CENSUS RECORDS

Federal censuses for the state of Nevada began in 1870 and continued every ten years thereafter. They are currently available through 1920 (excepting the mostly destroyed 1890 census). All are indexed in at least one format. Nevada's inhabitants were included in the Utah Territory in the 1850 enumeration. As well, the counties of Carson, Humboldt, and St. Mary's were in Utah Territory in 1860.

At the Division of Archives and Records, there is a partial census for the territory for 1862 and 1863; there is also a complete one for 1875. The 1875 census includes all members of the household and is published in the Appendix to Journals of Senate and Assembly, of the Eighth Session of the Legislature of the State of Nevada, 1877, vols. 2 and 3, with a microfiche index. These are available in the Las Vegas Family History Center as well.

Nevada Research Sources

Leigh, Rufus Wood. Nevada Place Names: Their Origin and Significance. Salt Lake City: Deseret News Press, 1964.

Carlson, Helen S. Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary. Reno: University of Nevada Press, 1974.

Elliott, Russell R., and William D. Rowley. History of Nevada. 2nd ed. Rev. Lincoln, NE, and London, England: University of Nebraska Press, 1987.

Paher, Stanley W. Nevada: An Annotated Bibliography. Las Vegas: Nevada Publications, 1980.

Archives, Libraries, Societies, and Other Resources

Birth, Death, Marriage and Divorce Records,
From the Nevada State Library and Archives pages

Nevada County Recorders
From the Nevada State Library and Archives pages

Nevada State Library and Archives
100 N. Stewart Street
Carson City, NV 89710
Tel: 702-687-5160 (Library)
  702-687-5210 (Archives)

Nevada State Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 20666
Reno, NV 89515

Northeastern Nevada Genealogical Society
1515 Idaho Street
Elko, NV 89801-4021

Clark County Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 1929
Las Vegas, NV 89125-1929
Tel: 702-225-5838
Email: CCNGS@juno.com
URL: http://www.lvrj.com/communitylink/ccngs/index.html

Nevada Historical Society/Library
1650 North Virginia Street
Reno, NV 89503
Tel: 702-688-1190

Nevada State Museum and Historical Society
State Mall Complex
700 Twin Lakes Drive
Las Vegas, NV 89158
Tel: 702-486-5205
Fax: 702-486-5172

North Lake Tahoe Historical Society
P.O. Box 6141
Tahoe City, NV 95730

Southern Nevada Historical Society
P.O. Box 1358
Las Vegas, NV 89101

Nevada USGenWeb Project
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nvgenweb/nvstate.htm