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Nevada
Research Outline
   

Table of Contents
Records Of The Family History Library
Family History Library Catalog
Archives And Libraries
Bible Records
Biography
Business Records And Commerce
Cemeteries
Census
Church Records
Court Records
Directories
Emigration And Immigration
Gazetteers
Genealogy
History
Land And Property
Maps
Military Records
Native Races
Naturalization And Citizenship
Newspapers
Periodicals
Probate Records
Taxation
Vital Records
Voting Records
For Further Reading
Comments And Suggestions

NATIVE RACESLook this term up in the glossary.

Tribal census rolls, probate records, school records, tribal court records, a few vital records, and other records are available. The Family History Library has a few of these records. Many of the records are at the National Archives—Pacific Sierra Region (San Bruno).


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NATURALIZATION AND CITIZENSHIPLook this term up in the glossary.

Naturalization recordsLook this term up in the glossary. may have been filed in any court of record, but most people who applied for citizenship went to the clerk of a district court. You can obtain copies of declarationsLook this term up in the glossary., petitionsLook this term up in the glossary., and certificatesLook this term up in the glossary. by contacting the appropriate clerk's office. The Family History Library does not have copies of these records.

The Nevada State Library and Archives has naturalization records for Douglas County, including petitions, declarations, and certificates, for 1884 to 1929.

The National Archives—Pacific Sierra Region (San Bruno) has records from the two U.S. district courts in Nevada for 1853 to 1956.

For naturalization records after September 1906, contact the National Archives—San Francisco Region or a federal office of the Immigration and Naturalization ServiceLook this term up in the glossary..


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NEWSPAPERSLook this term up in the glossary.

Several handwritten news sheets circulated in the mining camps of Nevada in the early 1850s. Nevada's first printed newspaper, the Territorial Gazette, began in Genoa in 1858.

Major collections of Nevada newspapers are at the Nevada Historical Society, the Nevada State Museum and Historical Society, as well as local courthouses and libraries. Spiros's Genealogical Guide to Arizona and Nevada describes newspapers available on microfilm. (See the “For Further Reading” section of this outline.)

Several indexes to Nevada newspapers have been compiled, including an index to the Territorial Enterprise, 1859 to 1877, and an index to the Nevada State Journal, 1872 to 1876. These indexes are available at the Nevada Historical Society. Other indexes, such as an index to the Pioche Record, 1872 to 1904, are available at the Nevada State Museum and Historical Society.

A helpful bibliography of Nevada newspapers is Richard E. Lingenfelter and Karen Rix Gash, The Newspapers of Nevada: A History and Bibliography, 1854-1979 (Reno: University of Nevada Press, 1984; FHL book 979.3 B3L 1984). The Family History Library has not collected Nevada newspapers.


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PERIODICALSLook this term up in the glossary.

Two periodicals helpful for Nevada research are:

Chart and Quill. 1979-. Published by the Northeastern Nevada Genealogical Society, 1515 Idaho St., Elko, NV 89801-4021. (FHL book 979.3 D25c.)

The Nevada State Genealogical Society Newsletter. 1981-. Published by the Nevada State Genealogical Society, 2931 Randolph Street, Reno, NV 89502. (FHL book 979.355 D25n.)

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