Published Resources
Many
books
of interest to genealogists have been published about Custer County.
The
titles listed here can be used at the Custer County Historical Society
(CCHS), and may be available on inter-library loan from the other
locations
shown.
Additional books on Nebraska history and plains heritage are
included
in the published
works
section of the CCHS
web site.
Some of the volumes have also been microfilmed by/are in the
collection
of the Family History Library at Salt Lake.
Custer County Book List
Authors
and
Titles
- Butcher, Solomon D.
(Solomon Devore)
- S.D. Butcher's Pioneer History
of Custer
County and Short Sketches of Early Days in Nebraska.
Broken Bow, NE: The Merchants Publishing Co.
(c1901)
CCHS
CSL State Lib MICROFILM
549
Reel 85 No. 846 California
NLC F672.C9 B9 196
- Gaston, William Levi
- History of Custer County,
Nebraska
a narrative of the past, with special
emphasis
upon the pioneer period of the county's history, its
social,commercial,
educational, religious and civic development from the early days to
the
present time.
Lincoln, NE: Western Publishing and Engraving
Company (1919)
CCHS
CSL Sutro F672.C9 G2 1919
- Purcell, Emerson R.
- Pioneer Stories of Custer
County, Nebraska
contributed by more than one hundred
present
and former residents of Custer County
Broken Bow, NE: Publisher, Custer County
Chief
(1936)
CCHS
CSL Sutro F 672 C9 P8
CSL Sutro MICROFILM 64
Reel
7 Book 30
NLC F672.C9 P8 193
- Sherard, Gerald E.
- Civil War Veterans, Custer
County, Nebraska
Lakewood, CO : Privately Published (undated)
CCHS
Follow a link to an on-line, searchable
database
of Nebraska veterans included on the Nebraska
State USGenWeb page.
- Smith, Ida A.
- Dale Cemetery (St. Andrew's)
Typescript (1964)
CCHS
- Strombo, Cathryn J.
- Index to the 1880 Census of
Custer Co.,
Nebraska
Typescript (c 1970)
CCHS
Libraries with Custer
County Publications
CCHS
Custer
County
Historical Society
NLC
Nebraska
Library
Commission
CSL
State
California State Library
State Information and Reference Center
Library and Courts Building
914 Capitol Mall
Sacramento, CA 95814
916-654-0261
Hours M-F 9:30AM-4:00PM
CSL
Sutro
Sutro Library
480 Winston Drive
San Francisco, CA 94132
415-557-4477
Hours M-F 10:00AM-5:00PM
Family History Library
Custer County is included in the locality section
of the Family History Library Catalog (FHLC). The FHLC can be searched
on microfiche and CD-ROM at the Family History Library (FHL) at Salt
Lake
City, Utah, or any Family History Center (FHC).
The Family History Library's Custer County
collection
includes:
- Custer County histories
- Contributed pioneer stories
- Cemetery transcriptions
- Marriage records (1811-1891)
- Probate records (1930-1985)
- Lists of Civil War Veterans
- 1880 Census Index
For information on Family History Centers in
your,
area contact the nearest Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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