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Offices, addresses and links where vital records and other important documents may be found.
The links are to FREE on-line databases.

Nothing before 1887

From 1887 to the present are recorded in each county, either in the office of the County Recorder or County Health Officer.

1911 to Present the Nevada State Office of Vital Statistics has birth and death for all counties.

Marriage certificates are filed with the County Recorder in the county where the marriage license was issued, not where the marriage took place.
1968 to the present the Nevada State Office of Vital Statistics has marriage and divorce records from 1968 to the present.

1862 to the present Divorces are Civil Court actions are kept in the office of the County Clerk for each county.
Civil court cases are filed by case number and indexed by plaintiff and defendant.

The Archives has some records for marriages and divorces Nevada territories, 1856-1862.
The Nevada State Library has marriage records for Douglas, Lyon, Ormsby, Storey and Washoe Counties for 1862-1900.
The latter are available on microfilm and are for research only.
Certified copies should be obtained from the office of record.

From 1879 to 1911, incorporated cities required undertakers to obtain burial permits from the county coroner's office.
Permits were issued upon the filing of death certificates.
These certificates exist for Virginia City and Gold Hill for 1879-1887, and for Carson City 1893-1896.

Transcripts of the Storey County Coroner's records are at the Nevada State Library and Archives and the Nevada Historical Society on microfilm.

Visit our County websites for County Addresses.

Other Records held at the County Offices

Other Records at the Nevada State Archives

Territorial Records
For Carson County Utah and Nevada Territory, 1855-1862. The records include the County Recorder, Clerk of the Probate Court and Clerk of the County Court.
Divorces were handled in the probate court. These records are indexed in An Inventory and Index to the Records of Carson County, Utah and Nevada Territories, 1855-1861
These records also include individual court documents regarding divorces, estate settlements and child custody, bonds and oaths of office of elected or appointed territorial officials.
Name index is available to territorial records and territorial corporations.

State Records
Inmate Case Files of the Nevada State Prison are on file beginning in 1863 and the record of admittance to the Nevada State Children's (Orphans) Home, 1870-1968.
There are some restrictions to prison records.
Department of Education , Retired teacher records contains the names and schools of Nevada's teachers that retired from 1927 to 1949.
Secretary of State, License Plate Registrations 1913-1925.
Other records groups contain information about elected or appointed state officials, state departments, commissions and other agencies.
Adjutant General, Civil War Muster Rolls and Descriptive Lists 1863- 1866, indexed.

County Records
Duplicate Assessment Rolls for all counties for 1891- 1892. Ormsby County, Civil Court Records 1862-1926, Assessment Rolls 1862-1950.

U.S. Selective Service Records
Records for Nevada Include service cards,Form DD 53, for persons registered or serving for World Wars I and II, the Korean War and the Viet Nam Conflict until 1972.
DD 214 discharge papers for Nevada veterans are copies transferred to the state for historical and informational purposes.

Links to Off-Site FREE Databases

Online Census Database- On-line Census from 1860 to 1920

Western States Marriage Record Index

Carson Appeal Newspaper Index

Nevada State Prison Inmate Index Case Files

Nevada State Prison Gas Chamber

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