RESOURCES
Submitted with permission from Kermit
Karns
©2010 Kermit Karns
Listed below are some resources that may be helpful to anyone
needing to do research on Chase County, Nebraska.
Chase County Historical Society
Champion, Nebraska |
The Chase County Historical Society was
started in 1938 and is entirely operated by
volunteers. Membership in the Society is $3.00
per year. The Society maintains a museum in
Champion in what was once the Champion High
School. It is open every Sunday afternoon
during the summer months. In addition, the
museum is available by appointment for anyone
travelling to Chase County at other times who
would like to visit the museum. This can be
done by writing the museum at the mailing
address above and including your name, address,
and the date you would like to visit the museum.
Please be as flexible as possible with your
day and time and allow plenty of time so a that
a volunteer can be made available at the museum
on the day you wish to visit.
The museum houses an extensive collection of
pioneer artifacts including dishes, farm tools
and equipment, photographs, books, clothing,
and much more. During the summer they feature
guests who bring private collections such as of
dishes, quilts, etc. In August they have a
genealogy day and have someone on hand to help
people with their family histories. They also
have some books that can be used at the Museum
and maintain files on early settlers and life
in Chase County which can be used for research.
They have a photocopy machine if you need to
make copies. An annual dinner and program is
held annually.
Since its inception in 1938, the Historical
Society has published several volumes of Chase
County History. The Histories were prepared by
members who did extensive research over the
years and provide valuable information about the
history of Chase County, its early settlers, and
more. The Histories can be purchased directly
from the Museum or copies can be viewed at the
Imperial Public Library. |
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Imperial
Public Library
703 Broadway
Imperial, Nebraska 69033
(308) 882-4754
email: [email protected] |
The Imperial Public Library has extensive holdings
for persons doing research in Chase County. They are in
process of raising funds to build new building which
will offer greater accessibility to books and files
helpful to genealogists and historians. Anyone wanting
information on how they can contribute to the Library
Fund can write or e-mail the library for information on
this. At this time there are tables and micro fiche
readers in the basement available to researchers. A new
building could offer greater space for the materials and
research. They currently have two computers on site
which visitors to the library can sign up and use for
additional research on the internet. They also have a
photocopy machine available for patrons' use and charge
25 cents per copy.
Dennis Batterman, a teacher at Chase County High
School, has volunteered hundreds of hours of his time in
indexing materials in the library. Researchers have
him to thank for going through research materials in the
library and creating an alphabetical index by name.
This is an invaluable tool. The alphabetical name
index he is creating includes birth, marriage, death,
and announcements from the following sources which are
held in the Imperial Library: Marriage records through
1932; Scrapbooks kept by early Chase County Resident
Mrs. Brown from 1896 - 1939; Chase County Enterprise
newspaper 1895 - 1899; Hamilton Herald newspaper 1886 -
1887; Chase County Tribune newspaper 1897 - 1907;
Imperial Republican newspaper 1899 - 1932; Wauneta
Breeze newspaper 1887 - 1932; The Peoples Voice
newspaper 1895 - 1896; Census 1880, 1900 and 1910; 1890
census (surviving soldiers, sailors and marines);
Funeral Register for Imperial from 1894 - 1919; Family
names in the Chase County History books; Lamar Cemetery
records; Crete Cemetery records; Chase Cemetery records;
Blanche Cemetery records.
Dennis is kept busy fulltime as a teacher, however,
he has offered his services as researcher to look up
information in the files for other people. He asks only
that people understand that it may take some time for
him to get to the research, that they pay 25 cents per
copy, plus postage and that they make a donation to the
Imperial Library Fund, which is raising funds to build a
new library. If you are interested in taking him up on
his generous offer, you can contact him at
mailto:
[email protected] with your requests.
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Imperial
City Offices
740 Court Street
Imperial, NE 69033
(308) 882-4368
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The City offices maintain records of burials located
at the Mt. Hope Cemetery. |
Imperial Republican
622 Broadway P. O. Box 727
Imperial, NE 69033
Phone:(308)
882-4453
Fax: (308) 882-5287
email: [email protected]
web site:
www.imperialrepublican.com |
The Imperial Republican, published in Imperial,
Nebraska, prints extensive local news, in addition to
obituaries and death notices, births, and family reunion
information. You can contact the paper directly
regarding subscriptions to the paper or for obtaining
copies of obituaries printed in their paper.
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The Wauneta Breeze
342 N. Tecumseh
Wauneta, NE 69045
(308) 394-3389
email: [email protected]
web site: www.waunetanebraska.com |
The Wauneta Breeze, published in Wauneta, Nebraska,
publishes local news in addition to publishing
obituaries, death notices, births and other information.
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Chase
County Courthouse
Clerk's Office
921 Broadway
Imperial, NE 69033
(308) 882-5266
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