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Vital Records Reference Dates

Nevada vital records start the following years:

	Births	Marriages	Deaths
Earliest	1887*	County Formation	1887*
Statewide Registration	1911	1968	1911

* Some Nevada counties have birth and death records beginning on this date.

Nevada Birth, Marriage and Death Records Online

Births

• 1871-1992 Nevada County Birth and Death Records, 1871-1992 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1975-2012 Nevada Birth Index, 1975-2012 at Ancestry — index ($)

Marriages

• 1600s-1900s US Marriages - Nevada at Findmypast — index & images ($)
• 1809-2011 Western States Marriage Index, 1809-2016 at Ancestry — index ($)
• 1860-1987 Nevada Marriage Index, 1860-1987 at Ancestry — index ($)
• 1862-1993 Nevada County Marriages, 1862-1993 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images; Also at: Ancestry($)
• 1956-2005 Nevada Marriage Index, 1956-2005 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index; Also at: Ancestry($)
• 1862-1993 Nevada County Marriages, 1862-1993 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1968-1999 Nevada Marriages, 1968-1999 at MyHeritage — index ($)
• 2002-2015 Nevada Marriage Certificates, 2002-2015 at Ancestry — index & images ($)
• United States Western States Marriage Index at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index; Also at: Western States Marriage Search at BYU Idaho — index

Deaths

• 1871-1992 Nevada County Birth and Death Records, 1871-1992 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1911-1965 Nevada Death Certificates, 1911-1965 at Ancestry — index & images ($)
• 1980-2012 Nevada Death Index, 1980-2012 at Ancestry — index ($)

Divorce

• 1968-2000 Nevada Divorces, 1968 - 2000 at MyHeritage — index ($)
• 1968-2015 Nevada Divorce Index, 1968-2015 at Ancestry — index ($)

Order Certificates

• Order Nevada Certificates online - $

Nevada Vital Records

Statewide registration of vital statistics began in 1911. You can obtain birth and death certificates by writing to:

Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
Office of Vital Records
4150 Technology Way, Suite 104
Carson City, Nevada 89706
Telephone: 775-684-4242
Fax: 775-684-4156

State your relationship to the individual and the reason you want the information. The records are restricted to immediate family members.

The current fees for obtaining copies of the state's records are listed at VitalRecords.com. For records prior to 1911, contact the county recorder's office, or in some counties, the county health department. Some county records begin as early as 1887.

Birth Records

The Nevada State Library and Archives has a partial list of birth records in Washoe County for 1887 to 1911 and Lander County birth and death records for 1887 to 1910.

Marriage Records

Statewide registration of marriages and divorces began in 1968; however, many Nevada counties began keeping records at a much earlier date. To obtain a marriage or a divorce record, write to the county recorder of the county where the event took place. Nevada marriage records are open to the public. When consulting the originals one may find licenses in one county office and the certificate series in another location. The FamilySearch Library has microfilmed many of the early county marriage registers.

The Nevada State Library and Archives has marriage licenses for Washoe County for 1862 to 1872.

Many of the early marriages for the state are indexed/abstracted online at no cost at FamilySearch.

The cities of Elko, (Elko County) Las Vegas (Clark County) and Reno (Washoe County) served many eloping couples. There was no paper work, or waiting period between the time of issuing a license and the performance of the marriage. Many couples from Nevada, California, Arizona and Utah eloped to these Nevada cities.

Divorce Records

Divorce cases were handled by the probate courts until 1864 and by the district courts after that date. The Nevada State Library and Archives has the early probate court records.

To obtain a record of a divorce since 1864, write to the clerk of the district court in the county. The documents are open to the public.

Death Records

Cause of Death

• Causes of Death - use this resource when trying to interpret a disease or medical condition listed on a death record or certificate

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Tips

• Information listed on vital records is given by an informant. Learn the relationship of the informant to the subject(s) of the record. The closer the relationship of the informant to the subject(s) and whether or not the informant was present at the time of the event can help determine the accuracy of the information found on the record.
• If you are unable to locate vital records recorded by governments, search for church records of christening, marriage, death or burial. A family BIble may have been used to record births, marriages and deaths.
• Privacy laws may restrict your access to some vital records. Copies of some vital records recorded in the last 100 years may be unavailable to anyone except a direct relative.
• Search for Vital Records in the FamilySearch Catalog by using a Place Search and then choosing Vital Records. Search for Nevada to locate records filed by the State and then search the name of the county to locate records kept by the county.

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