Carson City (Independent City), Nevada Genealogy

United States Nevada  Carson City

Guide to Carson City, Nevada ancestry, family history, and genealogy records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Historical Facts

 * Independent City
 * Parent County: consolidated with Ormsby County in 1969 to form an independent city.
 * Neighboring Counties: Douglas | Lyon | Storey | Washoe | El Dorado, California | Placer, California

Cemeteries

 * Lone Mountain Cemetery: 1850-present
 * Empire Cemetery: 1850-present

Ethnic, Political or Religious Groups

 * Scotland Forever 2533 N. Carson St., Ste 848 Carson City, Nevada 89706

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


 * California Trail 1844 to 1869 from western Missouri to northern California
 * Carson (River) Trail 1848 (aka Mormon Emigrant Trail) crossed the Forty Mile Desert past the west side of the Carson Sink to pick up the Carson River near Fallon, Nevada up to Hope Valley and Red Lake. The Devil's Ladder then climbed 700 feet (210 m) in half a mile so ropes, chains, and pulleys were required to lift the wagons. Carson Pass was followed by the relatively easy West Pass (Kirkwood, California) and then on to Pollock Pines, Placerville, and Sutter's Fort, California
 * Johnson's Cutoff 1850-1851 (aka Placerville Route, Lake Tahoe Route and Day's Route) from Carson City, Nevada past the south end of Lake Tahoe going south and then west to Placerville, California and Sacramento


 * Central Pacific Railroad since 1869 from Ogden, Utah to Sacramento, 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]

Civil War

 * - 2nd Regiment, California Infantry (Union), Company F

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * Citizenship Records: 1868-1926

Newspapers

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

Public Records

 * Public Health Officer Reports: 1911-1941

Courthouse
Carson City Nevada

Family History Centers
Introduction to LDS Family History Centers


 * Carson City Nevada Family History Center

Libraries

 * Carson City Library 900 N Roop St Carson City, NV 89701 775-887-2244

Societies

 * Carson City Historical Society 1207 N Carson St Carson City, NV 89701 Telephone 775-887-2174


 * Carson City Genealogical Society 1509 Sharon Dr. Carson City, NV 89701


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


 * Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness (RAOGK)


 * Nevada Genealogy Network


 * 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

Birth

 * Birth Records: 1867-1957

Marriage

 * Marriage Index

Death

 * Death Records: 1887-1957

Web Sites

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