Historic newspapers · Nebraska

Nebraska historic newspapers: 68,144 free digitised pages

Name: Nebraska historic newspapers (Chronicling America)
Creator: Library of Congress
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Everything below is what the Library of Congress holds online for Nebraska in Chronicling America, counted on 2026-10-06. The pages are free to read and searchable by name; an obituary or a marriage notice here is often the only record of a date before civil registration.

Titles with the most digitised pages

Newspaper	Years	Pages online
Omaha Daily Bee (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-		15,227
The Beatrice Daily Express (Beatrice, Neb.)	1884–1924	10,963
The Frontier (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.)	1880–1965	4,083
The Red Cloud Chief (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.)	1873–1923	2,228
Tägliche Omaha Tribüne (Omaha, Nebr.)	1912–1926	2,153
The North Platte Semi-Weekly Tribune (North Platte, Neb.)	1895–1922	2,139
The Columbus Journal (Columbus, Neb.)	1874–1911	1,729
Pokrok Západu (Omaha, Neb.)	1871–1920	1,647
Danskeren (Neenah, Wis.)	1892–1920	1,574
Gwiazda Zachodu = Western Star (Omaha, Neb.) 19??-		1,346

Counties

Douglas 25,397 pages
Gage 11,685 pages
Holt 4,083 pages
Lancaster 3,981 pages
Lincoln 2,341 pages
Webster 2,228 pages
Nemaha 1,840 pages
Platte 1,729 pages
Washington 1,574 pages
Winnebago 1,574 pages

Cities

Omaha 25,149 pages
Beatrice 11,685 pages
O'Neill 4,083 pages
O'Neill City 4,083 pages
Lincoln 3,981 pages
North Platte 2,341 pages
Red Cloud 2,228 pages
Columbus 1,729 pages
Blair 1,574 pages
Neenah 1,574 pages

By decade

1730 to 1739 1 pages
1740 to 1749 1 pages
1750 to 1759 1 pages
1760 to 1769 1 pages
1770 to 1779 1 pages
1780 to 1789 1 pages
1790 to 1799 1 pages
1800 to 1809 3 pages
1810 to 1819 3 pages
1820 to 1829 3 pages
1830 to 1839 3 pages
1840 to 1849 3 pages
1850 to 1859 318 pages
1860 to 1869 514 pages
1870 to 1879 1,224 pages
1880 to 1889 6,477 pages
1890 to 1899 13,450 pages
1900 to 1909 17,116 pages
1910 to 1919 17,584 pages
1920 to 1929 6,567 pages
1930 to 1939 1,465 pages
1940 to 1949 2,167 pages
1950 to 1959 1,246 pages
1960 to 1969 196 pages

Languages

English 58,822 pages
German 6,660 pages
Danish 1,993 pages
Czech 1,883 pages
Polish 1,346 pages
Italian 960 pages

Ethnic press: German, African American, Czech, Danish, Polish, Italian, Scandinavian

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