Mineral County, Nevada Genealogy

United States Nevada  Mineral County

Guide to Mineral County, Nevada ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

Historical Facts

 * Parent County: created 10 February 1911 from Esmeralda
 * County seat: Hawthorne
 * Neighboring Counties: Churchill | Esmeralda | Lyon | Mono County, California | Nye

Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Church Records
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Hawthorne

Civil War

 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index

Obituaries

 * Mineral County Death Index Includes records of Esmeralda and Nye Counties. The tri-counties were all one before 1911. Records of deaths that occurred in other places with burials in these counties, as well as deaths that occurred in these counties with burials in other places. Sources: Mineral County Independent-News (775 945-2414), Gunter's Funeral Home (775 945-2047), other death and burial records, information from private individuals

The index includes: name, sex, birth/place, death/place, burial/place, obituary (yes or no)

Courthouse
Mineral County Courthouse PO Box 1450 Hawthorne, NV 89415-1450 775–945–2446 County Clerk has divorce, probate and court records from 1911 with some earlier, naturalization records 1911-1956 and burial records. County Recorder has marriage license applications and military discharge records from 1911. County Treasurer has land records from 1911.

Family History Centers

 * Hawthorne Nevada Family History Center

Societies

 * Mineral County Historical Society Mineral County Museum 400 Tenth St. P.O. Box 1584 Hawthorne NV 89415 775-945-5142


 * 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


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


 * Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness (RAOGK)


 * Nevada Genealogy Network

Death
Records of deaths in Mineral County as well as in other places with burials in Mineral County. Includes deaths in Esmeralda and Nye Counties. Sources include newspapers and funeral homes. Searchable by alphabetical index.

Websites

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