Nevada Resources
Here are some resources that are available for
genealogical research in Nevada:
For vital records, write to:
- Nevada Office of Vital Statistics
Capitol Complex
505 East King Street, #102
Carson City, NV 89701-4749
For Information: (702) 687-4481
For Costs: (702) 687-4480
- They have birth and death records since July 1911, and marriage and divorce indexes since January 1968. Call for further information and costs. For earlier records, contact the County Recorder in the County where the event took place.
For information on State Archives & Libraries, write to:
- Nevada State Library and Archives
Division of Archives and Records
100 N. Stewart Street
Carson City, NV 89701-4285
Phone: (702) 687-5210
- Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00-5:00, closed Saturday and Sunday.
- They have census records from 1860-1920, name indexes, county records, land records, copies of land patents, tax roles, immigrant ship lists, city directories into the 1800s, Revolutionary War and officer records, tombstone lists, newspapers dating into the 1800s, Nevada territorial records, and church records.
For information on state Genealogical Societies, write to:
- Nevada State Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 20666
Reno, NV 89515
- Publication: Nevada State Genealogical Society Newsletter
- Nevada Historical Society
1650 N. Virginia
Reno, NV 89503
Phone: (702) 688-1191
- Northeastern Nevada Genealogical Society
1515 Idaho St.
Elko, NV 89801
Phone: (702) 738-3418
