For MARDOS Memorial Library "To Nebraska in '57, A Diary of Erastus. F. Beadle" - fascinating read by man that left Buffalo, NY to work in vicinity of Omaha, NE in 1857. Recommend reading the whole thing for overview of the times. http://www.rootsweb.com/~neresour/OLLibrary/NE57/index.htm ========================================== "Souvenir ... Central City, Nebraska" - small booklet of photos, probably done originally as postcards by local photographer. Believe all date to about 1910. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nemerric/olres/souvenir/index.htm ================================= Genealogists' Corner from NSHS "Historical Newsletter" includes general guides to record categories in Nebraska - http://www.rootsweb.com/~neresour/NSHS/Gen_Corner/index.html Latest issue had list of acquisitions, & list of "wished for" items - including yearbooks, cookbooks, how-to's, parts catalogs, instruction booklets for farm equipment produced in NE, and "treating sewage"! They even want a cemetery book from California! http://www.rootsweb.com/~neresour/NSHS/Gen_Corner/gencor_7.html#No2 Hope you will find one of these items in your personal memorabilia and donate it to NSHS! =================================