Pershing County, Nevada Genealogy

United States Nevada  Pershing County

Parent County
1919--Pershing County was created 18 March 1919 from Humboldt County. County seat: Lovelock

Neighboring Counties

 * Churchill
 * Humbolt
 * Lander
 * Washoe

Cemeteries
LDS Cemetery Records

US Vol. 21 page 1 - Big Meadow Cemetery

Church
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.

Societies and Libraries
Pershing County Library P.O. Box 781 1125 Central Avenue Lovelock, Nevada 89419 Telephone 775-273-2216 www.clan.lib.nv.us/polaris/

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Lovelock Nevada Family History Center

Web Sites

 * Pershing County NV GenWeb Project