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Nevada Birth, Marriage, & Death Records
Nevada Birth Indexes & Birth Records
US – United States, Native American Birth and Death Records, 1885-1940, index links to images
Nevada – Nevada County Birth and Death Records, 1871-1992, index & images
Nevada – Guide to public vital statistics records in Nevada
Nevada – Inventory of territorial documents, 1860-1863
Nevada – Nevada mid-wife records of Katie Hoskins
Nevada – Birth notices in some Nevada newspapers, 1961-1968
Nevada – Nevada historical research miscellaneous history
Nevada Marriage Indexes & Marriage Records
US – United States, GenealogyBank Historic Newspaper Marriages, 1815-2011, index links to images
US – United States Western States Marriage Index, index
US – United States Marriages, 1733-1990, index
Nevada – Nevada County Marriages, 1862-1993, index & images
Nevada – Nevada Marriage Index, 1956-2005, index
Nevada – Index to marriage licenses and marriage notices in miscellaneous Nevada newspapers, 1906-1968
Nevada – Guide to public vital statistics records in Nevada
Nevada – Inventory of territorial documents, 1860-1863
Nevada – California/Nevada historical research, marriage records/notices, ca. 1847-1910
Nevada – Marriage licenses and marriage notices in miscellaneous Nevada newspapers, 1906-1968
Nevada – Nevada State Journal: marriages, 1969-1970
Nevada – Nevada, County marriages, 1862-1993
Nevada – Marriage licenses, 1886-1951
Nevada – Nevada historical research miscellaneous history
Nevada Death Indexes & Death Records
US – United States Deceased Physician File (AMA), 1864-1968, index & images
US – United States Social Security Death Index, index
US – United States, Panama Canal Zone, Index to the Gorgas Hospital Mortuary Registers, 1906-1991, index
Nevada – Nevada County Birth and Death Records, 1871-1992, index & images
Nevada – Guide to public vital statistics records in Nevada
Nevada – Inventory of territorial documents, 1860-1863
Nevada – Nevada historical research miscellaneous history
Cemeteries
US – United States, Cemetery Abstracts, 1949-1969, index links to images
US – United States Records of Headstones of Deceased Union Veterans, 1879-1903, index & images
US – United States, Burial Registers for Military Posts, Camps, and Stations,1768-1921, index & images
US – United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949, index & images
US – BillionGraves Index, index links to images
US – Find A Grave Index, index links to images
Nevada – Bible and cemetery records of Nevada
Nevada – Cemetery records of Nevada
Nevada – Graves registration records : G.A.R. and Spanish-American War veterans buried in Nevada
Nevada – Miscellaneous genealogical records
Nevada – Nevada cemetery records
Nevada – Some Nevada cemetery tombstone inscriptions
Obituaries
US – Currentobituary.com index, 2001-2014, index links to images
US – United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012, index & images
US – United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011, index links to images
US – United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014, index & images
Nevada – California/Nevada historical research, newspaper death notices, 1863-1930
Nevada – Nevada death records from various sources
Nevada – Nevada obituaries, 1996-2014
Nevada – Western states Deseret News deaths (card file) 1970
Nevada – Obituary index file to the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News as of 31 December 1970
Pahrump – Pahrump, Nevada Genealogical Society obits 1970-2009
Wills & Probate
Nevada – Inventory of territorial documents, 1860-1863
Nevada Residence Records
Census
1848-1970 – United States, Native American, Eastern Cherokee Indian Reservation Rolls, 1848-1970, index & images
1860 – United States Census, 1860, index & images
1870 – [1860 census Minnesota-Lewis County, Missouri marriages]
1870 – Nevada, 1870 federal census : population schedules
1870 – United States Census, 1870, index & images
1875 – 1875 Nevada state census by county
1875 – Census of the inhabitants of the State of Nevada, 1875
1875 – Persons living in Nevada who were born in New Jersey, extracted from Nevada state census, 1875
1880 – Nevada, 1880 federal census : soundex and population schedules
1880 – United States Census, 1880, index & images
1885-1940 – United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940, index links to images
1890 – United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890, index & images
1900 – Nevada, 1900 federal census : soundex and population schedules
1900 – United States Census, 1900, index & images
1900-1940 – United States Enumeration District Maps for the Twelfth through the Sixteenth US Censuses, 1900-1940
1908-1910 – United States, Native American, Eastern Cherokee Enrollment Records, 1908-1910, index links to images
1909-1924 – Indian census rolls, Fallon, 1909-1924
1910 – Nevada, 1910 federal census : population schedules
1910 – United States Census, 1910, index & images
1910-1923 – Indian census rolls, Fort McDermitt, 1910-1923
1920 – Nevada, 1920 federal census : soundex and population schedules
1920 – United States Census, 1920, index & images
1930 – Nevada, 1930 federal census : population schedules ; NARA microfilm publication T626
1930 – United States Census, 1930, index & images
1940 – Nevada, 1940 population census : population schedules
1940 – United States Census, 1940, index & images
Colonization
Directories
Handbook almanac for the Pacific states : an official register and business directory
Nevada state gazetteer and business directory, 1907-08
Pacific Coast business directory, 1867
Emigration/Immigration/Migration
Persons living in Nevada who were born in New Jersey, extracted from Nevada state census, 1875
United States Border Crossings from Canada to United States, 1895-1956, index
United States Border Crossings from Mexico to United States, 1903-1957, index
Land & Property
US – United States, Freedmen’s Bureau, Land and Property Records, 1865-1872, index & images (African American, land, court)
United States Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1800-c. 1955
United States Internal Revenue Assessment Lists, 1862-1874
United States, Cancelled, Relinquished, or Rejected Land Entry Case Files, 1861-1932
United States, Homestead Final Certificates, 1863-1909
United States, Freedmen’s Branch Records, 1872-1878
Inventory of territorial documents, 1860-1863
Maps, Almanacs, & Gazetteers
Historical diagram of New Mexico
Nevada geographic names information system alphabetical list
Directory of southern Nevada place names
Nevada geographic names information system alphabetical list
Nevada state gazetteer and business directory, 1907-08
Passports
United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925, index & images
Taxation
Internal revenue assessment lists for the territory of Nevada, 1863-1866
Nevada Daily Life Records
Alumni, Schools, & Yearbooks
Bible Records
Bible and cemetery records of Nevada
Bibliography
The Oral History Project of the University of Nevada, Reno, Library : a bibliography
Sources for Nevada history in the Church Archives, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Biography
Brief historical sketches of Nevada residents, early 1900’s
Capitol’s state who’s who combined with who’s who for the Western states : July, 1953 issue
History of Nevada : with illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers
A history of the state of Nevada : its resources and people
Who’s who in Nevada : brief sketches of men who are making history in the Sagebrush State
Who’s who in Nevada : brief sketches of men who are making history in the Sagebrush state
Mormons and their neighbors : an index to over 75,000 biographical sketches from 1820 to the present
Business Records & Commerce
Nevada historical research miscellaneous history
Centennial Celebrations
Nevada : official centennial magazine
Church
Church records (California & Nevada), 1863-1878
Inventory of the church archives of Nevada, Protestant Episcopal Church
Journal of Reverend William Hiram Leflar Marshall, 1910-1956
Nevada historical research miscellaneous history
Inventory of the church archives of Nevada, Roman Catholic Church
Description & Travel
Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada
Employees, Officials, & Occupations
United States Casualties of Army Personnel, Dependents and Civilian Employees, 1961-1981, index
United States National Register of Scientific and Technical Personnel Files, 1954-1970, index
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
Davis’ commercial encyclopedia of the pacific southwest : California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona
Ethnic Records
African American Records
US – United States Freedmen’s Bureau Miscellaneous Records,1865-1872, index links to images (misc, court, land, labor, medical, African American)
US – United States, Freedmen’s Bureau Ration Records,1865-1872, index & images (African American, rations, relief, slavery, slave owners)
US – United States, Freedmen’s Bureau, Freedmen’s Court Records, 1865-1872, index & images (African American, court, military, school, misc)
US – United States, Freedmen’s Bureau, Land and Property Records, 1865-1872, index & images (African American, land, court)
US – United States, Freedmen’s Bureau, Records of the Superintendent of Education and of the Division of Education, 1865-1872, index & images (African American, school, legal)
Japanese American Records
United States Japanese Americans Relocated During World War II, 1942-1946, index
United States, War Relocation Authority centers, final accountability rosters, 1942-1946, index & images
Native American Records
United States, Native American Birth and Death Records, 1885-1940, index links to images
United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940, index links to images
United States, Native American, Eastern Cherokee Enrollment Records, 1908-1910, index links to images
United States, Native American, Eastern Cherokee Indian Reservation Rolls, 1848-1970, index & images
Indian census rolls, Bishop Agency, 1916-1926
Indian census rolls, Carson, 1909-1939
Indian census rolls, Fallon, 1909-1924
Indian census rolls, Fort McDermitt, 1910-1923
Record of employees, 1883-1915
Record of employees, 1909-1926
Records of the Nevada Superintendency of Indian Affairs, 1869-1870
Records of the Utah Superintendency of Indian affairs, 1853-1870
Sanitary record of sick & etc., 1897-1910
Minorities
Newsletter (University of Nevada, Reno. Basque Studies Program)
Genealogy
A Preliminary checklist of the manuscript collections at the Nevada Historical Society
History
1863 census of some prominent residents of the Nevada territory
First biennial report of the Nevada Historical Society, 1907-1908
History of Nevada : with illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers
History of Nevada, Colorado and Wyoming, 1540-1888
The history of the Comstock lode, 1850-1920
A history of the state of Nevada : its resources and people
Narrative to accompany the color filmstrips on the Oregon and California Trails, series 1
Nevada : official centennial magazine
Nevada centennial magazine : 1864-1964
Nevada historical research miscellaneous history
Nevada State Historical Society papers : 1925-1926
Nevada territory pioneers who stayed
Nevada, a guide to the silver state
A Preliminary checklist of the mansucript collections at the Nevada Historical Society
Restless strangers : Nevada’s immigrants and their interpreters
Sketches of the Washoe Silver Mines
State of Nevada second biennial report of the Nevada Historical Society 1909-1910
State of Nevada third biennial report of the Nevada Historical Society 1911-1912
Ten years in Nevada : or, Life on the Pacific coast
USS Nevada BB36 : history of the USS Nevada
Who’s who in Nevada : brief sketches of men who are making history in the Sagebrush State
Index to Maude Swain Taylor’s “From my Nevada notebook”
State of Nevada second biennial report of the Nevada Historical Society 1909-1910
State of Nevada third biennial report of the Nevada Historical Society 1911-1912
Biennial report of the Nevada Historical Society
Nevada Historical Society quarterly
Government & Politics
Libraries, Museums, & Archives
Inventory of federal archives in the states, series 02, Federal Courts, no. 27, Nevada
Inventory of federal archives in the states, series 03, Department of the Treasury, no. 27, Nevada
Inventory of federal archives in the states, series 04, Department of War, no. 27, Nevada
Inventory of federal archives in the states, series 05, Department of Justice, no. 27, Nevada
Inventory of federal archives in the states, series 07, Department of the Navy, no. 27, Nevada
Inventory of federal archives in the states, series 12, Veterans’ Administration, no. 27, Nevada
Inventory of federal archives in the states, series 16, Farm Credit Administration, no. 27, Nevada
Inventory of federal archives in the states, series 17, Miscellaneous agencies, no. 27, Nevada
Inventory of territorial documents, 1860-1863
Inventory of the county archives of Nevada, no. 2
Inventory of the county archives of Nevada, no. 7
Inventory of the county archives of Nevada, no. 8
Inventory of the county archives of Nevada, no. 9
Medical
United States, Panama Canal Zone, Index to the Gorgas Hospital Mortuary Registers, 1906-1991, index
Sanitary record of sick & etc., 1897-1910
Newspapers
California/Nevada historical research, marriage records/notices, ca. 1847-1910
Nevada death records from various sources
Nevada historical research miscellaneous history
Western newspapers on microfilm
Public Records
United States Public Records, 1970-2009, index
Interior Department appointment papers, Nevada, 1860-1907
Societies
Clubs and lodges in Nevada beginning in 1869
First biennial report of the Nevada Historical Society, 1907-1908
A Preliminary checklist of the mansucript collections at the Nevada Historical Society
State of Nevada second biennial report of the Nevada Historical Society 1909-1910
Nevada Military Records
United States Confederate Navy and Marine Service Records, 1861-1865
United States Records of Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865
United States Revolutionary War, Virginia Pension Application Files, 1830-1875
United States Union Provost Marshal Files of Individual Civilians, 1861-1866
United States Union Provost Marshal Files of Two or More Civilians, 1861-1866
Nevada, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865
Nevada, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945
United States, Burial Registers for Military Posts, Camps, and Stations,1768-1921, index & images
United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949, index & images
United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012, index & images
United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, index & images
United States Index to Indian Wars Pension Files, 1892-1926, index & images
United States Muster Rolls of the Marine Corps, 1798-1937, index & images
United States Naval Enlistment Rendezvous, 1855-1891, index & images
United States Old War Pension Index, 1815-1926, index & images
United States Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914, index & images
United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940, index links to images
United States Casualties of Army Personnel, Dependents and Civilian Employees, 1961-1981, index
Revolutionary War, 1775-1783
United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783, index & images
Mexican-American War, 1846-1848
United States Mexican War Index and Service Records, 1846-1848, index & images
United States Mexican War Pension Index, 1887-1926, index & images
US Civil War
United States Civil War Confederate Papers of Citizens or Businesses, 1861-1865, index links to images
United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865, index
United States Civil War Widows and Other Dependents Pension Files, 1861-1934, index links to images
United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917, index links to images
United States Records of Headstones of Deceased Union Veterans, 1879-1903, index & images
Nevada, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865, index links to images
World War I
United States, World War I American Expeditionary Forces Deaths, 1917-1919, index links to images
United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, index & images
Nevada, World War I American Expeditionary Forces, deaths, 1917-1919
Nevada, World War I Selective Service System draft registration cards, 1917-1918
World War II
United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, index
United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, index & images
Nevada, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945, index & images
Nevada Selective Service System registration cards [World War II], 1877-1897: fourth registration
Nevada, military records: World War II 4th draft registration cards, 1942
World War II honor list of dead and missing. State of Nevada
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