Douglas Co. Census

Omaha Lib. Census Collection Douglas Co. NEGenweb

1854 ".... Douglas County, so named after the "Little Giant" commenced at the mouth of Platte River and extended north along the west bank of the Missouri River to a point one mile north of Omaha City, thence west along the south boundary of Washington County twenty miles, thence south ten miles more or less, thence east to the place of beginning. It contained two precincts, one at Omaha with David Lindley, T. G. Goodwill and C. B. Smith judges of election; M. C. Gaylord and Dr. Pattee, clerks. The second precinct was located at the Old Mission, where Isaiah Bennet, D. E. Reed and Thomas Morton were judges: G. Hollister and Silas A. Strickland, clerks. The first general election was held on December 20, 1854, at which T. G. Goodwill, A. D. Jones, O. D. Richardson and S. E. Rogers were elected members of the council, with A. J. Hanscom, W. N. Byers, William Clancy, F. Davidson, Thomas Davis, A. D. Goyer, A. J. Poppleton and Robert Whitted, members of the House of Representatives.

The boundaries of the county were re-defined by an act of the First Territorial Legislature, and in February, 1857, Sarpy County was established out of its southern limits and the boundaries of the later fixes as they exist at present [1882]."
Source: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~neresour/andreas/douglas/douglas-p3.html

Educate yourself about very early NE Terr Census (new window) http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/resources/OLLibrary/Journals/NMGR/censindx.html

1855 Nebraska Territory census online

1856 Nebraska Territory census online
Northern Election District (later Douglas Co.)
Southern Election District (later Sarpy Co.)

1860 Nebraska Territory census online
Ward 1 Omaha City f0033.txt pages 1-22
Ward 2 Omaha City f0034.txt pages 23-36
Ward 3 Omaha City f0035.txt pages 37-55
Omaha City PO, Douglas Co. f0036.txt pages 56-79
Omaha City PO, Douglas Co. f0037.txt pages 80-104
Omaha City PO, Douglas Co. f0038.txt pages 105-124

1870 Douglas Co. Census
M593-829 1870 Census: Douglas, Fillmore, Gage, Pawnee Reservation and Adams Co.

excerpt only in progress

1880 census online brief excerpt of selected names
[modified, partial Soundex exists families with children 10y or older]
[LDS has a complete index for sale]

T9-747 1880 Census: Douglas Co. (begin - 18/36).

T9-748 1880 Census: Douglas (cont 18/37 - end), Dundy, Fillmore, and Franklin Co.

1883 Civil War Veterans of Nebraska [not census, but names by county, town]

1885 [microfilm is at the W. Dale Clark Library; it is not indexed.]

M352-15 1885 State Census: Douglas Co. Enumeration Districts 231-247. M352-16 1885 State Census: Douglas Co. Enumeration Districts 248-255. M352-17 1885 State Census: Douglas Co. Enumeration Districts 256-266.

1885 Official Atlas of NE [not census, abstracted names] Local copy

1890

M123-38 1890 Veteran's Census: Cass, Douglas, Gage, Johnson, Lancaster, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee, Richardson, Sarpy, and Saunders Co.

Nebraska Military Information Project (follow the links for wars, census, etc.)

1890 Gazetteer for Douglas Co. NE
Douglas Co. Farmer Names
Douglas Co. Business Names including Omaha Business Directory
The Excelsior Family Directory of Omaha 1890-91 names from Omaha

1900 [modified Soundex exists, copy at W. D. Clark Library]

Douglas Co. Child Saving Institute Census

T623-923 1900 Census: Douglas Co., City of Omaha (part: EDs 1-32, and ED 33, sheets 1-11)

T623-924 1900 Census: Douglas Co., City of Omaha (part: ED 33, sheet 12-end, and EDs 34-80)
District 57 Omaha City. Ward Six.; Precinct 1 (part of) Bounded by City
limits, 30th St., Sprague St., 36th St.
District 58 Omaha City. Ward Six.; Precinct 2 Bounded by City limits, 36th
St., Boulevard Ave., City limits.
District 59 Omaha City. Ward Six.; Precinct 3 (part of) Bounded by Boulevard
Ave., 36th St., Lake St., City limits.
District 60 Omaha City. Ward Six.; Precinct 3 (part of) Bounded by Lake
St., 36th St., Seward St., City limits.
District 61 Omaha City. Ward Six.; Precinct 4 Bounded by Sprague St., 24th
St., Pinkney St., 36th St.
District 62 Omaha City. Ward Six.; Precinct 5 (part of) Bounded by Pinkney
St., 20th St., Locust, 24th St., Bristol, 30th & Boulevard Av., 36th St.
District 63 Omaha City. Ward Six.; Precinct 5 (part of) Bounded by Boulevard
Ave., 30th and Bristol Sts., 24th St., Cassius, 31st and Maple Sts., 36th
St.
District 64 Omaha City. Ward Six.; Precinct 6 Bounded by Maple, 31st &
Cassius Sts., 24th St., Lake St., 36th St.
District 65 Omaha City. Ward Six.; Precinct 7 Bounded by Lake St., 30th St.,
Seward St., 36th St. [Ann Morgan contributed this list to NEDougla-L]

T623-926 1900 Census: Douglas Co., City of Omaha (part: ED 107-end) and Douglas, Dundy, Fillmore, and Franklin Co.

T623-925 1900 Census: Douglas Co., City of Omaha (part: EDs 81-106)

T623-926 1900 Census: Douglas Co., City of Omaha (part: ED 107-end) and Douglas, Dundy, Fillmore, and Franklin Co.

1910 [no Soundex]

T624-843 1910 Census: Douglas (EDs l-46) Co.

T624-844 1910 Census: Douglas (EDs 47-93) Co.

T624-845 1910 Census: Douglas (EDs 94-125), Fillmore, and Frontier Counties
Note: In 1910 Census, Omaha City is found in ED's 1-125.
Some ED information:
District 1-109 --
District 110 -- South Omaha city (part of); ward 2 (part of) Precinct 1 (part of) All north of the center of Q street
District 111 -- South Omaha city (part of); Ward 2 (part of) Precinct 1 (part of) All south of the center of Q street
District 115 -- South Omaha city (part of); Ward 3 (part of), Precinct 2 (part of) All east of the center of 36th street
District 116 -- South Omaha city (part of); Ward 3 (part of), Precinct 2 All west of the center of 36th street
District 117-125 --

1920 [Soundex exists]

T625-987 1920 Census: Douglas Co., Omaha City (EDs 1-25, 92-105)

T625-988 1920 Census: Douglas Co., Omaha City (EDs 26-58)

T625-989 1920 Census: Douglas Co., Omaha City (EDs 59-69, 115-123, 70-76, 78-81, 124-131)

T625-990 1920 Census: Douglas Co., Omaha City (EDs 82-91, 106-115, 132-144) and Hamilton Co.

1930 NE Census: Microfilm was released on 1 April 2002. You can learn about it at
http://www.archives.gov/research/census/1930/general-info.html
http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6224#History
M1931 microfilm Roll 4 gives the enumeration district for an Omaha street address.

Omaha Library Census Collection

Census Collection

USA All states complete through 1860

USA Half of states complete 1870-1880

Indexes for many years.

USA 30 states complete or ordered through 1900, of these, 12 states & 3 territories complete through 1930. States include: AR, AZ, CO, DE, ID, IA, IL, MN almost, ND, NE, NV, OH, OK partial, OR,
RI, SD, UT, WI, WV, WY, Guam-Samoa, Panama Canal Zone, & Virgin Islands)

Other new equipment:
microfilm cabinet that can hold 4000 reels of film
2 reader-printers

Source: Karen (OmahaMom@aol.com)

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