Source Information

Ancestry.com. Columbus Telegram (Columbus, Nebraska) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Original data: Columbus Telegram. Columbus, Nebraska, United States Of America. Database created from microfilm copies of the newspaper.

About Columbus Telegram (Columbus, Nebraska)

Columbus Telegram newspaper was located in Columbus, Nebraska. This database is a fully searchable text version of the newspaper for the following years: 1969-77. The newspapers can be browsed or searched using a computer-generated index. The accuracy of the index varies according to the quality of the original images. The images for this newspaper can be browsed sequentially, or via links to specific images, which may be obtained through the search results. Over time, the name of a newspaper may have changed and the time span it covered may not always be consistent. The date range represented in this database is not necessarily the complete published set available. Check the local library or historical society in the area in which your ancestors lived for more information about other available newspapers.

Newspapers can be used to find valuable genealogical information about historical events in the lives of our ancestors. They supply all sorts of clues about vital statistics (birth, marriage, and death announcements), obituaries, local news, biographical sketches, legal notices, immigration, migration, and shipping information and other historical items that place our ancestors in the context of the society in which they lived.