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Guide to Washoe County Nevada genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

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Washoe County, Nevada
Map
Location of Nevada in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	November 25, 1861
County Seat
Courthouse
Address	Washoe County Courthouse 602 Washoe Washoe County Courthouse 75 Court Street; PO Box 11130; Reno, NV 89520 Phone: 775.328.3260

County Courthouse

Washoe County Courthouse
75 Court Street; PO Box 11130;
Reno, NV 89520
Phone: 775.328.3260

County Health Department has birth, death and burial records from 1900.
County Clerk has divorce, probate, court and naturalization records from 1862.
County Recorder has land records from 1862 and marriage records from 1871. ^[1]

Quick Facts

Parent County

25 November 1861: Washoe County was created as an original county. ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

v • d • e Municipalities and communities of Washoe County, Nevada

County seat: Reno

Cities	Reno \| Sparks

Unincorporated ommunities	Cold Springs \| Empire \| Gerlach \| Incline Village \| New Washoe City \| Nixon \| Pleasant Valley \| Poeville \| Spanish Springs \| Sun Valley \| Sutcliffe \| Verdi-Mogul \| Vya \| Wadsworth

Neighboring Counties	Churchill \| Humboldt \| Lyon \| Pershing \| Storey \| Oregon Counties \| Harney \| Lake \| California Counties \| Lassen \| Modoc \| Nevada \| Placer \| Sierra

Resources

Archives and Libraries

Reno Family History Center
4751 Neil Road, Reno
775-826-1130
Open 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday

Washoe County Public Libraries
301 South Center Street, Reno, NV 89501
775-327-8300 | 775-327-8341

Cemeteries

The following web sites have entries for people buried in Washoe County. None have complete lists:

Find A Grave
Interment.Net
USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project and the Washoe section
Mountain View Cemetery, Reno BillionGraves
The nearest veterans cemetery is the Northern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Fernley, Lyon Co., Nevada; many Washoe County veterans have been buried there since it was established in 1990.

In the Family History Library Catalog Place Search on FamilySearch, for Washoe, Nevada, look at the list of records for Cemeteries. Films can be sent to family history centers. Public libraries may have copies of the books or can obtain them through Interlibrary Loan.

LDS Cemetery Records

US Vol. 21 page 4 - Washoe Cemetery, Washoe

Church History and Records

Church records are usually found in the towns rather than on the county level. Search the Family History Library Catalog - Place Search for the appropriate town in Washoe County.

LDS Ward and Branch Records

Reno
Sparks

Court Records

Currently the 2nd Judicial District Court, State of Nevada, Washoe County, handles divorce and probate as well as other court matters.

History

Google Books has some books about the history and people in Washoe County, Nevada. Try various search terms, including the names of people. Books designated with "Full view" can be read online.

In the Family History Library Catalog Place Search on FamilySearch, for Washoe County, Nevada, look at the list of records for History. Films can be sent to family history centers. Public libraries may have copies of the books or can obtain them through Interlibrary Loan.

Land and Property

The Washoe County Recorder handles land records.

The grantor/grantee index on this web site allows searches of public records from 19 November 1991 to the present. Available images are "unofficial" copies only at $1.00 per page.

For official copies or questions about documents prior to 19 November 1991, call the Washoe County Recorder's office at 775-328-3660 or e-mail record@mail.co.washoe.nv.us

Maps

For historical maps, search the following free sites:

• Historical Maps of Nevada

• David Rumsey Collection for Nevada

• Perry-Castaneda Map Collection for Nevada

• Historic Map Works can view some images for free, though this is a commercial site

• Washoe County GIS Home Page

Migration

Early migration routes to and from Washoe County, Nevada for emigrant settlers included:^[3]^[4]

California Trail 1844 to 1869 from western Missouri to northern California

Truckee (River) Trail 1844 followed the Truckee River west past Reno, Nevada to Donner Pass to Emigrant Gap to Sutter's Fort (Sacramento, California). The exact route varied over the years, the most used being the Nevada City Road and Auburn Emigrant Road combination.
Applegate Trail 1846 (avoided the Forty Mile Desert) by leaving the Humboldt River in Nevada early at present-day Rye Reservoir, Nevada and passing through the Black Rock Desert to Fandango Pass past Goose Lake on to the Lost River and eventually the Willamette Valley in Oregon
Beckwourth Trail 1850 left the Truckee Trail near present-day Sparks, Nevada going to Oroville and Marysville, California
Nobles Road 1851 from the Applegate Trail at Rabbithole Springs in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada to Shasta City, California

Central Overland Trail 1859-1869 from Salt Lake City, Utah to Carson City, Nevada through central Nevada on a route south of the Humboldt River]^[5]
Central Pacific Railroad since 1869 from Ogden, Utah to Sacramento, California^[6]

Military History and Records

Nevada, Civil War Services Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865

Newspapers

Ancestry.com ($) has digital copies of several Reno Nevada newspapers.
Genealogy.Bank.com ($) also has digital newspapers for Nevada.
NewspaperArchive.com ($) has a collection of digitized Reno newspapers going back to 1870 online. This database is sometimes free at libraries.

Probate Records

Taxation

Vital Records

The Nevada State Library and Archives has marriage licenses for Washoe County from 1862 to 1872. The original marriage certificate registers are in the county recorder's office and have not been microfilmed by the Family History Library.

Western States Marriage Index 3,775 marriages from 13 Apr 1862 to 11 Jan 1919 are listed.
Nevada, Marriage Index, 1956-2005

Societies, Libraries and Museums

Nevada State Genealogical Society
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 20666
Reno, NV 89515-0666
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nvsgs/

Division of Museums and History / Nevada Historical Society
1650 North Virginia Street
Reno, NV 89503
Telephone: 775-688-1190
Fax: 775-688-2917

Family History Centers

Websites

References

↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Washoe County, Oregon page 443, At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
↑ National Park Service, "California Trail" (map) in California National Historic Trail at http://www.nps.gov/cali/planyourvisit/upload/CALImap1-web.pdf (accessed 5 August 2011).
↑ Wikipedia contributors, "California Trail" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Trail (accessed 5 August 2012).
↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Central Overland Route" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Overland_Route (accessed 4 August 2011).
↑ Wikipedia contributors, "First Transcontinental Railroad" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad (accessed 2 August 2011).

v • d • e Links to Nevada-related articles

Topics	Introduction · American Indians · 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 · Naturalization and Citizenship · Newspapers · Online Records · Periodicals · Probate Records · Taxation · Vital Records · Voting Registers · For Further Reading

Counties	Churchill · Clark · Douglas · Elko · Esmeralda · Eureka · Humboldt · Lander · Lincoln · Lyon · Mineral · Nye · Pershing · Storey · Washoe · White Pine · Independent City: Carson City

Extinct Counties	Beaver · Bernalillo · Carson · Desert · Humboldt (Utah) · Iron · Juab · Lake · Millard · Mohave · Ormsby · Pahute · Pah-Ute · Rio Arriba · Rio Virgin · Roop · Saint Mary's · San Juan (extinct) · Santa Ana · Taos · Tooele · Valencia · Washington · Weber · Nataqua Territory

Major Repositories	Nevada State Library and Archives · Nevada Historical Society · University of Nev Las Vegas Libraries · National Archives Pacific Region (Riverside) · National Archives Pacific Region (San Francisco) · Family History Library

Migration Routes	Applegate Trail · California Trail · Central Overland Trail · Mormon Trail to Southern California · Old Spanish Trail · Central Pacific Railroad · Southern Pacific Railroad · Union Pacific Railroad

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