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Welcome to Lancaster
County NEGenWeb
Lincoln Neb, Haymarket area
circa 1890
My name is Bob
Jenkins and I am the Lancaster
county coordinator.
We
have many genealogical resources
available here.
We would
appreciate any
contributions you would like to make
to this site.
Types
of materials we are looking to
include on this website are:
family histories,
biographies, photos, obituaries,
tombstone photos
& inscriptions, cemetery
lists, etc.
If you have any the
above items please contact me by
clicking on my name.
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Use the box below to
search
for Lancaster
County Data
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Brief
History:
Lancaster County is a county
located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As
of the 2010 United States Census, the
population was 285,407, making it
the second-most populous county in
Nebraska. The county was created in
1859.
Its county seat is Lincoln, the
state capital.
The city was founded in 1856 as the
village of Lancaster on the wild salt
marshes of what was to become Lancaster
County. Renamed after President
Abraham Lincoln, it became
Nebraska's state capital in 1869. The
Bertram G.
Goodhue–designed state capitol
building was completed in 1932, and is the
second tallest capitol in the United
States. As the city is the seat of
government for the state of Nebraska, the
state and the United States government are
major employers. The University of
Nebraska was founded in Lincoln in 1869.
The university is the largest in
Nebraska with 26,079 students
enrolled, and is the city's third-largest
employer. Other primary employers fall
into the
service and manufacturing
industries, including a growing high-tech
sector. The region makes up a part of what
is
known as the greater Midwest Silicon
Prairie.
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The NEGenWeb Project
sincerely thanks the dedicated volunteers
who
devoted time and effort toward making
this site a successful one:
Kathie
Harrison
Denise Wells
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