Nevada Vital Records: Difference between revisions

[[United States Vital Records|Vital Records]] consist of [[United States Birth Records|births]], adoptions, [[United States Marriage Records|marriages]], divorces, and [[United States Death Records|deaths]] recorded on registers, certificates, and documents. [[Locating United States Vital Records|United States Vital Records]] has additional research guidance on researching and using vital records. A copy or an extract of most original records can be purchased from the [http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/Nevada.htm Nevada Vital Records State Department of Health] or the County Clerk's office of the county where the event occurred. See also [https://familysearch.org/ Nevada Statewide Indexes and Collections] at the FamilySearch Library.  

<nowiki>* </nowiki>Some Nevada counties have birth and death records beginning on this date.  

== Nevada Birth, Marriage and Death Records Online  ==

The following is a list of online resources useful for locating Nevada Vital Records which consist of [[United States Birth Records|births]], adoptions, [[United States Marriage Records|marriages]], divorces, and [[United States Death Records|deaths]]. Most online resources for Nevada Vital Records are indexes. After locating a person in an index always consult the original record to [[Contradictions and discrepancies|confirm the information]] in the index.  

*[http://userdb.rootsweb.ancestry.com/regional.html#Nevada Nevada Databases] listed on [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ Rootsweb.com] - Free  

*See Joe Beine's links to online Nevada [http://www.germanroots.com/vitalrecords.html#Nevada Birth &amp; Marriage] and [http://www.germanroots.com/deathrecords.html Death] Records - Free/$  

*Linkpendium Links for [http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/NV/ Nevada Genealogy and History], including individual Counties - Free/$

*Search for [http://www.ancestry.com/search/locality/dbpage.aspx?tp=2&p=31&categoryFilterID=34&showPaging=true Nevada Birth, Marriage &amp; Death] records at Ancestry - $

*Find Nevada marriages listed in the [http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/westernStates/search.cfm Western States Marriage Index] - Free  

*Order [http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/nevada.htm Nevada Certificates] online - $  

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

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.  

[http://nsla.nevadaculture.org/ 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 cases were handled by the probate courts until 1864 and by the district courts after that date. The [http://nsla.nevadaculture.org/ Nevada State Library and Archives] has the early probate court records.  

*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.