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Some of the major records sources that can be used for genealogy research in Nebraska include:
- Birth, marriage, and death records were kept by some towns as early as 1869
- Birth and death records have been recorded by the state government from 1904 to the present
- Marriage records have been recorded by the state government from 1909 to the present
- Federal census records were recorded every 10 years starting in 1790; state and territorial census records were recorded in 1854 to 1917
- Land records were kept by the towns and counties from the 1850s to the present
- Probate records were kept by the local courts from 1860s to the present
- Churches sometimes kept records of the christenings, marriages, deaths, or other information about their members
- Newspapers were written in many areas and time periods, which contain information such as notices of marriages, notices of death, and obituaries
- Town and county histories were written that record information about the settlers and their families; many family genealogies of the settlers of Nebraska have also been written
- Naturalization and citizenship records were recorded by the courts as early as 1800s
- Ship passenger lists, tax lists, and town records were recorded for many areas
- City directories, maps, county histories, biographies, School Censuses, etc.
- Photographs of tombstones, historic homes or barns, Churches, places of business, historic landmarks, etc.