The archives, libraries, and societies listed below have collections or services helpful to researchers.

• Nevada State Library and Archives

Division of Archives and Records
100 North Steward Street
Carson City, NV 89701-4285
Telephone: 702-687-8313
Fax: 702-687-8330

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: The Grace Dangberg Foundation, 1984; FHL book 979.3 R2e). The records described in this guide include deeds and mining, court and probate records.

• National Archives—Pacific Sierra Region (San Bruno)

1000 Commodore Drive
San Bruno, CA 94066
(Serves Nevada except for Clark County)
Telephone: 415-876-9009
Fax: 415-876-9233

• National Archives—Pacific Region (Laguna Niguel)

24000 Avila Road
Laguna Niguel, CA 92677-6719
(Serves Clark County, Nevada)
Telephone: 714-360-2641
Fax: 714-360-2644

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 6719
Laguna Niguel, CA 92677-6719

• Nevada State Genealogical Society

2931 Randolph Street
Reno, NV 89502
Telephone: 702-826-1130

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 20666
Reno, NV 89502

• Nevada Historical Society

1650 North Virginia Street
Reno, NV 89503
Telephone: 702-688-1191
Fax: 702-688-2917

• Nevada State Museum and Historical Society

700 Twin Lakes Drive
Las Vegas, NV 89107
Telephone: 702-486-5205
Fax: 702-486-5172

• University of Nevada—Reno Library

Special Collections
Mail Stop 332
Reno, NV 89557-0044
Telephone: 702-784-6500 ext. #327
Fax 702-784-4529

To learn more about the history and record-keeping systems of Nevada counties, use 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.

Computer Networks and Bulletin Boards

Computers with modems can be useful tools for obtaining information from selected archives and libraries. In a way, computer networks themselves serve as a library. The Internet, certain computer bulletin boards, and commercial on-line services help family history researchers:

• Locate other researchers
• Post queries
• Send and receive e-mail
• Search large databases
• Search computer libraries
• Join in computer chat and lecture sessions
  

You can find computerized research tips and information about ancestors from Nevada in a variety of sources at local, state, national, and international levels. The list of sources is growing rapidly. Most of the information is available at no cost.

Addresses on the Internet change frequently. As of April 1997, the following sites are important gateways linking you to many more network and bulletin board sites:

• USGenWeb

http://www.usgenweb.com/
A cooperative effort by many volunteers to list genealogical databases, libraries, bulletin boards, and other resources available on the Internet for each county, state, and country.

• Roots-L

http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/usa/
A useful list of sites and resources. Includes a large, regularly updated research coordination list.

For further details about using computer networks, bulletin boards, and news groups for family history research. See the United States Research Outline (30972), 2nd ed., “Archives and Libraries” section.

FamilySearch™

The Family History Library and some Family History Centers have computers with FamilySearch™. FamilySearch is a collection of computer files containing several million names. FamilySearch is a good place to begin your research. Some of the records come from compiled sources; some have been automated from original sources.

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BIBLE RECORDS

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The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) have collected some Bible records for Nevada families (FHL film 869278). These are partially indexed in E. Kay Kirkham, An Index to Some of the Bibles and Family Records of the United States, vol. 2 (Logan, Utah: Everton Publishers, 1984; FHL book 973 D22kk v.2; fiche 6099184).

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