Nevada, United States Genealogy
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Guide to Nevada genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records. This article is about the U.S. state of Nevada. For other uses, see Nevada (disambiguation).
Nevada Information[edit | edit source]
Nevada is a state in the western portion of the United States. It is divided into 16 counties. Nevada was the 36th State to join the Union on October 31, 1864. It was created from the Nevada Territory. The State Capital is Carson City.[1] See Nevada History for more information.
Nevada Clickable Map[edit | edit source]
Genealogy records are kept on the county level in Nevada Click on a county below to go to the Wiki article listing more information.
Counties[edit | edit source]
Many genealogy records are kept at the county level.
Counties:
- Churchill
- Clark
- Douglas
- Elko
- Esmeralda
- Eureka
- Humboldt
- Lander
- Lincoln
- Lyon
- Mineral
- Nye
- Pershing
- Storey
- Washoe
- White Pine
Independent Cities: Carson City
Defunct or former counties having records for your Nevada ancestors:
- Beaver NV
- Bernalillo NM
- Carson NV
- Desert NV
- Humboldt UT
- Iron UT
- Juab UT
- Lake UT
- Millard UT
- Mohave AZ
- Ormsby NV
- Pahute NV
- Pah-Ute AZ
- Rio Arriba NM
- Rio Virgin UT
- Roop NV
- Saint Mary's UT
- San Juan NM
- Santa Ana NM
- Taos NM
- Tooele UT
- Valencia NM
- Washington UT
- Weber UT
- Nataqua Territory
- Previous Jurisdictions to Land in Arizona - details on the annexation of the southeast corner of Nevada.
Nevada Migration Routes[edit | edit source]
- Applegate Trail
- California Trail
- Central Overland Trail
- Mormon Trail to Southern California
- Old Trail
- Central Pacific Railroad
- Southern Pacific Railroad
- Union Pacific Railroad
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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "List of US States by Date of Admission," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_date_of_admission_to_the_Union, accessed 09/18/2016.