The following are subjects found in the Holdrege Area Genealogy Club's Phelps Helps newsletter 1992 - 1995. The Phelps Helps is an 8 - 10 page newsletter that is published four times a year containing articles of various Phelps County history. The subjects listed below can be found in the Phelps Helps Volume#, Quarterly# and Page# listed after them.
Any Phelps Helps quarterly can be purchased for $2.00 plus 32 cents postage each.
OR 50 cents per page copied with postage being 32 cents up to 4 copies.
Interested genealogists can either write The Holdrege Area Genealogy Club, P.O. Box 164, Holdrege, NE 68949 for additional information or email Sandra Slater.
Subject - Volume # - Quarterly # - Page #
"Phelps Helps" - Subject Index Volume - Issue - Page 8870 formula 1- 2- 3 Ancestor Charts Brooking, Edward Earl 1- 4- 5 Gleason, Charles N. 2- 4- 7 Hendrickson, Aleda 1- 3- 7 Johnson, Florence Elizabeth 2- 3- 9 Nelson, Clarke Severin 2- 2- 7 Ash Grove School District No. 9 enrollment 1- 4- 3 Atlanta Atlanta Methodist Episcopal Church history 1- 3- 9 Atlanta Methodist Episcopal Church marriages 3- 1- 5 Atlanta United Methodist history 1- 3- 9 Baptist 2- 4- 2 Businesses 1- 3- 8 German prisoner of war camp 1- 3- 2 German prisoner of war camp- Archives 3- 1- 2 German prisoner of war camp- History 2- 2- 9 German prisoner of war camp- Reunion 1- 3- 5 History 2- 4- 2 Nazarene 2- 4- 2 Republican Newspaper- Letter to the editor 1- 3- 8 School District No. 64 census (1894) 2- 4- 3 Telephone lines (1905) 2- 4- 4 Union Church 1- 3- 9 United Bretheran 2- 4- 2 Beatrice First homestead 1- 2- 8 Bertrand History 2- 2- 4 School District No. 54 tuition claim 2- 2- 2 Westlanda Lutheran Church- History 2- 2- 5 Bertrand Herald- Mothers of sons killed in WW2 1- 4- 6 Bibles- Card file at Phelps County Museum 4- 2- 1 Bufflow 'Cencus taker' 2- 3- 5 Cemetaries Harlan County 1- 1- 2 Immanuel Lutheran- book for sale 2- 3-10 Immanuel Lutheran Cemetary (Harlan Co.) 1- 1- 2 Orleans Catholic Cemetary (Harlan Co.) 2- 3- 4 Phelps County 1- 2-10 Phelps County Cemetaries v. 1 & 2 1- 1- 2 Phelps County Cemetaries v. 2 1- 2-10 Prairie Home Cemetary (Phelps Co.) 1- 1- 2 Prairie Home Cemetary (Phelps Co.) 1- 1- 7 Republican City Cemetary (Harlan Co.) 2- 3- 4 Spring Grove Cemetary (Harlan Co.) 1- 2- 2 St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetary (Harlan Co.) 2- 3- 4 Urbana Cemetary (Harlan Co.) 4- 2- 3 Walked by Ben Boell 2- 3- 4 Churches Atlanta- History 2- 4- 2 Atlanta Methodist Episcopal Church- History 1- 3- 9 Atlanta Methodist Episcopal Church- Marriages 3- 1- 5 Atlanta United Methodist- History 1- 3- 9 Baptist Church (Atlanta) 2- 4- 2 Emmaus Evangelical Church (Funk) 1- 2- 9 Evangelical Free Church (Loomis)- History 2- 3- 7 First Baptist Church (Holdrege)- History 1- 1- 5 Frank Naylor (Oxford)- History 3- 1- 6 Fridhem Lutheran Church (Funk)- History 1- 4- 6 Highland Church (Harlan Co.) 1- 3- 9 Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 1- 2- 2 Kearney LDS Church Fam. Hist. Ctr. hours 2- 3- 3 Kearney LDS Library 2- 1- 2 Moses Hill Covenant Church- History 3- 3- 7 Nazarene Church (Atlanta) 2- 4- 2 Trinity Evangelical Free Church (Holdrege) 2- 1- 6 Union Church (Atlanta) 1- 3- 9 United Bretheran Church (Atlanta) 2- 4- 2 Westlanda Lutheran Church (Bertrand)- History 2- 2- 5 County assessor records (Phelps Co.)- 1884 vs. 1958 2- 3- 2 Dorothy Johnson Memorial Fund 4- 4- 5 Dowsing and genealogy 4- 2- 6 Family histories Boese/Bose 1- 4- 1 Crandell, Burnet 4- 4- 4 Crandell, Dwight R. 4- 4- 4 Flodman 1- 3-10 Gleason, Lavaile L. 2- 4- 6 Hendrickson/Anderson 1- 3- 6 Johnson, Aaron 4- 4- 5 Johnson, Gustaf A. & Alma Elizabeth 2- 3- 8 Nelson, C. S. 2- 2- 6 Wilke/Richards 1- 2- 7 Farmer's directory (1890-1891)- Wolfe's Gazetteer 4- 3- 4 First white child born- (Phelps Co.) 1- 3- 3 Funk Emmaus Evangelical Church 1- 2- 9 Fridhem Lutheran Church- History 1- 4- 6 History 1- 4- 4 School District No. 74 enrollment 1- 1- 3 Telephone directory (1905) 3- 1- 3 Furnas County, NE- Beaver City Public Library 2- 3- 9 Grand Island Public Library- Genealogy collections 1- 4- 2 Harlan County, NE Cemetaries 1- 1- 2 Cemetaries walked by Ben Boell 2- 3- 4 Immanuel Lutheran Cemetary 1- 1- 2 Orleans Catholic Cemetary 2- 3- 4 Republican City Cemetary 2- 3- 4 Spring Grove Cemetary 1- 2- 2 St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetary 2- 3- 4 Urbana Cemetary 4- 2- 3 Haydon Post office- History 2- 3- 5 Holdrege 110th anniversary 2- 1- 3 Classified list (1905) 3- 2- 3 First Baptist Church- History 1- 1- 5 First railroad train 1- 3- 2 Genealogy material at the library 3- 1- 7 History 2- 1- 4 History (1890's) 2- 1- 8 Holdrege Daily Citizen 1- 1- 7 Holdrege High School- First graduating class 2- 1- 6 Newspapers- History 2- 1-10 Patents listed 1- 2- 8 Tax protests (1885-1887) 3- 3- 3 Telephone lines (1905) 2- 4- 4 Telephone service (1905) 2- 1- 5 Telephone service (1905) 2- 2- 8 Telephone service (1905) 2- 3- 2 Trinity Evangelical Free Church- History 2- 1- 6 Kearney LDS Church Family History Center- Hours 2- 3- 3 LDS Library 2- 1- 2 Letters Crandell, Ida to Alvah Reynolds 4- 4- 4 Johnson, Aaron to G. W. Holdrege 4- 4- 5 Nelson, Nels to Julie Nelson 1- 4- 7 Loomis 8th grade graduation (1893) 2- 3- 7 Businesses in 1887 1- 2- 3 Evangelical Free Church- History 2- 3- 7 History 2- 3- 6 History 4- 4- 5 School District No. 55 enrollment 1- 2- 3 Marriages Atlanta Methodist Church 3- 1- 5 First in Phelps Co. 1- 1- 7 Phelps Co. (1878-1986)- computer file 4- 4- 5 Mortality schedule (1850-1900) 1- 2- 6 Mothers of sons killed in WW2 1- 4- 6 Nebraska state census (1885)- Availability 4- 2- 1 Newspapers Bertrand Herald- Mothers of sons killed in WW2 1- 4- 6 History of in Holdrege 2- 1-10 Holdrege Daily Citizen 1- 1- 7 Holdrege Nugget- Patents listed 1- 2- 8 Loomis- History 2- 3- 6 Oxford Standard- Rock Falls celebration 2- 1- 8 Phelps Co. Pioneer - 1st copy 4- 1- 3 Republican- Letter to the editor 1885 1- 3- 8 Swedish 1- 4- 6 The Nebraska Nugget (Phelps Center) 1- 1- 4 Wolfe's NE State Gazetteer (Williamsburg) 3- 2- 8 Obituary- Johnson, Dorothy L. 4- 4- 5 Organizations Modern Woodmen of America (Loomis Chapter) 2- 1- 9 Oxford Frank Naylor Church- History 3- 1- 6 Phelps Center History 2- 1- 8 History 3- 3- 6 Immigrants 1- 3- 3 Moses Hill Covenant Church- History 3- 3- 7 Moses Hill School District No. 14- Census (1891)3- 3- 8 Moses Hill School District No. 14- History 3- 3- 3 Nebraska Nugget official directory 1- 1- 4 Phelps County 8th grade graduates (1913) 4- 4- 3 Cemetaries 1- 2-10 County assessor records (1884 vs. 1958) 2- 3- 2 Farmer's directory (1890-91)- Wolfe's Gazetteer 4- 3- 4 First homestead 1- 2- 8 First marriage 1- 1- 7 First white child born 1- 3- 3 History 1- 2- 8 History (1879 Gazetteer) 3- 3- 4 History (1882/3 Gazetteer) 3- 3- 4 History (Gazetteers 1886-1891) 3- 3- 5 History of sod houses 4- 4- 8 Immigrants to Willard, CO 2- 1- 9 Immigration 1- 2- 8 Marriages (1878-1986)- Computer file 4- 4- 5 Moses Hill Covenant Church 3- 3- 7 Orphan's Home Reunion 1- 1- 5 Phelps Co. Pioneer - 1st copy 4- 1- 3 Postal history 4- 3- 2 School District No. 1- History 3- 1- 8 School District No. 14 census (1891) 3- 3- 8 Phelps County Museum 25th anniversary 1- 1- 5 25th anniversary 1- 3- 2 Bible card file 4- 2- 1 Books purchased/donated 1- 1- 2 1- 2- 5 1- 3- 4 1- 4- 3 2- 1- 7 2- 2- 2 2- 2-10 2- 3- 4 2- 4- 8 3- 2- 2 3- 3- 1 4- 1- 2 4- 2- 2 4- 3- 1 Camp Atlanta display 2- 2- 9 Genealogy library 1- 1- 4 Hours 1- 1- 7 Marriages 1878-1986 4- 4- 5 Materials available 3- 1- 1 Microfiche 1- 2- 2 Nebraska censuses available 4- 2- 1 Records room items 2- 3- 5 Tape of NSGS meeting available 2- 1- 1 Telephone books 2- 2- 1 Platte Valley School District No. 5 census (1894) 3- 2- 8 School District No. 5 enrollment 1- 3- 3 Poetry- 'Just a Whoop-te-do-en-do' 2- 1- 3 Post offices Haydon- History 2- 3- 5 Phelps County- History 4- 3- 2 Postmasters 1- 1- 3 Urbana 4- 2- 3 Prairie Union School District No. 13 enrollment 2- 3- 2 Prisoner of war camp Atlanta- Tape 1- 3- 2 Reunion 1- 3- 5 Publications for sale Camp Atlanta (subj.)- Ordering information 2- 2- 9 Holdrege Area Genealogy Club 1- 4-10 Holdrege Area Genealogy Club 2- 4- 6 Immanuel Lutheran Cemetary 2- 3-10 Immanuel Lutheran Cemetary listing 1- 1- 2 Nebraska State Genealogical Society 1- 3-10 Phelps County Cemetaries Vol. 1 1- 1- 2 Phelps County Cemetaries Vol. 2 1- 1- 2 Phelps County Cemetaries Vol. 2 1- 2-10 Railroads Burlington Railroad- Founding of Loomis 4- 4- 5 First train (Holdrege) 1- 3- 2 Union Pacific Railroad- Land agents 1- 3- 3 Union Pacific in Phelps Co. 3- 3- 5 Republican Newspaper (Atlanta)- Letter to editor 1- 3- 8 Research tips How to use microfiche 1- 3- 2 Rock Falls Celebration 2- 1- 8 First white child born 1- 3- 3 History 1- 3- 3 History 3- 1- 6 Rubicon School District No. 61 enrollment (1908) 4- 4- 7 Sacramento History 4- 1- 3 School District No. 8 census (1891) 4- 1- 6 Schools District No. 1 (Sunny Side) history 3- 1- 8 District No. 4 (Williamsburg) census 3- 2- 7 District No. 5 (Platte Valley) census (1894) 3- 2- 8 District No. 5 (Platte Valley) enrollment 1- 3- 3 District No. 8 (Sacramento) census (1891) 4- 1- 6 District No. 9 (Ash Grove) enrollment 1- 4- 3 District No. 13 (Prairie Union) enrollment 2- 3- 2 District No. 14 (Moses Hill) census (1891) 3- 3- 8 District No. 14 (Moses Hill) history 3- 3- 3 District No. 43 (Urbana) census (1894) 4- 2- 5 District No. 43 (Urbana) history 4- 2- 4 District No. 54 (Bertrand) tuition claim 2- 2- 2 District No. 55 (Loomis) enrollment 1- 2- 3 District No. 61 (Rubicon) enrollment (1908) 4- 4- 7 District No. 64 (Atlanta) census (1894) 2- 4- 3 District No. 74 (Funk) enrollment 1- 1- 3 Enrollment 1- 1- 2 Holdrege High School- first graduating class 2- 1- 6 Locations for 6 districts 3- 2- 6 Loomis- 8th grade graduation (1893) 2- 3- 7 Phelps Co. 8th grade graduates (1913) 4- 4- 3 Records of County Superintendent 2- 4- 1 Teachers at the Christian Homes 3- 3-10 Sod houses - Construction of 4- 4- 8 Speakers Bergsten, Wayne 2- 2- 1 Bockstruck, Lloyd 1- 4-10 Bremer, Ron 1- 2- 1 Bremer, Ron 1- 3- 2 Carlson, Warner- WW2 war effort Phelps Co. 2- 1- 2 Drake, Cindy 2- 3- 3 Eakle, Arlene 2- 4- 3 Eakle, Arlene 3- 1- 2 Fairbanks, Sarah 2- 3- 3 Gray, Judy Price- Adoption & genealogy, OH 1- 2- 8 research Johnsten, Lois- Grand Island Public Library 1- 4- 2 Kepley, Nancy Keeler 4- 1- 2 McWilliams, Deb 2- 3- 3 Meitzler, Leland K. 3- 2- 1 Melroy, Marge- County school records 2- 1- 2 Moore, Dick 2- 2- 1 Rost, Marcia 1- 3-10 Slater, Bob- Camp Atlanta reunion 1- 4- 2 Steuart, Brad 2- 2- 1 Spring Creek- First marriage 1- 1- 7 Sunny Side School District No. 1 history 3- 1- 8 Swedish Bibles- Card file 4- 2- 1 Christmas celebration 4- 4- 5 Evangelical Free Church- History 2- 3- 7 Immigration 1- 2- 8 Newspaper 1- 4- 6 Trinity Evangelical Free Church (Holdrege) 2- 1- 6 Telephone directory- Funk (1905) 3- 1- 3 Telephone lines- Holdrege & Atlanta (1905) 2- 4- 4 Telephone service Holdrege (1905) 2- 2- 8 Holdrege (1905) 2- 3- 2 U. S. Nebraska christened 2- 2- 6 Union Pacific Railroad- Land agents 1- 3- 3 Urbana History 4- 2- 3 History 4- 2- 6 School District No. 43 census (1894) 4- 2- 5 School District No. 43 history 4- 2- 4 Williamsburg 1- 1- 7 History 3- 2- 5 School District No. 4 census 3- 2- 7 Township tax list (1895) 3- 2- 6 Wolfe's NE State Gazetteer (1884-1885) 3- 2- 8 Williamsburg Twp. School District No. 5 (Platte Valley) census 3- 2- 8 School District No. 5 (Platte Valley) enrollment1- 3- 3 Wolfe's Gazetteer (1890-1891)- Farmer's directory 4- 3- 4 Phelps Co., NE
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