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Welcome to the NEGenWeb Project Dawson County, Nebraska Site! Dawson County has a rich history, beginning with the large number of Indians that passed through the county while roaming the plains. Then came the establishment of the old overland freight and emigrant road across the plains, which traveled on the south side of the Platte River through Dawson County. Ranches were established every few miles along the route, and these were some of the earliest settlers of the county. The telegraph was established through the county in 1861, and the Union Pacific Railroad in 1866. You can read about this early history in Andreas' "History of the State of Nebraska" (1882) and in some of the other books and articles that we have on our Dawson County History page.  Connie Douglas Snyder (cjsnyder@kc.rr.com)
 What's New! Reveal True Story of John J. Cozad This web site is part of the NEGenWeb Project and the USGenWeb Project, and is dedicated to offering free information on the web. All of the information, including queries, databases and images, found on any of the pages of this web site belongs to the submitter. It may be freely copied for your personal use. None may be used by anyone for any "for profit" endeavor. If you find something of value on these pages that you want to use, please LINK to the page giving credit to our site. Do not copy it and put it on your own site. Please contact the submitter of the information for permission to use their information for anything other than personal use. If a submitter is not named, please contact the county coordinator. You can read more about copyright, along with what you might find available on our NEGenWeb Project county sites by visiting the Availability Statement found on our State page.  Dawson County Queries and Surnames
Dawson County and Nebraska Links Search the Dawson County NEGenWeb site.(Note: it may be a few days before this site is indexed by the search engine.)
NEGenWeb Project State-wide search engine.  NEGenWeb Project - Vist the main NEGenWeb site and see what is available. | Buffalo | Custer | Frontier | Gosper | Lincoln | Phelps | NEGenWeb Resource Center - The place to start for research ideas in Nebraska. These links are just an example of what is available in the Resource Center:
NEGenWeb County Unknown - Even if you know where your ancestors were in Nebraska, this site has some very good ideas and resources that you should check. You'll find a list of Nebraska surnames gathered from many sources, some Basic tips for research in Nebraska, a Nebraska Features List, Nebraska Immigration List, and the Unknown County Query list. 
About the NEGenWeb Project
The NEGenWeb Project was formed June 15, 1996, when Dale Schneider created the Nebraska Genealogy Project as a part of the USGenWeb Project. At that time, there was very little available on the web for those who were researching genealogy in Nebraska. Over the next year, volunteers were recruited to coordinate the webpages for each county. These volunteers were willing to coordinate the collection of databases and generally oversee the contents of the county webpages, which would include listing information on where to look in that county for genealogical research. Contact the volunteer shown on the county page if you have a desire to help or add your data to the database. You may notice a message on a county page indicating it is available for adoption. If you would like to adopt one of these counties, please contact the current coordinator of the page, whose name is listed on their county site, or the State Coordinator. |
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Contact Connie Snyder, Dawson County Coordinator. Contact the State Coordinator
"Should anything unexpected happen to me and I am no longer able to fulfill my obligations, I want it known that all files contained in this website would become the responsibility of the NEGenWeb Project, as part of The USGenWeb Project, to do with as the NEGenWeb State Coordinator(s) feel appropriate. And further, should such an occasion arise, I grant permission to the System Administrator of the account host to release account/password information to the NEGenWeb State Coordinator(s) as needed. - Connie Snyder"
