Esmeralda County, Nevada Genealogy

Guide to Esmeralda County, Nevada ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

United States Nevada  Esmeralda County

Historical Facts

 * Parent County: created 25 November 1861 as an original county
 * County seat: Goldfield
 * Neighboring Counties: Inyo County, California | Mineral | Mono County, California | Nye

Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Civil War

 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index

Courthouse
Esmeralda County Courthouse PO Box 547 Goldfield, NV 89013-0547 Phone: 775.485.6367 County Clerk and Treasurer Office has marriage records from 1898, divorce and probate records from 1908, court records from 1907 and naturalization records from 1904.

Libraries

 * Goldfield Public Library P. O. Box 430 Goldfield, Nevada 89013 775-485-3236

Societies

 * Goldfield Historical Society Box 178 Goldfield, NV 89013 Phone: (775) 485-6365 Website


 * Nevada State Genealogical Society P.O. Box 20666 Reno, NV 89515


 * Clark County Nevada Genealogy Society PO Box 1929 Las Vegas, NV 89125-1929


 * Nevada Historical Society 1650 North Virginia Street Reno, NV 89503 Phone: (775) 688-1190


 * Tri-State Genealogical Society ARIZONA, CALIFORNIA, NEVADA PO Box 21902 Bullhead City, AZ 86439


 * Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness (RAOGK)


 * Nevada Genealogy Network

Birth
FHL entries for Esmeralda County birth and death records, 1887-1922, click

Marriage
Over 389 marriages from 8 Nov 1863 to 29 Dec 1908 are listed in the Western States Marriage Index.

Death
FHL entries for Esmeralda County birth and death records, 1887-1922, click

Records of deaths that happened in Esmeralda County as well as in other places and buried in Esmeralda County. The records also include deaths in Mineral and Nye Counties. Records are from various sources including newspapers and funeral homes. Searchable by alphabetical index.

Websites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.