Phelps Helps Newsletter
Subject Index

1992-1995


The Holdrege Area Genealogy Club
P.O. Box 164
Holdrege, Phelps County, Nebraska

The following are subjects found in the Holdrege Area Genealogy Club's Phelps Helps newsletter 1992 - 1995. The Phelps Helps is an 8 - 10 page newsletter that is published four times a year containing articles of various Phelps County history. The subjects listed below can be found in the Phelps Helps Volume#, Quarterly# and Page# listed after them.

Any Phelps Helps quarterly can be purchased for $2.00 plus 32 cents postage each.

OR 50 cents per page copied with postage being 32 cents up to 4 copies.

Interested genealogists can either write The Holdrege Area Genealogy Club, P.O. Box 164, Holdrege, NE 68949 for additional information or email Sandra Slater.


"Phelps Helps" - Subject Index              Volume - Issue - Page

8870 formula                                    1- 2- 3
Ancestor Charts
Brooking, Edward Earl                           1- 4- 5
Gleason, Charles N.                             2- 4- 7
Hendrickson, Aleda                              1- 3- 7
Johnson, Florence Elizabeth                     2- 3- 9
Nelson, Clarke Severin                          2- 2- 7    
Ash Grove
School District No. 9 enrollment                1- 4- 3
Atlanta
Atlanta Methodist Episcopal Church history      1- 3- 9  
Atlanta Methodist Episcopal Church marriages    3- 1- 5 
Atlanta United Methodist history                1- 3- 9
Baptist                                         2- 4- 2
Businesses                                      1- 3- 8
German prisoner of war camp                     1- 3- 2
German prisoner of war camp- Archives           3- 1- 2
German prisoner of war camp- History            2- 2- 9
German prisoner of war camp- Reunion            1- 3- 5
History                                         2- 4- 2
Nazarene                                        2- 4- 2
Republican Newspaper- Letter to the editor      1- 3- 8
School District No. 64 census (1894)            2- 4- 3
Telephone lines (1905)                          2- 4- 4
Union Church                                    1- 3- 9
United Bretheran                                2- 4- 2
Beatrice           
First homestead                                 1- 2- 8
Bertrand
History                                         2- 2- 4
School District No. 54 tuition claim            2- 2- 2
Westlanda Lutheran Church- History              2- 2- 5
Bertrand Herald- Mothers of sons killed in WW2      1- 4- 6
Bibles- Card file at Phelps County Museum           4- 2- 1
Bufflow       
'Cencus taker'                                  2- 3- 5
Cemetaries  
Harlan County                                   1- 1- 2
Immanuel Lutheran- book for sale                2- 3-10
Immanuel Lutheran Cemetary (Harlan Co.)         1- 1- 2

Orleans Catholic Cemetary (Harlan Co.)          2- 3- 4
Phelps County                                   1- 2-10
Phelps County Cemetaries v. 1 & 2               1- 1- 2
Phelps County Cemetaries v. 2                   1- 2-10
Prairie Home Cemetary (Phelps Co.)              1- 1- 2
Prairie Home Cemetary (Phelps Co.)              1- 1- 7
Republican City Cemetary (Harlan Co.)           2- 3- 4
Spring Grove Cemetary (Harlan Co.)              1- 2- 2
St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetary (Harlan Co.)       2- 3- 4
Urbana Cemetary (Harlan Co.)                    4- 2- 3
Walked by Ben Boell                             2- 3- 4
Churches
Atlanta- History                                2- 4- 2
Atlanta Methodist Episcopal Church- History     1- 3- 9
Atlanta Methodist Episcopal Church- Marriages   3- 1- 5
Atlanta United Methodist- History               1- 3- 9
Baptist Church (Atlanta)                        2- 4- 2
Emmaus Evangelical Church (Funk)                1- 2- 9
Evangelical Free Church (Loomis)- History       2- 3- 7
First Baptist Church (Holdrege)- History        1- 1- 5
Frank Naylor (Oxford)- History                  3- 1- 6
Fridhem Lutheran Church (Funk)- History         1- 4- 6
Highland Church (Harlan Co.)                    1- 3- 9
Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints               1- 2- 2
Kearney LDS Church Fam. Hist. Ctr. hours        2- 3- 3
Kearney LDS Library                             2- 1- 2
Moses Hill Covenant Church- History             3- 3- 7
Nazarene Church (Atlanta)                       2- 4- 2
Trinity Evangelical Free Church (Holdrege)      2- 1- 6
Union Church (Atlanta)                          1- 3- 9
United Bretheran Church (Atlanta)               2- 4- 2
Westlanda Lutheran Church (Bertrand)- History   2- 2- 5
County assessor records (Phelps Co.)- 1884 vs. 1958 2- 3- 2
Dorothy Johnson Memorial Fund                       4- 4- 5
Dowsing and genealogy                               4- 2- 6
Family histories      
Boese/Bose                                      1- 4- 1
Crandell, Burnet                                4- 4- 4
Crandell, Dwight R.                             4- 4- 4
Flodman                                         1- 3-10
Gleason, Lavaile L.                             2- 4- 6
Hendrickson/Anderson                            1- 3- 6
Johnson, Aaron                                  4- 4- 5
Johnson, Gustaf A. & Alma Elizabeth             2- 3- 8
Nelson, C. S.                                   2- 2- 6
Wilke/Richards                                  1- 2- 7
Farmer's directory (1890-1891)- Wolfe's Gazetteer   4- 3- 4
First white child born- (Phelps Co.)                1- 3- 3
Funk   
Emmaus Evangelical Church                       1- 2- 9
Fridhem Lutheran Church- History                1- 4- 6
History                                         1- 4- 4
School District No. 74 enrollment               1- 1- 3
Telephone directory (1905)                      3- 1- 3
Furnas County, NE- Beaver City Public Library       2- 3- 9
Grand Island Public Library- Genealogy collections  1- 4- 2
Harlan County, NE                                   
Cemetaries                                      1- 1- 2
Cemetaries walked by Ben Boell                  2- 3- 4
Immanuel Lutheran Cemetary                      1- 1- 2
Orleans Catholic Cemetary                       2- 3- 4
Republican City Cemetary                        2- 3- 4
Spring Grove Cemetary                           1- 2- 2
St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetary                    2- 3- 4
Urbana Cemetary                                 4- 2- 3
Haydon  
Post office- History                            2- 3- 5
Holdrege 
110th anniversary                               2- 1- 3
Classified list (1905)                          3- 2- 3
First Baptist Church- History                   1- 1- 5
First railroad train                            1- 3- 2
Genealogy material at the library               3- 1- 7
History                                         2- 1- 4
History (1890's)                                2- 1- 8
Holdrege Daily Citizen                          1- 1- 7
Holdrege High School- First graduating class    2- 1- 6
Newspapers- History                             2- 1-10
Patents listed                                  1- 2- 8
Tax protests (1885-1887)                        3- 3- 3
Telephone lines (1905)                          2- 4- 4
Telephone service (1905)                        2- 1- 5
Telephone service (1905)                        2- 2- 8
Telephone service (1905)                        2- 3- 2
Trinity Evangelical Free Church- History        2- 1- 6
Kearney
LDS Church Family History Center- Hours         2- 3- 3
LDS Library                                     2- 1- 2
Letters 
Crandell, Ida to Alvah Reynolds                 4- 4- 4
Johnson, Aaron to G. W. Holdrege                4- 4- 5
Nelson, Nels to Julie Nelson                    1- 4- 7
Loomis  
8th grade graduation (1893)                     2- 3- 7
Businesses in 1887                              1- 2- 3
Evangelical Free Church- History                2- 3- 7
History                                         2- 3- 6
History                                         4- 4- 5
School District No. 55 enrollment               1- 2- 3
Marriages    
Atlanta Methodist Church                        3- 1- 5
First in Phelps Co.                             1- 1- 7
Phelps Co. (1878-1986)- computer file           4- 4- 5
Mortality schedule (1850-1900)                      1- 2- 6
Mothers of sons killed in WW2                       1- 4- 6
Nebraska state census (1885)- Availability          4- 2- 1
Newspapers  
Bertrand Herald- Mothers of sons killed in WW2  1- 4- 6
History of in Holdrege                          2- 1-10
Holdrege Daily Citizen                          1- 1- 7
Holdrege Nugget- Patents listed                 1- 2- 8
Loomis- History                                 2- 3- 6
Oxford Standard- Rock Falls celebration         2- 1- 8
Phelps Co. Pioneer - 1st copy                   4- 1- 3
Republican- Letter to the editor 1885           1- 3- 8
Swedish                                         1- 4- 6
The Nebraska Nugget (Phelps Center)             1- 1- 4
Wolfe's NE State Gazetteer (Williamsburg)       3- 2- 8
Obituary- Johnson, Dorothy L.                       4- 4- 5
Organizations
Modern Woodmen of America (Loomis Chapter)      2- 1- 9
Oxford
Frank Naylor Church- History                    3- 1- 6
Phelps Center
History                                         2- 1- 8
History                                         3- 3- 6
Immigrants                                      1- 3- 3
Moses Hill Covenant Church- History             3- 3- 7
Moses Hill School District No. 14- Census (1891)3- 3- 8
Moses Hill School District No. 14- History      3- 3- 3
Nebraska Nugget official directory              1- 1- 4
Phelps County
8th grade graduates (1913)                      4- 4- 3
Cemetaries                                      1- 2-10
County assessor records (1884 vs. 1958)         2- 3- 2
Farmer's directory (1890-91)- Wolfe's Gazetteer 4- 3- 4
First homestead                                 1- 2- 8
First marriage                                  1- 1- 7
First white child born                          1- 3- 3
History                                         1- 2- 8
History (1879 Gazetteer)                        3- 3- 4
History (1882/3 Gazetteer)                      3- 3- 4
History (Gazetteers 1886-1891)                  3- 3- 5
History of sod houses                           4- 4- 8
Immigrants to Willard, CO                       2- 1- 9
Immigration                                     1- 2- 8
Marriages (1878-1986)- Computer file            4- 4- 5
Moses Hill Covenant Church                      3- 3- 7
Orphan's Home Reunion                           1- 1- 5
Phelps Co. Pioneer - 1st copy                   4- 1- 3
Postal history                                  4- 3- 2
School District No. 1- History                  3- 1- 8
School District No. 14 census   (1891)          3- 3- 8
Phelps County Museum
25th anniversary                                1- 1- 5
25th anniversary                                1- 3- 2
Bible card file                                 4- 2- 1
Books purchased/donated
1- 1- 2    1- 2- 5    1- 3- 4    1- 4- 3
2- 1- 7    2- 2- 2    2- 2-10    2- 3- 4   2- 4- 8
3- 2- 2    3- 3- 1      
4- 1- 2    4- 2- 2    4- 3- 1
Camp Atlanta display                            2- 2- 9
Genealogy library                               1- 1- 4
Hours                                           1- 1- 7
Marriages 1878-1986                             4- 4- 5
Materials available                             3- 1- 1
Microfiche                                      1- 2- 2
Nebraska censuses available                     4- 2- 1
Records room items                              2- 3- 5
Tape of NSGS meeting available                  2- 1- 1
Telephone books                                 2- 2- 1
Platte Valley

School District No. 5 census (1894)             3- 2- 8
School District No. 5 enrollment                1- 3- 3
Poetry- 'Just a Whoop-te-do-en-do'                  2- 1- 3
Post offices 
Haydon- History                                 2- 3- 5
Phelps County- History                          4- 3- 2
Postmasters                                         1- 1- 3
Urbana                                          4- 2- 3
Prairie Union
School District No. 13 enrollment               2- 3- 2
Prisoner of war camp
Atlanta- Tape                                   1- 3- 2
Reunion                                         1- 3- 5
Publications for sale 
Camp Atlanta (subj.)- Ordering information      2- 2- 9
Holdrege Area Genealogy Club                    1- 4-10
Holdrege Area Genealogy Club                    2- 4- 6
Immanuel Lutheran Cemetary                      2- 3-10
Immanuel Lutheran Cemetary listing              1- 1- 2
Nebraska State Genealogical Society             1- 3-10
Phelps County Cemetaries Vol. 1                 1- 1- 2
Phelps County Cemetaries Vol. 2                 1- 1- 2
Phelps County Cemetaries Vol. 2                 1- 2-10
Railroads
Burlington Railroad- Founding of Loomis         4- 4- 5
First train (Holdrege)                          1- 3- 2
Union Pacific Railroad- Land agents             1- 3- 3
Union Pacific in Phelps Co.                     3- 3- 5
Republican Newspaper (Atlanta)- Letter to editor    1- 3- 8
Research tips
How to use microfiche                           1- 3- 2
Rock Falls  
Celebration                                     2- 1- 8
First white child born                          1- 3- 3
History                                         1- 3- 3
History                                         3- 1- 6
Rubicon
School District No. 61 enrollment (1908)        4- 4- 7
Sacramento                        
History                                         4- 1- 3
School District No. 8 census (1891)             4- 1- 6
Schools                   
District No. 1 (Sunny Side) history             3- 1- 8
District No. 4 (Williamsburg) census            3- 2- 7
District No. 5 (Platte Valley) census (1894)    3- 2- 8
District No. 5 (Platte Valley) enrollment       1- 3- 3
District No. 8 (Sacramento) census (1891)       4- 1- 6
District No. 9 (Ash Grove) enrollment           1- 4- 3
District No. 13 (Prairie Union) enrollment      2- 3- 2
District No. 14 (Moses Hill) census (1891)      3- 3- 8
District No. 14 (Moses Hill) history            3- 3- 3
District No. 43 (Urbana) census (1894)          4- 2- 5
District No. 43 (Urbana) history                4- 2- 4
District No. 54 (Bertrand) tuition claim        2- 2- 2
District No. 55 (Loomis) enrollment             1- 2- 3
District No. 61 (Rubicon) enrollment (1908)     4- 4- 7
District No. 64 (Atlanta) census (1894)         2- 4- 3
District No. 74 (Funk) enrollment               1- 1- 3
Enrollment                                      1- 1- 2
Holdrege High School- first graduating class    2- 1- 6
Locations for 6 districts                       3- 2- 6
Loomis- 8th grade graduation (1893)             2- 3- 7 
Phelps Co. 8th grade graduates  (1913)          4- 4- 3
Records of County Superintendent                2- 4- 1
Teachers at the Christian Homes                 3- 3-10
Sod houses - Construction of                        4- 4- 8
Speakers
Bergsten, Wayne                                 2- 2- 1
Bockstruck, Lloyd                               1- 4-10
Bremer, Ron                                     1- 2- 1
Bremer, Ron                                     1- 3- 2
Carlson, Warner- WW2 war effort Phelps Co.      2- 1- 2
Drake, Cindy                                    2- 3- 3
Eakle, Arlene                                   2- 4- 3
Eakle, Arlene                                   3- 1- 2
Fairbanks, Sarah                                2- 3- 3
Gray, Judy Price- Adoption & genealogy, OH      1- 2- 8
research                    

Johnsten, Lois- Grand Island Public Library     1- 4- 2
Kepley, Nancy Keeler                            4- 1- 2
McWilliams, Deb                                 2- 3- 3
Meitzler, Leland K.                             3- 2- 1
Melroy, Marge- County school records            2- 1- 2
Moore, Dick                                     2- 2- 1
Rost, Marcia                                    1- 3-10
Slater, Bob- Camp Atlanta reunion               1- 4- 2
Steuart, Brad                                   2- 2- 1
Spring Creek- First marriage                        1- 1- 7
Sunny Side
School District No. 1 history                   3- 1- 8
Swedish
Bibles- Card file                               4- 2- 1
Christmas celebration                           4- 4- 5
Evangelical Free Church- History                2- 3- 7
Immigration                                     1- 2- 8
Newspaper                                       1- 4- 6
Trinity Evangelical Free Church (Holdrege)      2- 1- 6
Telephone directory- Funk (1905)                    3- 1- 3
Telephone lines- Holdrege & Atlanta (1905)          2- 4- 4
Telephone service
Holdrege (1905)                                 2- 2- 8
Holdrege (1905)                                 2- 3- 2
U. S. Nebraska christened                           2- 2- 6
Union Pacific Railroad- Land agents                 1- 3- 3
Urbana
History                                         4- 2- 3
History                                         4- 2- 6
School District No. 43 census (1894)            4- 2- 5
School District No. 43 history                  4- 2- 4
Williamsburg                                        1- 1- 7
History                                         3- 2- 5
School District No. 4 census                    3- 2- 7
Township tax list (1895)                        3- 2- 6
Wolfe's NE State Gazetteer (1884-1885)          3- 2- 8
Williamsburg Twp. 
School District No. 5 (Platte Valley) census    3- 2- 8
School District No. 5 (Platte Valley) enrollment1- 3- 3
Wolfe's Gazetteer (1890-1891)- Farmer's directory   4- 3- 4
Phelps Co., NE               

 

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