Introducation To Genealogy And Genealogy Resources In Omaha, Nebraska
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A brief introduction to genealogy and information about genealogy resources in Omaha, Nebraska.
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- Introduction to Genealogy & Genealogy Resources in Omaha
Joanne Ferguson Cavanaugh Librarian Omaha Public Library 444-4800
[email_address]
- Genealogy Rule Number 1
- Start with yourself and work backwards to your parents,
grandparents, etc.
- Interview older relatives and get as much information you can
from them about their siblings, other family members, where they
immigrated from, stories, etc.
- Genealogy Rule # 2
- Genealogy without proper documentation is Mythology so
document, document, document where you get your information!
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- - Karen Tippets, GOGS Genealogy Expert
- Omaha Public Librarys Genealogy Room W. Dale Clark (Main)
Library-3 rd Floor
- OPLs Genealogy Room
- Obituary Clipping Files 1977-2008
- OPL has the Best Genealogy Collection between Chicago &
Denver!
- Free access to 7,000 genealogy resources
- Census microfilms and mortality indexes
- Omaha newspapers back to 1860s
- Place name directories and maps
- Obituary Clipping Files (1977-2008)
- GOGS volunteer research assistants
- Tours available by appointment
- Popular Print Resources
- Nebraska County Histories
- Omaha City Directories 1866-Present
- Filbys Passenger and Immigration Lists
- Prospect Hill and other Cemetery Burial Records
- Rosters of Soldiers & Sailors from Nebr.
- Index to 1913 Atlas of Douglas, Sarpy, Washington Co. NE, and
Mills & Pottawattami Counties, IA
- Microfilm Room- 2 Digital Reader Printers
- Microfilm Readers
- Microfilm filing cabinets
- Popular Microfilm Resources
- Douglas Co. Marriage Licenses 1856-2005
- Douglas Co. Birth 1874-1910
- Douglas Co. Death 1873-1915
- Census Records 1790-1860 complete
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- Nebraska complete through 1930
- Popular Subscription Databases @ OPL
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- Available remotely from home with valid Omaha Public Library
card at www.omahapubliclibrary.org
- -Available at any Omaha Public Library
- Heritage Quest www.omahapubliclibrary.org/research
- Ancestry Plus Available at any Omaha Public Library
- Other Good Online Resources
- Cyndis list http://www.cyndislist.com/
- Since 1996 she has been collecting the best genealogy sites
found on the Internet
- www.usgenweb.org search by state/county
- www.FamilySearch.org LDS site
- LDS Family History Libraries 11027 Martha St Omaha, Douglas,
Nebraska, United States Phone: 402-393-7641 Hours: T,W,Th
9:30am-2:30pm; 7pm-9:30pm Closed: Sat-Mon, 1st Tue eve.
- Douglas County Historical Society www.omahahistory.org
- Douglas County Court House
- Vital Statistics- Room 402-$11 search
- County Court (probate/estate records)
- County Clerk (marriage records)
- District Court (divorce actions)
- Register of Deeds (Real Estate Records)
- Greater Omaha Genealogical Society
http://gogsmembers.wordpress.com
- Omaha Obituaries Index http://omahaobits.wordpress.com
- Omaha Area Marriages & Anniversaries Index
http://omahamarriages.wordpress.com/an/
- GOGS PROJECTS
- Obituary Extracting from OWH
- Typing for various marriage and obituary indexing projects
- Volunteering at W. Dale Clark Genealogy Room
- Collecting local annuals and creating index for annuals
- Host Spring and Fall Genealogy Workshops & teach Beginning
Genealogy
- GOGS Beginning Genealogy Classes
- Greater Omaha Genealogical Society
- 706-1463 or genehelper@aol.com
- http://gogsmembers.wordpress.com/
- Beginning Genealogy Class Covers
- Vital records and substitutes
- Overview of U.S. Census from 1790 to 1930 (every one asks
different questions)
- Searching The Worlds Records
- Get Involved! GOGS Meetings
- MEETINGS are held at 7:00 PM on the third Wednesday of each
month (except July, August and December) at Crown Point Retirement
Center, 2820 S 80th, (just south of Center St.) Omaha, NE 68124.
Enter through the front door of the building for the dining rooms.
A picnic or other activity is held at a location to be announced in
the newsletter in August.
- More questions?
- Joanne Ferguson Cavanaugh
- www.omahapubliclibrary.org
- Thank you for your attention!