Kearney County References - Look-Ups

We have listed a few of the many Kearney County references that are available, although certainly not all. If you own any Kearney County books, whether listed or not, and will do look-ups, please let me know. As you can see, volunteers are needed.

Feel free to request a look-up from the following references. Please limit your request to one name per request. Please put Kearney County NE in the subject line of your request to insure the message is not overlooked or accidently deleted. In the first line of the message please put the name of the book or other reference you are requesting the lookup in.

If you request a lookup, don't forget to thank the volunteer for their time.

Kearney County Census Records

Reference Book VolunteerE-mail
Heroes Without Medals: A Pioneer History of Kearney County by Roy C. BangKevin S. Andersonkevinsa@trib.com

Kearney County Histories, Atlases, etc

Atlas VolunteerE-mail
Atlas of Kearney County Nebraska, 1937 Warp Publishing Co. Minden, NEKevin S. Andersonkevinsa@trib.com

Family History Books

The Descendants of Jacob Metz and Susan Bishop, with an account of the BISHOP, COVER, UGLOW and HURST families, (Private Publication - March 1989) by Irene Roberta Williams Berg. Brothers Winfield COVER and John COVER marry METZ sisters at Gettysburg, PA and migrate to Minden, Kearney County, NE in 1878. Most of the METZ family migrates to Kearney and Buffalo Counties, NE. The following surnames are found in this work:
BERG GERARD PARRISH
BISCHOF GRIMES PATSIOS
BISHOP HANSEN PEEBLES
BOICOURT HUBBARD PETSKA
BROST HURST PINKSTON
BYCORT JONES RODEHORST
CALKINS KELSEY RUTAN
COFFMAN KLEBE SHANKLIN
COMBS KUMP SHERLOCK
COVER LOFQUIST SHULTZ
DAVIDSON LUND SIMMONS
DRAPER McCUNE SPANGLER
ELLROTH METTZ TESSMAN
FAULDER METZ TUBBS
FLETCHER MIDDLESWART UGLOW
FRIEND MILES WILLIAMS
FRISCUP MILLER WOOTEN
FRISKUP NELSON WYLIE