Nevada County Marriages - FamilySearch Historical Records

What Is in This Collection?
The collection consists of images of county marriages for the years 1862 to 1993 from the following counties:


 * Carson City
 * Clark
 * Douglas
 * Elko
 * Esmeralda
 * Eureka
 * Humboldt
 * Lander
 * Lincoln
 * Lyon
 * Mineral
 * Nye
 * Pershing
 * Storey
 * White Pine

This collection does not include marriages from Churchill and Washoe counties. Coverage varies from county to county. Marriages were recorded by the clerk of the district court for each county from the time the county was formed. Persons desiring to marry obtained a license that they presented to the minister or other person authorized to marry, such as a justice of the peace. Once the marriage was performed, the officiator sent a return to the clerk confirming that the marriage had occurred. Civil marriage records were created to legalize marital relationships and to protect the interests of the wife and other heirs to legal claims on property.

What Can These Records Tell Me?
Facts usually found in the marriage records include the following:


 * Date and place of marriage
 * Groom's name, age, race and birth place
 * Bride's name, age, race and birth place
 * Groom's place of residence
 * Bride's place of residence
 * Names of parents
 * Name of officiator at marriage ceremony
 * Names of witnesses

Sample Images
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Coverage Map
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How Do I Search the Collection?
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 * The name of the person.
 * The date of the marriage.
 * The place where the marriage occurred.

View the Images
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 * 2) Select the Record Type, Year Range, Volume Number/Letter which takes you to the images.

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 * Repeat this process with additional family members found, to find more generations of the family.
 * Church Records often were kept years before government records were required and are a good source for finding ancestors before 1900.

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