They have a pretty good genealogy section, especially, as you would expect, for Nebraska. Except for the county I was looking for...Pawnee, which is southeast of Beatrice. I don't think it's the library's fault -- I didn't get the impression during my trip there's much of an organized genealogy force in Pawnee county.
I did find a couple of useful things. One was a cemetery index. The other was a tiny history of Cincinnati and Dubois; from it I learned that Cincinnati was located in a floodplain, which discouraged the railroad, and that the combined effects of periodic floods and the railroad going elsewhere caused the residents to pretty much pack up and move north to DuBois (which is pronounce DOO Boys). This helped explain some patterns in my data, which made me happy.
It was nice to have the genealogy section out in the main part of the library, like we...I don't know...belong? Don't have to be hidden in a separate room? Is the genealogy happy dance really that distracting for other library patrons?
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