Leila Stahl Buffett Genealogy Center

J.A. Stahl Library
330 North Colfax Streeet
West Point, Nebraska 68788

The Liela Stahl Buffett Genealogy Center is one of the newest centers in the state of Nebraska. Since it was opened in the fall of 1997, the Buffett Genealogy Center has grown in resources and use. Housed in the J.A. Stahl Library in West Point, the Leila Stahl Buffett Genealogy Center was funded by a grant from the Sunshine Lady Foundation, Inc., whose founder, Doris Buffett Bryant, is the daughter of the late Mrs. Buffett and the granddaughter of the late Mr. Stahl. One of the goals of the Leila Stahl Buffeett Genealogy Center is to provide resources to those interested in genealogy, no matter what their age.

While the Leila Stahl Buffett Genealogy Center is housed in the J.A. Stahl Library, library staff members are not available for genealogical research. The Center is open during regular library hours:

Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday, 10 A.M. to 9 P.M.
Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday, 10 A.M. to 5:30 P.M.
Closed Sunday and holidays

Resources include:

• State-of-the-art digital microfilm reader
• Genealogy computer
• Reprint of 1884 History of Cuming County
• Microfilms, including:
  • Early county court records
  • Naturalization records
  • Marriage records, 1900-1920
  • County census records, 1860-1920
    
  • School enrollment records
  • West Point newspapers, 1871-present
  • Wisner newspaper, 1892-1952
  • Beemer newspaper, 1886-1922
  • Bancroft newspaper, 1892-1923
  • Nebraska Volksblatt newspaper (German), 1879-1916
• Numerous CDs, books, maps, church records, veterans' records, Cuming County cemetery records, marriage records (1860-1900), 'how-to' books and tapes on genealogy, historical resources and more

Conferences, Special Events

• Genealogy Workshops
• Genealogical, Historical Day Trips
• Guest Speakers

Connections Quarterly Newsletter

Elkhorn Valley Genealogical Society

• Meetings the third Monday of the month from September through June (except December), 7:00 P.M. in the meeting room of the J.A. Stahl Library
• Business meetings include monthly programs and special guest speakers
• Dues: $15.00 per year

On the Buffett Genealogy Society wish list:

• area school yearbooks
• historical books
• family histories
• historical area maps

If you would like to donate any of the above to the Center, please email behlneb@gmail.com. Thank you!

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