{"id":197,"date":"2024-06-06T16:37:19","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T16:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/nebraskacity\/?page_id=197"},"modified":"2025-12-22T23:36:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T23:36:24","slug":"genealogy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mjpl.org\/?page_id=197","title":{"rendered":"Genealogy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"197\" class=\"elementor elementor-197\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-646f984 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"646f984\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cdac5e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8cdac5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Library staff is available to assist with using the Otoe County genealogy resources for research (with limited census information for Cass and Nemaha Counties). The library also fulfills genealogy requests.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bffe6aa e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bffe6aa\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b38598b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b38598b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How to Submit a Genealogy Research Request<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0dce3d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f0dce3d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5c40ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c5c40ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Please send your detailed genealogy\/history research request to <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240316170401\/mailto:mortonjameslibrary@gmail.com\">mortonjameslibrary@gmail.com<\/a><\/p><p>Provide a mailing address and telephone number. Please allow 4 to 6 weeks for a response.<\/p><p>We do not charge for our research service. However, we do suggest a $10.00 minimum donation to the library.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f71dba7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f71dba7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa3092c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fa3092c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"209\" src=\"https:\/\/mjpl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ancestry-library-edition.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-487\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mjpl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ancestry-library-edition.png 400w, https:\/\/mjpl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ancestry-library-edition-300x157.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4821bf9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4821bf9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-240b38e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"240b38e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Ancestry Library Edition can be accessed in house on the Morton-James Public Library public computers. Call 402-873-5609 with any questions.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b0bdc7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5b0bdc7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4840d41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4840d41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Morton-James Public Library Genealogy &amp; History Resource List<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ce3ffd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7ce3ffd\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2235ff4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2235ff4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9bf844 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a9bf844\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><em>Digital Newspaper Archives of Otoe County Nebraska<\/em><\/div><div><a href=\"http:\/\/otoecountyne.advantage-preservation.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/otoecountyne.advantage-preservation.com<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c17ea0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c17ea0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><em>Otoe County Genealogical Society<\/em><\/div><div><a href=\"http:\/\/ocgsne.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/ocgsne.org\/<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6a4eb9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d6a4eb9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bb1416 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4bb1416\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><em>Nebraska Bureau of Vital Statistics<\/em><\/div><div>14th &amp; M Sts.<\/div><div>P.O. Box 95065<\/div><div>Lincoln, NE 68509-5065<\/div><div>402-471-2871<\/div><div>Birth and death records\u00a0(since 1904 only)<\/div><div><a href=\"http:\/\/dhhs.ne.gov\/Pages\/vital-records.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/dhhs.ne.gov\/Pages\/vital-records.aspx<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e052bdb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e052bdb\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f075dc7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f075dc7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><div><em>Nebraska State Historical Society<\/em><\/div><div>1500 R St.<\/div><div>P.O. Box 82554<\/div><div>Lincoln, NE 68501<\/div><div>402-471-4751<\/div><div><a href=\"https:\/\/history.nebraska.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/history.nebraska.gov\/<\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96e846f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"96e846f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bba63ce e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bba63ce\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a46b88d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a46b88d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><div><em>Syracuse newspapers available at the Otoe County Museum of Memories<\/em><\/div><div>366 Poplar Street<\/div><div>Syracuse, NE 68446<\/div><div>402-269-2355<\/div><div><a href=\"mailto:otoecomuseum@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">otoecomuseum@gmail.com<\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a5f87d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9a5f87d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d0df0e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4d0df0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><em>Wyuka Cemetery \u2013 Nebraska City, NE \u2013 Surname Index for Burials\/Plots<\/em><\/div><div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/cemetery\/101646\/wyuka-cemetery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/cemetery\/101646\/wyuka-cemetery<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a873ba e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9a873ba\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96c5d8d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"96c5d8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><em>Websites:<\/em><\/div><ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.ancestry.com<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.familysearch.org<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyndislist.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.cyndislist.com<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/usgenweb.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/usgenweb.com<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.findagrave.com<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Library staff is available to assist with using the Otoe County genealogy resources for research (with limited census information for Cass and Nemaha Counties). The library also fulfills genealogy requests. How to Submit a Genealogy Research Request Please send your detailed genealogy\/history research request to mortonjameslibrary@gmail.com Provide a mailing address&#8230;<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mjpl.org\/?page_id=197\"><span>Continue reading<\/span><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-197","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjpl.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjpl.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjpl.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjpl.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjpl.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=197"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mjpl.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":774,"href":"https:\/\/mjpl.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/197\/revisions\/774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjpl.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}