Kearney Genealogy (in Buffalo County, NE)

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Kearney Birth Records

1912-1994 Nebraska Birth Index, 1904-1911 Birth Ledgers Ancestry online

Nebraska, Birth Records, 1904-present Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services

Kearney Cemetery Records

Cemetery inscriptions, city of Kearney, Collins Township, Buffalo County, Nebraska, 1861-1920 WorldCat

First Lutheran Church Columbarium Find a Grave online

Kearney Cemetery Find a Grave online

Kearney Cemetery Billion Graves online

Kearney Cemetery Nebraska Gravestones online

Poor Farm Cemetery Find a Grave online

Prairie Center Cemetery Find a Grave online

Prairie Center Cemetery Billion Graves online

Prairie Center Cemetery Nebraska Gravestones online

Saint Lukes Episcopal Columbarium Find a Grave online

Kearney Census Records

Nebraska, State Census, 1885 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Kearney Church Records

Church records, 1873-1955 (First Presbyterian Church (Kearney, Nebraska)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1885-1966 (Elizabeth Valley Methodist Church (Kearney, Nebraska)) FamilySearch Library

First Presbyterian Church, Register and Deaths, 1874-1950 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

First Presbyterian Church, Register, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1913-1940 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

First Presbyterian Church, Register, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1916-1945 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

First Presbyterian Church, Register, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1933-1955 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

The first hundred years : a history of the First United Presbyterian Church, Kearney, Nebraska FamilySearch Library

Kearney City Directories

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Kearney (Nebraska) city directories FamilySearch Library

Kearney City Directory 1908 MyHeritage online

Kearney City Directory 1910 MyHeritage online

Kearney City Directory 1922 MyHeritage online

Kearney City Directory 1924 MyHeritage online

Kearney City Directory 1926 MyHeritage online

Kearney City Directory 1931 MyHeritage online

Kearney City Directory 1937 MyHeritage online

Kearney City Directory 1939 MyHeritage online

Kearney City Directory 1960 MyHeritage online

Kearney, NE 1904-1933 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Kearney, NE; 1937 - 1942, 1947, 1950, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1960 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Kearney, Nebraska Directory, 1890-91 Ancestry online

Kearney, Nebraska, City Directory, 1904 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Kearney, Nebraska, City Directory, 1906 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Kearney, Nebraska, City Directory, 1908 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Kearney, Nebraska, City Directory, 1910 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Kearney, Nebraska, City Directory, 1913 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Kearney, Nebraska, City Directory, 1915 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Kearney, Nebraska, City Directory, 1917 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Kearney, Nebraska, City Directory, 1922 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Kearney, Nebraska, City Directory, 1924 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Kearney, Nebraska, City Directory, 1926 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Kearney, Nebraska, City Directory, 1931 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Kearney, Nebraska, City Directory, 1933 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Kearney, Nebraska, City Directory, 1937 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Kearney, Nebraska, City Directory, 1939 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Kearney, Nebraska, City Directory, 1941 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Kearney, Nebraska, City Directory, 1947 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Kearney, Nebraska, City Directory, 1950 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Kearney, Nebraska, City Directory, 1952 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Kearney, Nebraska, City Directory, 1955 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Kearney, Nebraska, City Directory, 1956 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Kearney, Nebraska, City Directory, 1958 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Kearney, Nebraska, City Directory, 1960 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Polk's Kearney (Buffalo County, Nebr.) city directory FamilySearch Library

Kearney Death Records

1904-1968 Nebraska Index to Deaths Ancestry online

Death records from the Ravenna news, Kearney hub, Grand Island independent, and other sources WorldCat

Nebraska, Death Records, 1904-present Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services

Kearney Immigration Records

1890-1957 Nebraska Federal Naturalization Records Ancestry online

Kearney Map Records

Birds eye view map of Kearney, Buffalo County, Neb. 1881 Library of Congress online

Kearney 1889 Bird's Eye View Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry online

Perspective map of the city of Kearney, Neb. county seat of Buffalo Co. 1889. Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Kearney, Buffalo County, Nebraska, April 1909 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Kearney, Buffalo County, Nebraska, December 1884 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Kearney, Buffalo County, Nebraska, January 1887 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Kearney, Buffalo County, Nebraska, June 1904 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Kearney, Buffalo County, Nebraska, June 1915 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Kearney, Buffalo County, Nebraska, November 1893 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Kearney, Buffalo County, Nebraska, September 1889 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Kearney, Buffalo County, Nebraska, September 1899 Library of Congress online

Kearney Marriage Records

1855-1908 Nebraska Marriage Records Ancestry online

1909-1955 Nebraska Index to Marriages Ancestry online

Nebraska Marriages, 1856-1898 Ancestry online

Nebraska, Buffalo County, marriage records, 1872-1993; indexes, 1987-1994 FamilySearch Library

Nebraska, Marriage Records, 1909-present Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services

Kearney Newspapers and Obituaries

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Antelope 1910-1966 Newspapers.com online

Births records from Ravenna News, Kearney Hub, Grand Island Independent and other sources FamilySearch Library

Buffalo County Journal 1891-1891 Newspapers.com online

Buffalo County Pilot 1896-1900 Newspapers.com online

Buffalo County Sun 1895-1897 Newspapers.com online

Central Nebraska Press 1873-1889 Newspapers.com online

Central Nebraska Press 1878-1878 Newspapers.com online

Central Star 1870-1872 Newspapers.com online

Central Star of Empire 1896-1906 Newspapers.com online

Daily Kearney Press 1874-1889 Newspapers.com online

Daily Kearney Press 1876-1878 Newspapers.com online

Daily Times 10/22/1886 to 12/31/1889 Genealogy Bank online

Daily Times 1874-1874 Newspapers.com online

Death records from the Ravenna News, Kearney Hub, Grand Island Independent and other sources : surnames Abernethy through Zwink FamilySearch Library

Death records from the Ravenna news, Kearney hub, Grand Island independent, and other sources WorldCat

Duster 1944-1946 Newspapers.com online

Evening Telegram 1892-1892 Newspapers.com online

Frontier Index 1867-1868 Newspapers.com online

Kearney Air Base News 1943-1944 Newspapers.com online

Kearney Daily Hub 1889-1918 Newspapers.com online

Kearney Daily Hub 1889-1990 Newspapers.com online

Kearney Daily Journal 1889-1893 Newspapers.com online

Kearney Daily News 1893-1893 Newspapers.com online

Kearney Daily Tribune 1934-1934 Newspapers.com online

Kearney Democrat 1896-1926 Newspapers.com online

Kearney Enterprise 1889-1890 Newspapers.com online

Kearney Gait 1891-1891 Newspapers.com online

Kearney Herald 1866-1866 Newspapers.com online

Kearney Hub 05/30/2005 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Kearney Hub 1990-2023 Newspapers.com online

Kearney Hub Shopiing News 1963-1963 Newspapers.com online

Kearney Hub Shopping News 1963-1963 Seward Memorial Library online

Kearney Journal 1904-1904 Newspapers.com online

Kearney Junction Times 1874-1874 Newspapers.com online

Kearney Morning Times 1909-1917 Newspapers.com online

Kearney New Era 1883-1892 Newspapers.com online

Kearney Semi-Weekly Hub 1906-1917 Newspapers.com online

Kearney Times 1875-1875 Newspapers.com online

Kearney Tribune 1932-1933 Newspapers.com online

Kearney Weekly Hub 1917-1924 Newspapers.com online

Kearney Weekly Hub and Central Nebraska Press 1890-1892 Newspapers.com online

Kearney Weekly Nonpareil 1879-1881 Newspapers.com online

Kearney Weekly Times 1909-1913 Newspapers.com online

Kearney Weekly Tribune 1926-1932 Newspapers.com online

Kearney Weekly Tribune 1933-1933 Newspapers.com online

Kearney, Neb., Daily News 1939-1941 Newspapers.com online

Listing of brides from the Ravenna News, Kearney Hub, Grand Island Independent and other sources FamilySearch Library

Listing of grooms from Ravenna News, Kearney Hub, Grand Island Independent and other sources FamilySearch Library

National Soldier 1882-1882 Newspapers.com online

Nebraska Standard 1892-1892 Seward Memorial Library online

Nebraska Standard 1892-1892 Newspapers.com online

New Era-Standard 1895-1909 Newspapers.com online

Platte Valley Sunday Tribune 1934-1936 Newspapers.com online

Platte Valley Tribune 1936-1939 Newspapers.com online

Quidest? 1899-1900 Newspapers.com online

Semi-Weekly Kearney Hub and Central Nebraska Press 1892-1906 Newspapers.com online

Star of Empire 1892-1892 Newspapers.com online

Sun 1897-1900 Newspapers.com online

Sunday Platte Valley Tribune 1936-1936 Newspapers.com online

True Citizen 1879-1879 Newspapers.com online

Vart Nya Hem 1877-1877 Newspapers.com online

Weekly Kearney Times 1876-1877 Newspapers.com online

Western New Era 1880-1883 Newspapers.com online

Offline Newspapers for Kearney

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Antelope Newspaper [Microform]. (Kearney, Neb.) 1987-Current

Antelope [Microform]. (Kearney, Neb.) 1910-1970

Antelope [Microform]. (Kearney, Neb.) 1975-1987

Buffalo County Journal [Microform]. (Kearney, Neb.) 1880-1893

Buffalo County Pilot [Microform]. (Kearney, Neb.) 1898-1900s

Buffalo County Sun [Microform]. (Kearney, Neb.) 1894-1897

Central Nebraska Press [Microform]. (Kearney Junction, Neb.) 1873-1880s

Central Nebraska Press. Volume (Kearney, Neb.) 1873-1888

Central Star of Empire [Microform]. (Kearney, Neb.) 1890s-1900s

Daily Kearney Press [Microform]. (Kearney, Neb.) 1873-1880s

Daily Kearney Press. Volume (Kearney, Neb.) 1870s-1879

Daily Times [Microform]. ([Kearney, Neb.) 1874-1876

Daily Times. Volume (Kearney, Neb.) 1874-1876

Kearney Air Base News [Microform]. (Kearney, Neb.) 1943-1944

Kearney Daily Hub [Microform]. (Kearney, Neb.) 1888-1990

Kearney Daily Hub. (Kearney, Neb.) 1888-1990

Kearney Daily Journal [Microform]. (Kearney, Neb.) 1887-1890s

Kearney Daily News [Microform]. (Kearney, Neb.) 1893-1890s

Kearney Democrat [Microform]. (Kearney, Neb.) 1890s-1926

Kearney Enterprise [Microform]. ([Kearney, Neb.) 1889-1890

Kearney Gait [Microform]. (Kearney, Buffalo County, Neb.) 1891-1890s

Kearney Herald. (Kearney City, Neb.) 1865-1867

Kearney Hub [Microform]. (Kearney, Neb.) 1990-Current

Kearney Morning Times [Microform]. (Kearney, Neb.) 1909-1917

Kearney New Era [Microform]. (Kearney, Neb.) 1883-1890s

Kearney State College Antelope [Microform]. (Kearney, Neb.) 1970-1974

Kearney Times [Microform]. (Kearney, Neb.) 1870s-1876

Kearney Tribune [Microform]. (Kearney, Neb.) 1932-1933

Kearney Weekly Hub and Central Nebraska Press [Microform]. (Kearney, Neb.) 1880s-1892

Kearney Weekly Times [Microform]. (Kearney, Neb.) 1909-1913

Kearney Weekly Tribune [Microform]. (Kearney, Neb.) 1926-1932

Kearney Weekly Tribune [Microform]. (Kearney, Neb.) 1933-1930s

Kearney, Neb., Daily News [Microform]. (Kearney, Neb.) 1930s-1941

Nebraska Standard [Microform]. (Kearney, Neb.) 1890s-1895

New Era-Standard [Microform]. (Kearney, Neb.) 1890s-1909

Platte Valley Sunday Tribune [Microform]. (Kearney, Neb.) 1934-1936

Platte Valley Tribune [Microform]. ([Kearney, Neb.) 1936-1939

Semi-Weekly Kearney Hub and Central Nebraska Press [Microform]. ([Kearney, Neb.) 1892-1906

Star of Empire [Microform]. (Kearney, Neb.) 1892-1890s

Sun [Microform]. (Kearney, Neb.) 1897-1900

Telegram [Microform]. (Fort Kearney [Neb.) 1860s-1865

True Citizen [Microform]. ([Kearney, Neb.) 1878-1879

Weekly Kearney Times [Microform]. (Kearney, Neb.) 1876-1870s

Western New Era [Microform]. (Kearney, Neb.) 1880-1883

Kearney Probate Records

1806-1989 Nebraska Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Kearney School Records

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Kearney Catholic High School yearbook, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Kearney Catholic High School yearbook, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 Classmates online

Kearney Catholic High School yearbook, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Kearney High School yearbook, 1923, 1924, 1934, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Kearney High School yearbook, 1923, 1924, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1975 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Kearney High School yearbook, 1923, 1924, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Classmates online

Kearney State College yearbooks, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Kearny High School yearbook, 1928, 1930, 1932, 1934 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Longfellow High School - Log Yearbook (Kearney, NE), 1923, 1924, 1926, 1928, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1940, 1941, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957 E Yearbook online

Longfellow High School yearbook, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1928, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1940, 1941, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Longfellow High School yearbook, 1941 Classmates online

Longfellow High School yearbook, 1941 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Nebraska State Teachers College yearbook, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1938, 1940, 1942, 1946, 1948, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

University of Nebraska Kearney - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Kearney, NE), 1926, 1927, 1928, 1938, 1940, 1942, 1946, 1947, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971 E Yearbook online

University of Nebraska Kearney yearbook, 1926, 1928, 1940, 1942, 1946, 1947, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online



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