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The archives, libraries, and societies listed below have collections or services helpful to Nevada researchers.
Note: To learn more about the history and record-keeping systems of Nevada counties, see the seven inventories of county archives produced by the Historical Records Survey around 1940. Copies of these inventories are available at the Family History Library.
Wiki Articles on Major Repositories in Nevada
Nevada State Library and Archives · Nevada Historical Society · University of Nev Libraries · National Archives at Riverside · National Archives at San Francisco · Family History Library
Reno and Carson City
Nevada Historical Society
1650 North Virginia Street
Reno, NV 89503
Telephone: 775-688-1190
Fax: 775-688-2917
Website
Museums and History Administrative Offices
412 E. Musser St. Suite 2
Carson City, NV 89701
Phone: 775.687.7340
Email
Nevada State Library and Arcives Didital Collections
This collection contains the following records:
- Territorial Census Records
- State Land Patents
- Prisoner Records
- Orphans Records
Nevada State Genealogical Society
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 20666
Reno, NV 89515-0666
Website
The Nevada State Genealogical Society (NSGS) fosters and promotes interest in genealogy. Members of the Society share ideas, information, and methods on searching for data about ancestors from Nevada, the United States, and around the World. NSGS meets the third Thursday at 7:00 p.m. monthly from September through May at the Reno (Nevada) Family History Center, 4751 Neil Road. Programs at the monthly meetings explore a variety of subjects pertaining to genealogical research and promote the importance of preserving family history, documents, and photographs. Guests are welcome!
Nevada State Library and Archives
Division of Archives and Records
100 North Steward Street
Carson City, NV 89701-4285
Telephone: 800-922-2880 (in-state)
Fax 775-684-3311
Internet: Nevada State Library, Archives and Public Records
The Nevada State Library and Archives has the territorial records for Carson County, Utah and Nevada Territory. A guide to these records is Marion Ellison, An Inventory and Index to the Records of Carson County, Utah and Nevada Territories, 1855-1861 (Reno, Nevada: The Grace Dangberg Foundation, 1984).
University of Nevada, Reno
Special Collections
Mail Stop 322
1664 N. Virginia Street
Reno, NV 89557-0044
Telephone: 775-784-4636
Internet: University of Nevada, Reno
Las Vegas
Nevada State Museum and Historical Society
700 Twin Lakes Drive
Las Vegas, NV 89107
Telephone: 702-486-5205
Fax: 702-486-5172
Internet: The Nevada State Museum
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
4505 Maryland Parkway
Box 457001
Las Vegas, NV 89154-7001
Telephone: (702) 895-2286
Internet: Las Vegas University Libraries
The library has a historical section with Indexes to microfilms of historical information.
Nevada Resources in California
National Archives at San Francisco
(Serves Nevada except for Clark County)
1000 Commodore Drive
San Bruno, CA 94066-2350
Telephone: 650-876-9001
Fax: 650-876-9233
E-mail: sanbruno.archives@nara.gov
Internet: :The National Archives at San Francisco
National Archives at Riverside
(Serves Clark County, Nevada)
23123 Cojaico Road
Perris, CA 92570
Telephone: 951-956-2000
Fax: 951-956-2029
Internet: National Archives at Riverside
Nevada Online Records
The Mountain West Digital Library is a search portal for an aggregation of digital collections from more than 50 universities, colleges, public libraries, museums, and historical societies in Utah, Nevada, and Idaho. It is in partnership with 60 academic libraries, public libraries, museums, historical societies, cities, counties, and state agencies from Utah, Nevada, Idaho, and Hawaii (coming soon: over 60 new partners in Arizona!)
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