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Original paper homestead certificate presented to Albert More of Grand Island in 1884, Nebraska from the General Land Office of the United States. Albert More is a familial ancestor of Sara and Terrence Holoubeck. The Homestead Act was passed by…

Homemade postcard with hand-drawing and writing. It is addressed to Miss Jessie Kemp of Redington, Nebraska. The artwork on the front is a blue and gold pennant for (presumably) a school in Kearney, Nebraska, possibly Kearney State College, now UNK.

Historic Hlasatel Czech language newspaper from Chicago in 1937. The newspaper contains articles about Adolf Hitler protesting to the Vatican and concerns about German and Italian ambitions in Europe.

This is the Schuetz family history starting from Gottlieb Schuetz and Anna Parli who came from Canton Berne, Switzerland to Humboldt, Nebraska in 1870. The family history dates back to the early 20th century, as it is typed on the stationery of the…

A History of St. Wenceslaus Parish in Geranium Nebraska. St. Wenceslaus Church supported a Catholic congregation from 1882 until it closed in 1993. The Church building was purchased by local residents Gerald and Patricia Chulupsky in 2013. The…

A collection of stories of the Czech and German settlers of the DuBois area. Published by the Pawnee County Historical Society on the 100th Anniversary of the foundation of Nebraska Territory.

František Palacký, the author of "The History of the Czech Nation in Bohemia and Moravia", was a Czech historian and politician and one of the leading figure of the Czech National Revival. He is also called "Father of the Nation".
This magnum opus…

Postcard with photograph of Highway 30 in Elm Creek, Nebraska by Solomon Butcher of S. D. Butcher & Son Photography Studio.

Wedding photo of Henrietta Ryba and Joseph Vetrovsky. Joseph and Henrietta were married in Marysville Kansas on May 8, 1924