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  • Helena Cemetery, Johnson County, Nebraska

    Please add those buried in this cemetery. Find a Grave

  • Knox County, Nebraska

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Knox County, Nebraska. Official Website Knox County was organized by the Territorial Legislature in 1857, and named L'Eau Qui Court, that being the French name for the river named by the Ponca Niobrara—both names meaning, in English, Running Water. The name was changed to Knox, named for U.S. Army General Henry Knox, by a statute pa...

  • Butler County, Nebraska

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Butler County, Nebraska. The county was created in 1856 and organized in 1868. Adjacent Counties Saunders County Seward County York County Polk County Platte County Colfax County Cities, Towns & Communities Abie Alexis Bellwood Bone Creek Brainard Bruno Center David City (County Seat) Dwight ...

  • Cedar County, Nebraska

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Cedar County, Nebraska. The county was formed in 1857, and was named for the Cedar tree groves in the area. Adjacent Counties Clay County, South Dakota Dixon County Wayne County Pierce County Knox County Yankton County, South Dakota Cities, Villages & Communities Aten Belden Bow Valley Coleridge Cons...

  • 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 ...

  • Dakota City Cemetery, Dakota City, Nebraska

    The City of Dakota City operates and maintains the Dakota City Cemetery. The cemetery was established in the 1800s by Dakota City’s earliest settlers. It is located in the northern section of town and is adjacent to N. 14th Street. Dakota City Website This cemetery is located on Highway 77-14th and Cedar Streets, Dakota City, Dakota County, Nebraska. Find a Grave Nebraska Gravestones

  • 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...

  • Gates Cemetery, Gates, Nebraska

    This is a public cemetery and is accessible from the road. Travel 16 ½ miles north out of Broken Bow, Custer County, Nebraska on the county oil road or travel north ½ out of Gates, Custer County, Nebraska. The cemetery is located just north of the old site of Gates Post Office, Store and Schoolhouse. Find a Grave Roots Web Billion Graves

  • 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...

  • 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

  • Logan County, Nebraska

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Logan County, Nebraska.Logan County was formed in 1885. It was named for Civil War General John A. Logan. Adjacent Counties * Blaine County * Thomas County * Custer County * Lincoln County * McPherson County Communities *Gandy*Hoagland*Logan*Stapleton (County Seat) Links Wikipedia NE GenWeb

  • 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...

  • Kearney County, Nebraska

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Kearney County, Nebraska. The county was formed in 1860. It was named for Fort Kearny, which in turn was named for Brigade General Stephen W. Kearny. Adjacent Counties Buffalo County Adams County Webster County Phelps County Harlan County Franklin County Cities, Villages, Townships & Communities Axtell | Blaine | Co...

  • 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...

  • Custer County, Nebraska

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Custer County, Nebraska. Official Website The county was formed in 1877 and named after General George Armstrong Custer, who was killed at the Battle of Little Bighorn. Adjacent Counties Buffalo County Dawson County Sherman County Blaine County Loup County Logan County Valley County

  • Nuckolls County, Nebraska

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Nuckolls County, Nebraska.Nuckolls County was formed in 1860, and was organized in 1871 and was named after Stephen F. Nuckolls, an early pioneer in this area. Adjacent Counties * Clay County * Fillmore County * Thayer County * Webster County * Jewell County, Kan. * Republic County, Kan. Cities, Villages & Communities *Angus*Bostwick*...

  • 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...

  • Hall County, Nebraska

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Hall County, Nebraska. The county was formed in 1858; it was named for Augustus Hall, an early judge of this territory. Adjacent Counties Adams County Hamilton County Kearney County Buffalo County Howard County Merrick County Communities Abbott Alda Cairo Cameron Doniphan Grand Island (County Seat) Han...

  • Greeley County, Nebraska

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Greeley County, Nebraska. Greeley County was created in 1871 and organized in 1872. It was named after Horace Greeley, a newspaper editor and politician of the mid-19th century. Greeley encouraged western settlement with the motto "Go West, young man". Adjacent Counties Boone County Nance County Wheeler County Howard Cou...

  • Adams County, Nebraska

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Adams County, Nebraska. Official Website Adams County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska . Its county seat is Hastings. The county was formed in 1867 and organized in 1871. It is named for John Adams , the second President of the United States. Adjacent Counties Hamilton County Clay County Webster County Kearney ...

  • Thayer County, Nebraska

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Thayer County, Nebraska. Official Website The county was created in 1856 and originally named Jefferson County. It was organized in 1870-1871 and renamed for General and Governor John Milton Thayer. Adjacent Counties Saline County Jefferson County Washington County, Kansas Republic County, Kansas Nuckolls County Fillmo...

  • 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

  • Howard County, Nebraska

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Howard County, Nebraska. The county was formed in 1871 and named after Civil War General Oliver Otis Howard. Adjacent Counties Hall County Merrick County Buffalo County Sherman County Greeley County Cities, Villages & Communities Boelus Cotesfield Cushing Dannebrog Dannevirke Elba Farwell Nysted ...

  • 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...

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