Join Cindy Cochran and Judi Cook, from the Lincoln-Lancaster County Genealogical Society, as they guide you through the many historical resources available for librarians assisting anyone with an interest in genealogy and family history. NCompass Live - Sept. 25, 2013. http://nlc.nebraska.gov/ncompasslive/

1. SELS Meeting - May 23, 2013
Genealogical Resources

2. LLCGS

3. Come to Union College to the Don Love Building to find genealogical resources.

4. Go up a few stairs or the elevator and turn to the right.

5. Welcome to the Library

6. Customers may access the entire Union College Library
for their research.

7. Some Union College books useful for genealogical purposes
include the 140+ volumes of the “War of the Rebellion” (Civil
War), encyclopedias, and many “Who’s Who” volumes.

8. There is a photocopy machine available and a microfilm
reader. There are public access computers.

9. The Lincoln-Lancaster County Genealogical Society maintains
a collection of genealogy books, dvds, microfilm, and
periodicals within the Crandall Library. It is open to the public.
We have reference and circulating materials.

10. Chloe Foutz, a former director of the Library, was instrumental
in making this arrangement in the early 1990s.

11. In addition, approximately 3,000 volumes were given to the
Society when the Historical Society changed its mission in the
early 1990s. Ownership was made permanent in 2005.

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We now have over 5,000 books available for research.
Donations have helped expand the collection.

13. We have around 3,000 genealogy periodicals
arranged by state or country.

14. We use Heritage Quest as the index to our periodicals.

15. The LLCGS genealogy collection relies solely on our volunteers
to add and maintain resources. We follow the Union College
Library’s protocols.

16. Besides the regular collection, LLCGS stores important archival
items – early Lancaster County probate records,

17. many Lancaster County marriage records that
were being thrown away,
(Digital scans are available for a fee.)

18. naturalization records, and the original 120,000 index cards
typed by Melvin Sittler, a retired farmer, as he indexed the
Nebraska State Journal, 1873-1900.

19. The old newspapers were salvaged from storage in
bunkers near Mead, Nebraska in 1979.

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Our members spend numerous hours on preservation.

21. A big project awaiting us is scanning of the probate records.

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We have interest groups and workshops to assist genealogists.

23. In 1976 the Genealogy Society began gathering
cemetery information from Lancaster County.

24. Eight volumes were compiled and printed and are
available in our collection.

25. Our collection begins with the American Genealogical
Biographical Index (AGBI) – over 200 volumes filled with
personal names.

26. We have many good resources on Irish genealogy.

27. At some point we received the holdings of NISIA
(Nebraskans of Irish and Scotch-Irish Ancestry.)

28. We have books on Palatine and other Germans, and
French-Canadians.

29. Czechs, and Frisians are represented.

30. Thanks to the Martin and Kilpatrick collections, originally
donated to the Nebraska State Historical Society,

31. we have a very strong English selection.

32. Some of the English records are quite old.

33. There are quite a few books on New England, including
the Massachusetts vital records -

34. and periodicals as well.

35. Most of our states are represented.

36. We have the set of 158 DAR Lineage Books plus their
new Forgotten Patriots book. Ancestry.com has 154 of
the volumes.

37. LLCGS members requested more Nebraska materials, which
the Library Committee has worked on adding for the last two
years.

38. More Nebraska items - including our own LLCGS
publications.

39. We have many “how to” books to assist in family tree
research.

40. There are some good examples of family histories on
our shelves.

41. If someone is writing a family history, we may have
information from the past to enhance the project.

42. A customer could glean ideas on how his/her
ancestors lived.

43. They could look in old yearbooks.

44. Perhaps find a photograph from World War I.

45. Did their ancestors travel from the farm to the
city?

46. We have plat maps to locate where a family
lived.

47. Or we can find their address and occupation in city
directories.

48. Don’t forget information from newspapers.

49. Our website at llcgs.info has information that can be
accessed on the internet.

50. Go to llcgs.info – the catalog is searchable without
logging in as a member.

51. We can choose between the Union College catalog
and the website catalog. This demonstration will use
the LLCGS website catalog.

52. The first screen shows a complete list
of titles along with searching choices.

53. The Holdings pull-down and the View Categories
box do the same thing, so click either place.

54. Either location allows you to
search by specific format, such as “Books Only”

55. “Online Only” lists books you can read
online. Click on the eye to continue.

56. On this screen, click on the URL.

57. This is the online book at archive.org.

58. Now that you have some idea of our treasures,
we invite you to take a tour of the library.

59. LLCGS also has an interactive website.
Let’s take a quick tour of the site.
www.llcgs.info
Query

60. LLCGS website www.llcgs.info

61. LLCGS website www.llcgs.info
Find upcoming events.
Go to bottom of
Upcoming Events List

62. LLCGS website www.llcgs.info
Find upcoming programs, discussions and tours.

63. LLCGS maintains links to ‘Surname Research’
www.llcgs.info

64. LLCGS maintains an extensive database free to all.
The society is continuing to add database info.
www.llcgs.info

65. Example of cemetery info that can be found on
www.llcgs.info
Each yellow circle represents a cemetery.
You can hover over the circle or click on it.

66. Example of name search that can be found on
www.llcgs.info
At each arrow there is a link to guide or explain what is needed or
optional. The only required field is the last name and it can be a
partial last name. Also, in the red box, a description of why the
search may not find information
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67. Example of name search that can be found on
www.llcgs.info
An example of a search with a partial last name.

68. Example of name search that can be found on
www.llcgs.info

69. Example of name search that can be found on
www.llcgs.info

70. Need to contact us for more info or queries?
Click on ‘Contact’ at www.llcgs.info

71. LLCGS maintains a listing of
links to Local and State Genealogical Resource Sites.
www.llcgs.info

72. LLCGS maintains a listing of links to local and state
genealogical resource sites.
www.llcgs.info

73. LLCGS provides current info on Facebook, blogs and
twitter. Go to bottom of home page @ ww.llcgs.info

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