Yearbooks from high school or college are one of the most fun set of records for a genealogist to search. It provides you with a ton of story-like information about your ancestor's life. What their interests were, what sports and clubs they participated in, and often some goofy snapshots of them before they settled into being an adult. And of course, you get to see what they looked like.
Here are a few articles that may convince you to research these gems:
- Using Yearbooks For Genealogical Research
- A Genealogy Education is in School Yearbooks
- Genealogy 101: School Yearbooks
And here is an article providing information on where else you can find online yearbooks; some need a subscription and some do not:
Below is a list of links to free online yearbooks from the state:
Please note that some of the yearbooks are not searchable but are an image of each page in the yearbook.
Please note that there may seem to be duplicates. If there are, that means that there are multiple sites where the same schools yearbooks are available online.
(Updated September, 2020)
- Archer - Archer High School
- Archer - Archer High School
- Bellevue - Bellevue College
- Bellevue - Bellevue University
- Bertrand - Bertrand High School
- Bethany - Cotner University
- Blair - Dana College
- Brady - Brady High School
- Central City - Central City High School
- Central City - Nebraska Central College
- Central City - Nebraska Central College
- Cozad - Cozad Community Schools
- Crete - Doane College
- David City - David City High School
- Dorchester - Dorchester High School
- Eustis - Eustis High School
- Fairmont - Fairmont High School
- Fort Calhoun - Fort Calhoun High School
- Fremont - Fremont High School
- Funk - Funk High School
- Hastings - Hastings College
- Hastings - Hastings High School
- Holbrook - Holbrook High School
- Holdrege - Holdrege High School
- Howells - Howells-Dodge Consolidated Schools
- Humphrey - Humphrey High School
- Kearney - Kearney High School
- Kearney - University of Nebraska, Kearney
- Laurel - Laurel Concord High School
- Lincoln - College View Academy
- Lincoln - Lincoln High School
- Lincoln - Nebraska Wesleyan University
- Lincoln - Nebraska Wesleyan University
- Lincoln - Nebraska Wesleyan University
- Lincoln - University of Nebraska
- Lincoln - University of Nebraska, Lincoln
- Lincoln - University of Nebraska, Lincoln
- Loomis - Loomis Public School
- McCook - McCook High School
- Mead - Mead High School
- Merna - Merna High School
- North Bend - North Bend Central High School
- North Platte - North Platte High School
- Omaha - Benson High School
- Omaha - Creighton University
- Omaha - Grace Bible Institute
- Omaha - Millard North High School
- Omaha - Municipal University of Omaha
- Omaha - Municipal University of Omaha
- Omaha - North High School
- Omaha - Omaha Central High School
- Omaha - University of Nebraska at Omaha
- Omaha - University of Nebraska at Omaha
- Omaha - University of Nebraska College of Dentistry
- Omaha - University of Nebraska College of Pharmacy
- Omaha - University of Nebraska Medical Center
- Omaha - University of Nebraska School of Nursing
- Omaha - University of Omaha
- Omaha - University of Omaha
- Omaha - University of Omaha
- Omaha - Westside High School
- Peru - Peru State College
- Peru - Peru State College
- Pilger - Pilger High School
- Ponca - Ponca High School
- Ralston - Ralston High School
- Raymond - Raymond Central Public School
- Seward - Concordia Teachers College
- Seward - Lutheran Seminary
- Silver Creek - Silver Creek High School
- Spencer - Spencer High School
- Sutton - Sutton High School
- Wahoo - Wahoo High School
- Wayne - Wayne State College
- Wayne - Wayne State College
- York - York College
- York - York College
To see free online yearbooks from other states. please visit the Yearbooks page.
I am continually updating this list, so you may want to revisit later.