Genealogy Projects tagged with Nebraska on the Geni Family Tree

Lancaster County, Nebraska

Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Lancaster County, Nebraska. Official Website The county was created in 1859 and was named after Lancaster, Pennsylvania, which was in turn, named after Lancaster, England. Adjacent Counties Cass County Saunders County Otoe County Johnson County Gage County Saline County Butler County

Sheridan County, Nebraska

Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Sheridan County, Nebraska. The county was formed in 1885 and was named for General Philip H. Sheridan. Adjacent Counties Oglala Lakota County, SD Dawes County Box Butte County Morrill County Garden County Grant County Cherry County Cities, Villages & Communities

Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska

Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska. Official Website The county is named for a prominent bluff that served as a landmark for 19th-century pioneers traveling along the Oregon Trail. Scotts Bluff was named for Hiram Scott, a Rocky Mountain Fur Company trapper who died nearby around 1828.[3] Washington Irving claimed that, after being injur...

Pawnee County, Nebraska

Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Pawnee County, Nebraska. Official Website Pawnee County was formed in 1854. It was named for the Pawnee Native American tribe. Adjacent Counties Nemaha County, Kan. Richardson County Marshall County, Kan. Gage County Johnson County Nemaha County Cities & Villages Burchard Du Bois Lewiston Pawnee City ...

Lithuanian United States Naturalization Project

This is for profiles created as part of the Lithuanian Heritage Project (LHP), a group on Facebook. The goal of the Lithuanian Heritage Project is to work collaboratively to build the information bridge between countries and generations, to collect information that enables Lithuanians globally to connect with their Lithuanian family members. Those wanting to join this project should be member...

Omaha, Nebraska

Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Omaha, Nebraska. Official Website Omaha is the county seat of Douglas County. Omaha's pioneer period began in 1854, when the city was founded by speculators from neighboring Council Bluffs, Iowa. The city was founded along the Missouri River, and a crossing called Lone Tree Ferry earned the city its nickname, the "Gateway to the Wes...

American Old West

Wikipedia Designed to capture contributors and participants in America's expansion westward from the east coast. Including politicians, newsmen, explorers, founding fathers, frontiersmen, mountainmen, railroadmen, lawmen, outlaws, gunfighters, etc. Notable people of the American Old West Artists Frederic Remington - Artist who specialized in the American Old West Explorers Saca...

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Wikipedia The University of Nebraska was created by an act of the Nebraska state legislature in 1869, two years after Nebraska reached statehood. The school was given a mission to "afford to the inhabitants of the state the means of acquiring a thorough knowledge of the various branches of literature, science, and the arts." The school received an initial land grant of about 130,000 acres and...

Sherman County, Nebraska

Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Sherman County, Nebraska. Official Website The county was created in 1870 and was named for American Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman. Adjacent Counties Howard County Buffalo County Custer County Valley County Greeley County Cities & Villages Ashton Hazard Litchfield Loup City (County Seat) ...

Gage County, Nebraska

Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Gage County, Nebraska. The county was created in 1855 and organized in 1857. The county was named for W.D. Gage, a Methodist minister. Adjacent Counties Jefferson County Johnson County Lancaster County Marshall County, Kansas Otoe County Pawnee County Saline County

Nebraska Counties,Cities,Towns, and Communities Project

Washington County, Nebraska

Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Washington County, Nebraska. The first permanent settlement in Washington County was in 1854, the same year the county was created. It is named for George Washington, the first president of the United States. Adjacent Counties Burt County Harrison County, Iowa Pottawattamie County, Iowa Douglas County Dodge County ...

United States House of Representatives from Nebraska

List of United States Representatives from Nebraska Nebraska's current delegation to the United States House of Representatives as of January 2025: 1st district -- Mike Flood 2nd district -- Don Bacon 3rd district -- Adrian Smith

Creighton University

From the Wikipedia article on Creighton University .Creighton University is a private, coeducational, Jesuit, Roman Catholic university located in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1878, the school is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. The university is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and...

U.S.A. Indigenous peoples-Upper Plains

North American Tribes Upper Plains Includes the Following States Iowa | Kansas | Minnesota | Missouri | Nebraska | North Dakota | South Dakota Includes the Following Tribes Apache ( Jicarilla) Arapaho Arikara Assiniboin Blackfoot Brulé Sioux Caddo Cheyenne Cherokee Chippewa Chiwere Family Comanche Dakota (Sioux) Delaware Dotame Foxes Gros Ventre Hathawekela (Absentee Shawnee) Hidatsa Hunkp...

Fort McPherson National Cemetery

Wikipedia =Fort McPherson National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery, located 4 miles (6 km) south of the village of Maxwell in Lincoln County, Nebraska. Find a Grave

Lincoln County, Nebraska

Please add profiles of people who were born, lived or died in Lincoln County, Nebraska. It is not to be confused with the state capital, Lincoln in Lancaster County .= Official Website =The county was established in 1866 and named in honor of the recently assassinated president, Abraham Lincoln. Adjacent Counties * Custer County * Logan County * Dawson County * Frontier County * Hayes County

Douglas County, Nebraska

Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Douglas County, Nebraska. The county was established in 1854 and named after Stephen A. Douglas (1813–1861), a senator from Illinois. It is the state's most populous county, home to over one-fourth of Nebraska's residents. It's also home to Omaha, the state's largest city. Adjacent Counties Dodge County Washington County Sau...

Cortland, Nebraska Founding Families

Cortland Nebraska Founding Families In 2033 Cortland will celebrate 150th anniversary. We are attempting to fill in the trees of those founding families and extend nearly to those living descendants. Using Family Search, Family Groups we would like to invite collaborators to assist with this project. So, if you are or you know others who might have a Cortland connection, please join us. Current...

Franklin County, Nebraska

Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Franklin County, Nebraska. The county was formed in 1867 and organized in 1871. It was named for Benjamin Franklin. Adjacent Counties Harlan County Kearney County Phelps County Phillips County, Kansas Smith County, Kansas Webster County Communities Bloomington Campbell Franklin (County Seat) Hildreth Macon...

Lincoln Air Force Base

Lincoln Army Air field was constructed in 1942 on the former Lincoln Municipal Airport. The 2,750-acre property was leased to the army by the City of Lincoln. The base provided technical training for aircraft mechanics, basic training for army aviation cadets, and served as an overseas deployment staging area for bombardment groups and fighter squadrons. It was one of eleven U.S. Army Air Force...

Burt County, Nebraska

Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Burt County, Nebraska. The county was formed in 1854 and named after Francis Burt, the first governor of Nebraska Territory. Adjacent Counties Thurston County Monona County, Iowa Harrison County, Iowa Washington County Cuming County Dodge County Cities, Villages, Towns, Townships & Communities Argo Arizona Bas...

Lincoln, Nebraska

Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska. Lincoln is the county seat of Lancaster County and is the state capital. Official Website Prior to the expansion westward of settlers, the prairie was covered with buffalo grass. Plains Indians, descendants of indigenous peoples who occupied the area for thousands of years, lived in and hunted a...

Madison County, Nebraska

Please add profiles of people who were born, lived or died in Madison County, Nebraska. In December of 1867, the county was officially organized. The county was called Madison, as a tribute to the capital city of the settlers former home in Wisconsin. Adjacent Counties Boone County Platte County Antelope County Pierce County Wayne County Stanton County Communities Battle C...

Dakota County, Nebraska

Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Dakota County, Nebraska. Dakota County was formed by European-American settlers in 1855. It was named after the historic Dakota Sioux tribe, who were powerful in the area of Nebraska and South Dakota. Adjacent Counties Union County, South Dakota Woodbury County, Iowa Thurston County Dixon County Cities, Villages & Commu...