Carson City (Independent City), Nevada Genealogy

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

Description
Carson City is located in the west area of the state.

Independent City Courthouse
Carson City Courthouse 885 E. Musser Street, Suite 1025 Carson City, NV Phone: 775-887-2084 Carson City Recorder's Website

Boundary Changes

 * Parent County: consolidated with Ormsby County in 1969 to form an independent city.
 * Interactive Formation Boundary Map of Nevada - shows boundary changes for Nevada Counties
 * Nevada Historical Boundary Changes - list of all boundary changes by county provided by Newberry Library

Cemeteries

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

Directories

 * 1868-1869 Nevada Directory 1868-1869 at Ancestry ($), index only, includes settlers of Nevada.
 * 1937-1941, 1944, 1981 http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2469 at Ancestry ($), Index and images, Carson City Directories.
 * 1941 U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 at Ancestry ($), Index and images, Carson City Directory.

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups

 * Scotland Forever 2533 N. Carson Street, Ste. 848 Carson City, NV 89706

Land and Property Records
For more information see Nevada Land and Property
 * 1796-1907 U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907 at Ancestry - index, info taken from Bureau of Land Management website.
 * 1863-1908 U.S. Homestead Records 1863-1908 at Ancestry ($), index and images
 * Land Patent Search - index to federal patents and homesteads on the Bureau of Land Management website, some images available.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Interactive Formation Boundary Map of Nevada - shows boundary changes for Nevada Counties
 * Historical Maps and Atlases of Nevada - maps and atlases of Nevada

Migration
Early migration routes to and from Carson City (Independent City), Nevada Genealogy 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]

Online Collections
These collections are unique to Nevada. You will find nationwide databases for military records on U.S. Military Online Genealogy Records and Nevada Military Records. Civil War World War I World War II Korea War Vietnam War Other Conflicts For further information see Nevada Military Records.
 * 1861-1865  at FamilySearch — index
 * 1863-1866 Nevada Civil War Volunteers, 1863-1866 ($) at Ancestry — index
 * Nevada - Soldiers of the Great War
 * Nevada Casualties of World War II
 * Nevada Military Killed in Action in Korea
 * U.S. Military Fatal Casualties of the Korean War for Nevada
 * Nevada Military Killed in Action in Vietnam
 * The Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Nevada
 * Vietnam Conflict Casualty Lists - Nevada
 * Nevadans Killed in Action - Operation Enduring Freedom & Operation Iraqi Freedom

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * 1868-1926 Citizenship Records: 1868-1926
 * 1956-1991 Nevada, Naturalization Petitions, 1956-1991 at Ancestry ($), index

Newspapers

 * NewspaperArchive.com ($) has a collection of digitized Reno newspapers going back to 1870. This database is sometimes free at libraries.
 * GenealogyBank - ($), contains images of Nevada newspapers
 * Newspaper Archive - ($), contains images of Nevada newspapers
 * Chronicling America - contains images of some Nevada newspapers; searching tips
 * Elephind - Free; search engine that retrieves newspaper images from other free newspaper websites
 * U.S. Newspaper Directory, 1690-Present on Chronicling America - contains a list of all known newspapers and the dates they cover; once you locate a newspaper name, contact the local library to see if they have copies of the newspaper

Other Records
Orphan's Home Records
 * 1870-1920 Nevada, Orphan's Home Records, 1870-1920, Ancestry ($), index only

Public Records
 * 1911-1941 Public Health Officer Reports: 1911-1941

Birth

 * 1867-1957 Birth Records: 1867-1957
 * 1871-1992  at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1975-2012 Nevada Birth Index 1975-2012 at Ancestry ($)

Marriage

 * Marriage Index
 * 1809-2011 - Western States Marriage Index, 1809-2011 - Index, incomplete, list of counties included
 * 1862-1992 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1956-2005 - Nevada Marriage Index 1956-2005 at Ancestry ($)

Death

 * 1871-1992  at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1887-1957 Death Records: 1887-1957

Divorce

 * 1968-2015 Nevada Divorce Records 1968-2015 at Ancestry ($)

Family History Centers
Introduction to Family History Centers


 * Carson City Nevada Family History Center

Libraries

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

Societies

 * Carson City Historical Society 1207 N Carson St Carson City, NV 89701 Phone: 775-887-2174
 * Carson City Genealogical Society 1509 Sharon Dr. Carson City, NV 89701
 * Scotland Forever 2533 N. Carson St., Ste 848 Carson City, NV 89706
 * Tri-State Genealogical Society For Arizona, California, Nevada PO Box 21902 Bullhead City, AZ 86439 Website
 *  Nevada State Genealogical Society P.O. Box 20666 Reno, NV 89515-0666 Website
 * Clark County Nevada Genealogy Society PO Box 1929 Las Vegas, NV 89125-1929 Website
 * Nevada Historical Society 1650 North Virginia Street Reno, NV 89503 Phone: 775-688-1 190 Fax: 775-688-2917 Website

Websites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Nevada Genealogy Network
 * - The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records