWeb Project
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