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LIBRARY
Auburn Memorial Library Home Page
1810 Courthouse Avenue
Auburn, NE 68305
Open 50 hours a week
Phone: (402) 274-4023
Nemaha County Courthouse
Auburn, Nebraska 68304
Tel: 402-274-4213 (County Clerk)
The schools of Nemaha County are administered by district, and located in various towns. For questions of a historical or research nature, contact the Nemaha Valley Genealogical Society listed below.
To see information on the history of Nemaha County schools, and listings of graduates of various high schools, see Schools
Nemaha Valley Genealogical Society (NVGS)
P.O. Box 25
Auburn, NE 68305
Resources covering the Nemaha County and outlying area. See volunteer information below for an email address.
Excerpts from NVGS Newsletters
Nebraska State Genealogical Society Home Page
P.O. Box 5608
Lincoln, NE 68505-0608
The Society has resources, a quarterly publication, and organized chapters in counties or regional areas to support those who are researching their Nebraska ancestors .
Nemaha Valley Museum
P.O. Box 25
Auburn, NE 68305
Nebraska State Historical Society Home Page
P.O. Box 82554
Lincoln, NE 68501-2554
1-800-833-6747 (Good in or out of Nebraska)Other Nebraska Historical or Genealogical Societies Home Page
The Nemaha County Hearld
830 Central Avenue
PO Box 250
Auburn, NE 68305-0250
1-402-274-3185 (voice)
10402-274-3273 (fax)
AubNews@navix.net (email)
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Pioneer names and points of origin for the period before 1890.
A local page with a brief history and links to several history books of Nebraska.
Some with Nemaha County roots have offered pioneer stories for publication here.
"Rev. Gustav Karl Albert Wiencke, D.D. - A Man for Missions", Donated By his grandson-in-law, Gil Varney.
"Who's Who in Nebraska, 1940" the names are earlier than 1940.
This is a special immigration issue of promotional articles regarding the towns of Nebraska published Sunday June 5, 1887, by the Nebraska State Journal from Lincoln, Nebr.
Business Directory and Farmers List for 1890-91" J.M. Wolfe & Co., Publishers, 1890.
Index to the 1890 Gazetteer
County Officers for some counties in the 1890 Gazetteer.
Some information on the growth and changes in precincts and/or townships since the beginnings of Nemaha County. This includes a map of precincts as of 1913.
In 1917 and 1918 all male citizens were required to register with the officials in the county in which they lived or were in at the time. Read about the instructions published, and arrangements made, for this provision. Lists of registrants are shown by precinct for 1917, and as a single list for 1918.
Information from the ledger of accounts used by the proprietors of Aynes Brothers Hardware, Furniture and Implements in the 1890's. This business, listed in the Business Directory for 1890, was operated by William and Andrew Aynes in Nemaha City, Nebraska. Readers may find their ancestors names here, and learn what they purchased that day.
A descendant, Tempe Berggren, has this ledger, and will respond to requests for possible additional information. Contact her at ttb@onlinemac.com
An additional find has been a photo of the Aynes Hardware, taken after the tornado. The date is approximately 1902. This was in the Earl Kerker collection, covered in the page on Nemaha Pictures from Early Days below, and can now be seen at the Nemaha Public Library.
We are very fortunate to receive these pictures, with descriptions of the date and other information from Earl Kerker. His relatives were business owners in Nemaha (village) and he lived there during part of his childhood. He can furnish names for most of those in these photos also.
Vernon Hayes Cash has donated some very interesting pictures on three lines of his family, beginning with George A. Crow, an early Nemaha resident. Successive lines lead to the Ritchey family, also early residents in Nemaha County, and the Hayes family.
He says, "I became interested in my mother's family history after going through boxes of pictures and documents I had been trucking from place to place for thirty years. After a visit to my cousin's home in Lakewood, Colorado, where we went through the trunks and boxes she had from our grandmother - Elydia's - estate, my interest increased. Although my father's side of the family had been documented back to about 1690 by an aunt, I knew little about the Hayes/Ritchey/Crow lines."
"The pictures and documents which have been contributed to the Nemaha County files for the NEGenWeb are just a small portion of the interesting historical information which our family has for these ancestors."
An index and abstract for the Brock newspapers of 1891-1897. Names in the news of the time, you will find tidbits about the citizens of Brock and surrounding areas.
Connie Slagle Land has provided two pictures of her Slagle family and a building in Hillsdale taken around 1900. The building included a store and postoffice, and was the home of the Slagles as well.
On the back of the Hillsdale picture is the following: "Former Hillsdale Store and Post Office, served by Star Route between Nemaha and Barada, Nebraska. The Star Route came to Aspinwall, Hillsdale, St. Deroin and Barada. Barada is named after Antoin Barada, the son of a French nobleman and an Omaha Indian girl. He was born in 1807. Hiram Slagle had the store. Hiram Slagle, father of William Edward Slagle, his son Edward William Slagle, father of Edward Ankrom Slagle." A list of persons in the picture follows.
Glenn Wilson has found some family letters that have survived since the 1867 to 1869 period. These provide a view of personal history and the times in Nebraska. The writer, Glenn's ancestor, was a school teacher in the area of St. Deroin at the time the letters begin. He has recently begun tracing his family history, and would like to find out more about Bettie A. Tebbs, the writer of these letters.
A Boal descendant, Steve Boal, has furnished two pictures taken about 1908 when Dr. Varro M. Boal was a physician in Auburn, Nebraska. For a peek inside of his office in those early days, look at this.
Kenna Crabtree has shared a picture of a commemorative plate which was made for her grandmother, Mrs. C. M. Miner, by the Kettlesprings Kilns. It displays pictures of various historical buildings made in the early 1900 period.
Pam Rietsch, of Michigan, has put this phonebook online. It used 3 digit phone numbers. It seems to cover much of the county.
Judy Swett scanned this phone book, it is on the Nemaha Co. site
Volunteers & Lookups
Denny Norvell, a member and officer of the Nemaha Valley Genealogy Society (NVGS) who lives in Auburn - the county seat of Nemaha County - is the primary source of information for this Nebraska GenWeb site. Other NVGS volunteer members will also do look ups as their time permits. They do not charge for this service, other than the cost of copies. A small donation to NVGS is recommended if their service is requested, especially if the lookup takes some time.
Maxine Schatz
Subject=Nemaha Look Up Request
Reference Material Welcomed
Do you have reference material on Nemaha County to share with other researchers?
If so e-mail me. I will post your reference material and address here.
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