Page 26 2025 Hometown HEROES Magazine LINCOLN DAILY NEWS June/July 2025 Logan County Historian Bill Donath If you want to know more about Logan County History, Bill Donath is a great person to contact. With Donath’s interest in the past and love of reading, he has done extensive research on Logan County history. Donath is a retired schoolteacher, and his love of learning is evident in the work he does at the Logan County Genealogical and Historical Society. As a Logan County Genealogical and Historical Society member for over 20 years, Donath has served as an officer and board member of LCGHS for many of them. Longtime LCGHS member Roseanne Coers said, “Bill has served several times and is presently the Chairman of the Logan County Genealogical & Historical Society.” LCGHS member Rojean Logan has known Donath since childhood when they went to the same school. She recalls him being a quiet child. Donath is still somewhat quiet, doing quite a bit of research and projects for the genealogical and historical society. LCGHS member Gary Freese said, “I have always admired the quiet people who seemed to somehow do a lot of work in organizations and that describes Bill.” Freese listed a few of Donath’s projects. Donath has written several books including one on the Civil War in Logan County, another on the Spanish Flu in Logan County, two veteran books, and Generosity, a story of Red Cross in Logan County, especially during war. Freese said, the Quarterly the society produces is done by Bill and he also issues Society pioneer certificates. The vertical file of family histories is kept up to date by filing new material and names and Donath is also in process of digitizing these. Donath has made many indexes including one for early Lincoln Courier and many others. Many of those have been put on the Society’s computer. Continue --
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