The following links will take you to the Nebraska GenWeb Project's Nebraska Pioneers & Registry of Nebraska Pioneers web pages.  The web pages were developed and are maintained by Ted and Carol Miller.

 

 

 

 

Many of the early pioneers who have helped make Nebraska a great state have been lost in history because no other information existed except in family records. In order to gather information on these pioneers, the Otoe County Genealogical Society is issuing certificates to direct descendants of a person who lived in Otoe County, Nebraska as of 31 December 1900.  Eligibility classifications for these certificates are:

 

1.  Territorial:  Prior to 1 March 1867

2.  Pioneer:  1 March 1867 - 31 December 1880

3.  Early Settler:  1 January 1881 - 31 December 1900

 

 

Issued Certificates:

 

 

001TerritorialCurtis WolbertFriedrich Damme

002TerritorialMichael Hintz  Cyrus Reed

003Early Settler    Don Schreiner        George Schreiner

004TerritorialWilliam Cook          Jahue Cook

005TerritorialLarry Whitten Jacob Whitten

006Pioneer    Linda Yarberry       Daniel Neihart

007Early Settler     Linda Yarberry       Michael Johns

008TerritorialJudith Moore          Enoch Masters

009TerritorialJudith Moore  Samuel Masters

010Pioneer    Judith Moore  Jonas Sugden

011TerritorialSharson Larson       William Powell

012TerritorialBernard Martin David Martin

013TerritorialSusan Cruser   Fleming Robb

014TerritorialJoseph Cruser  Fleming Robb

015Pioneer    Patsy Powers  Cyrus Graves

016Pioneer            Keith Halvorsen      John Halvorsen

017Early Settler     Jerre Robertson      William Jennings

 

018               Territorial        Daniel Thomson      Arthur Thomson

019TerritorialMargaret CruserFleming Robb

020Pioneer   Wendy Bunde        Charles D. Ostrander

021Pioneer       Charles D. Ostrander

022Pioneer Charles D. Ostrander

023Pioneer Charles D. Ostrander

024Pioneer Charles D. Ostrander

025Pioneer Charles D. Ostrander

026`      Pioneer  Charles D. Ostrander

027Pioneer  Charles D. Ostrander

028Pioneer  Charles D. Ostrander

029TerritorialSusan Rice      Ellen Hughes Balfour

 

030               Territorial       James R. Vincent     Solomon Martin

 

031               Territorial       James R. Vincent      Mary (Martin) Cowles

 

032               Territorial       James R. Vincent      Charles H. Cowles

 

033               Territorial       James R. Vincent      Charles C. Cowles

 

 

 

 

  Pioneer Application                Line of Descent

 

 

 

 

To apply for a certificate, all an applicant needs to do is complete the Pioneer Application and Line of Descent forms listed below, and then submit adequate documentation to substantiate the information included in the line of descent chart.  This documentation need only be an official record of some type (i.e. census records, obituaries, county histories, birth, death or marriage records, school or church records, newspaper clippings or any other types of records showing proof).  *Please do not send original copies of these records, only photocopies.