Pershing County, Nevada Genealogy

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

United States Nevada  Pershing County

Historical Facts

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

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

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
Introduction to LDS 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 www.clan.lib.nv.us/polaris/

Websites

 * Pershing County NV GenWeb Project