Gage County Historical Society and Museum

Gage County Genealogy Research

Genealogy is the quest to find one’s ancestry. Before planning a trip to a research facility, it is best to begin the journey with yourself. Using a pedigree chart or family group sheet, record all vital information about you and your immediate family, (i.e. births, marriages, and deaths), as well as where the event took place. Include your parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins.


Beatrice Public Library collection includes Sandborn Maps of Beatrice, Beatrice Daily Sun on Microfiche, Beatrice highschool yearbooks, and the NSGS Library Collection	Wymore Public Library collection includes Wymore Highschool Yearbooks and the Arbor State Newspaper on Microfiche.They also have local area history books, family history, and cemetery records/obituaries.	Odell Public Library collection includes the original writings of Catherine Renshaw history of Odell, NE.	Cortland Museum's research library 50 books about the residents of Cortland and Firth, Nebraska.
M-Th 10-7, F-S 10-5, Sunday Closed	M-Th 11:30-6:00 F- 11:30- 5:30 Saturday 11:30-2 Sunday Closed	Tuesday 2-6 Thursday 3-5 Friday 9-11 Saturday 10-12	By Appointment Only
100 N. 16th Beatrice, NE 68310	116 W. F Street Wymore, NE 68466	301 Main Street Odell, NE 68415	40 W 4th PO Box 296 Cortland, NE 68331
402-223-3584	402-645-3787	402-766-3700	402-429-2480
	wymoreplibrary@gmail.com	odellnebraskapubliclibrary@gmail.com	cortlandmuseum@yahoo.com


Freeman Comunity Media Center collection includes the Adams Highschool Yearbooks and the Adams Globe Newspapers.	Great Plains Welsh Heritage Centre has the archives of Welsh America including recordings, newspapers, periodicals, photographs, and Welsh organizations.	Homestead National Historical Park has access to homestead records and the Dempseter Mill Manufactoring Company Archive.	Beatrice Cemetery Association has the cemetery records for Evergreen Home Memorial Park and Scott Street Cemetery
Open when the Freeman Public School is open.	By Appointment	M-F 8:30-6 Sat-Sun 9-6	M-F 7-4 Saturday Closed Sunday Closed
415 8th St. Adams, NE 68301	307 S. 7th Wymore, NE 68466	8583 NE- 4 Beatrice, NE 68310	408 N. 33 street Beatrice, NE 68310
402-988-2525	402-432-3656	402-223-3514	402-223-3129
	director@greatplainswelsh.org


Register of Deeds- land records/deeds Gage County Clerk- Marriage Records Clerk of District Courts- Divorce Records Bureau of Vital Statistics- Birth and Death records. https://nevitalrecords-dhhs.ne.gov/		Gage County Historical Society has in their archives, rural school records, Mennonite Hospital records pre WWI, photographs, court docket books, and family records (letters, diaries, certificates, etc.). In the research library we have the Beatrice Highschool Yearbooks, rural school database, rural cemetery records, Beatrice City Directories, Sandborn Maps and Gage County Atlas. There are also newspaper clippings about families, businesses, and towns in the County. Coming soon a database on Beatrice houses built before 1900.
M-F 8-5 Saturday Closed Sunday Closed		October- March Thursday- Saturday 10:00am -4:00pm April- September Wednesday- Saturday 10:00am- 4:00pm
612 Grant St. Beatrice, NE 68310		101 N. 2nd Beatrice, NE 68310
402-223-1323		402-228-1679
		info@gagecountyhistory.org

Church Records

Gage County Historical Society does not have church records. Those are still with the churches that are still going today. However, if you by chance have records of churches no longer in existance in Gage County, please contact the director at 402-228-1679. Below you will find all the churches currently active in Gage County and their phone numbers.

Adams Churches

American Lutheran Church ELCA

402-988-4445

Adams First United Methodist Church

402-988-3805

Barneston Churches

St. Joseph Catholic Church 402-645-3051

Beatrice Churches

Christ Church Episcopal	402-380-6893	Saint John Lutheran Church	402-223-5268	Centenary Methodist Church	402-223-3424
Westside Baptist Church	402-520-0868	First Christian Church	402-223-3842	First Mennonite Church	402-251-7180
First Presbyterian Church	402-223-3933	Saint Joseph Catholic Church	402-223-2923