Pershing County, Nevada Genealogy

United States Nevada  Pershing County

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

Historical Facts

 * Parent County: created 18 March 1919 from Humboldt
 * County Seat: Lovelock
 * Neighboring Counties: Churchill | Humbolt | Lander | Washoe

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

Cemeteries

 * LDS Cemetery Records, US Vol. 23 page 1, Big Meadow Cemetery

Church Records
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Lovelock

Migration
Early migration routes to and from for emigrant settlers included:


 * California Trail 1846 to 1869 from western Missouri to northern California
 * 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
 * Nobles Road 1851 from the Applegate Trail at Rabbithole Springs in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada to Shasta City, California
 * Central Pacific Railroad since 1869 from Ogden, Utah to Sacramento, California

Civil War

 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index

Newspapers

 * NewspaperArchive.com ($) has a collection of digitized Reno newspapers going back to 1870 that may include residents of Pershing County. This database is sometimes free at libraries.

Courthouse
Pershing County Courthouse 400 Main St; PO Box 820 Lovelock, NV 89419-0820 Phone: 775.273.2208 County Clerk has marriage, divorce, probate and court records from 1919.

Family History Centers

 * Lovelock Nevada Family History Center

Libraries

 * Pershing County Library P.O. Box 781 1125 Central Avenue Lovelock, Nevada 89419 775-273-2216

Societies

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


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


 * Nevada Historical Society 1650 North Virginia Street Reno, NV 89503 Telephone: 775-688-1190 Fax: 775-688-2917


 * Northeastern Nevada Genealogical Society 1515 Idaho Street, Elko 89801-4021


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


 * Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness (RAOGK)


 * Nevada Genealogy Network

Websites

 * Pershing County NV GenWeb Project