Sometimes genealogists think that only public libraries have genealogy materials. Quite the contrary! A good example of this is the West Nebraska Family Research & History Center located at 1602 Avenue A, Scottsbluff, NE 69361.
There is no charge to use the facility which is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and by appointment on Sundays. The center encourages and promotes research, offers educational programs and workshops.
They have three workstations with microfilm readers and a microfiche reader, computer with high speed Internet access, photocopy machine and scanner. Their reading room has open bookshelves with books, newsletters, old phone books, magazines, indexes, city directories, maps, gazetteers, family files and a lot more.
When I visited the center, I was impressed with the materials that pertain to the panhandle of Nebraska with emphasis on Scotts Bluff County. It was worth the visit and time spent there browsing through their collection.
For more information, call them at 308-635-2400 or visit their web page. If you are attending the Nebraska State Genealogical Society conference April 30th-May 2nd, be sure to check if they are open then stop by for a look at their collection.
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