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Celebrate Nebraska Statehood Day! Recieve a 20% discount at Landmark Stores Tuesday, March 1. Noted American Indian journalist Dr. Charles Trimble (Oglala-Lakota) will present "The Ongoing Indian Wars: Old Issues, New Fronts" at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at the Nebraska History Museum, 15th & P Streets, Lincoln.   JUST A PUNK KID FROM NEBRASKA A Robert Taylor Centenary Tribute film series Sunday, February 27 Nebraska History Museum, 15th & P Streets, Lincoln.    Brown Bag Lecture Series Forum, "Mildred Brown and the Omaha Star"    Presenter: Amy Forss    Schedule: 12 Noon, Thursday, March 17, 2011. Nebraska History Museum, 15th & P Streets, Lincoln. (PDF flyer)      PICTURE PERFECT (AND BEYOND!) How to Care for and Identify Your Family Photographs Back by Popular Demand!  Register Now!  FREE! Saturday, March 26, 2011,   9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Nebraska History Museum 15th & P Sts., Lincoln, NE   "The Civil War in the American West": The Eighth Fort Robinson History Conference April 28-30, 2011 Preliminary information and speakers' list History Conference, Registration form (pdf)      Depression Era Quilts in Nebraska See the exhibit online Nebraska State Historical Society 2011 Research Grants,   Call for Applications. Deadline is April 1, 2011. 4 New Nebraska Timeline (Out of Old Nebraska) articles are now available on the website.       From the land of the czar      "Please Do Not Spit on the Floor"      Every acre is good for something      An elaborate prank

Order Wings Over Nebraska Today! See the order form for details Read more about Wings Over Nebraska Call  402-471-3447  to order.

   New Exhibition Opened  January 7
   Explores Nebraskans' Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
   Nebraska History Museum, 15th and P St, Lincoln, Ne
   (see the flyer pdf)


 

 2010 Annual Report now on-line
  (6.4 megabyte PDF)

 

 The Boy Scouts of America, 1910-2010
 Celebrating the Adventure - Continuing the Journey
Since the Boy Scouts of America was founded, the scout oath, scout law, scout motto, and scout slogan have been every scout's guide to thought and action. Follow the scouting path as this new website shows Nebraska boys being molded through 100 years of scouting. The journey continues.

Check the properties newly listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Counties with newly listed properties are: Buffalo, Cuming, Dodge, Douglas, Lancaster, Sheridan, Thurston, and Wayne.

 

Willa Cather Exhibit is Open   
"Willa Cather: A Matter of Appearances"
Nebraska History Museum, 15th & P Streets, Lincoln.

We want to remember and to be remembered.
Saving Memories exhibit is now online.
  

Norfolk Regional Center Cemetery Records, 1888-1954  (pdf)
New record online, valuable to family historians.

 

Depression Era Quilts in Nebraska

Exhibit opened Saturday, March 27th, 2010,
at the Nebraska History Museum, 15th & P Streets, Lincoln.

 

Nominations to Nebraska Hall of Fame sought

Check out the new Probate Records Research at the Nebraska State Historical Society, recently added to the Library/Archives publication series.

 

Researching Your Nebraska Property (pdf)
A "How To" manual for National Register and all other applications.

Read complete Nebraska History articles online!

We're posting award-winning articles from past issues. Read about the brutal winter of 1948-49, the infamous Sheedy murder trial of 1891, or Sen. Ken Wherry's 1950s crusade to rid the government of homosexuals.... Forty articles are posted so far.

Wyuka Cemetery Interments, (Lincoln, Ne.) 1877 - Feb. 1881 "Those Who Slumber" (pdf)
These listings predate the Wyuka burial cards.

Help the Nebraska State Historical Society find examples of community buildings, structures, and sites that represent the New Deal in Nebraska. This year marks the 75th anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's programs developed in response to the Great Depression. See this PDF for more information and known examples.

Access the  Nebraska Public Documents  web site, launched in October 2007. It includes reports from 1891 to 1929 and is a keyword searchable collection of digitized historic reports of Nebraska constitutional officers and state agencies.

Nebraska newspapers arranged by town name.
A new index in PDFs will help you find Nebraska newspapers on microfilm.

A New Educators' Resource Guide to the Nebraska History Museum
is now available on the website. (pdf)

Saving Nebraska' s Treasures
Video sneak peeks and workshop segments now available to help you preserve items of importance to you and your community.

Nebraska Studies website 
 Have a look at NEW WWII content.

Check Nebraska National Register Full-Text Nominations (pdf)
More counties nominations are added weekly.