Nevada Archives and Libraries

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: (800) 922-2880 (in-state) Fax (775) 684-3311 http://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/NSLA/

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, Nevada: 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 94066-2350 Telephone: (650) 876-9001 Fax: (650) 876-9233

E-mail: [mailto:sanbruno.archives@nara.gov sanbruno.archives@nara.gov] Web site: http://www.archives.gov/facilities/ca/san_francisco.html

National Archives—Pacific Region (Laguna Niguel) 24000 Avila Road Laguna Niguel, CA 92677-3497 (Serves Clark County, Nevada) Telephone: 949-360-2641 Fax: 949-360-2624

[mailto:laguna.archives@nara.gov laguna.archives@nara.gov] http://www.archives.gov/pacific/laguna/index.html

Nevada State Genealogical Society Mailing Address: P.O. Box 20666 Reno, NV 89515-0666

http://www.rootsweb.com/~nvsgs/

Nevada Historical Society 1650 North Virginia Street Reno, NV 89503 Phone: (775) 688-1190 Fax: (775) 688-2917 http://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/MUSEUMS/reno/his-soc.htm

Nevada State Museum and Historical Society 700 Twin Lakes Drive Las Vegas, NV 89107 Telephone: 702-486-5205 Fax: 702-486-5172 http://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/MUSEUMS/lv/vegas.htm

University of Nevada, Reno Special Collections Mail Stop 322 1664 N. Virginia Street Reno, NV 89557-0044 Telephone: 775-784-4636 http://www.library.unr.edu/Default.htm

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.

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University of Nevada, Las Vegas 4505 Maryland Parkway Box 457001 Las Vegas, NV 89154-7001 Telephone: (702) 895-2286

The library has a historical section with indexes to microfilms of historical information. The index can be viewed by clicking here.

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