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.
Otoe County Genealogical Society's Pioneer Certificate Program
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:
Certificate:
Type:
Recipient:
Ancestor:




001
Territorial
Curtis Wolbert
Friedrich Damme




002
Territorial
Michael Hintz
Cyrus Reed




003
Early Settler Don Schreiner George Schreiner


004
Territorial
William Cook Jahue Cook



005
Territorial
Larry Whitten
Jacob Whitten




006
Pioneer
Linda Yarberry Daniel Neihart



007
Early Settler Linda Yarberry Michael Johns


008
Territorial
Judith Moore Enoch Masters



009
Territorial
Judith Moore
Samuel Masters




010
Pioneer
Judith Moore
Jonas Sugden




011
Territorial
Sharson Larson William Powell



012
Territorial
Bernard Martin
David Martin




013
Territorial
Susan Cruser
Fleming Robb




014
Territorial
Joseph Cruser
Fleming Robb




015
Pioneer
Patsy Powers
Cyrus Graves




016
Pioneer Keith Halvorsen John Halvorsen


017
Early Settler Jerre Robertson William Jennings


018 Territorial Daniel Thomson Arthur Thomson
019
Territorial
Margaret Cruser Fleming Robb



020
Pioneer
Wendy Bunde Charles D. Ostrander



021
Pioneer


Charles D. Ostrander






022
Pioneer



Charles D. Ostrander







023
Pioneer



Charles D. Ostrander







024
Pioneer



Charles D. Ostrander







025
Pioneer



Charles D. Ostrander







026`
Pioneer



Charles D. Ostrander






027
Pioneer



Charles D. Ostrander







028
Pioneer



Charles D. Ostrander







029
Territorial
Susan 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
034 Territorial Brett Harpster Luzerne Wells
035 Pioneer Donna Duerksen Samuel T. Lyon
036 Early Settler Donna Duerksen Isaac Preston Taylor
037 Early Settler Janet Kennedy Hannah Graves Johnson
038 Pioneer Janet Kennedy Susan Moore Graves Hancock
Application
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.
The application, line of descent chart, and documentation sent to establish eligibility for a certificate will be kept on file in the Genealogy Reference Section of the Unadilla Community Library in Unadilla, Nebraska for future genealogical researchers to reference. The cost of the certificate is $15.00 which covers the cost of printing and shipping & handling.
Pioneer Certificate Below:
Territorial Certificate Below: