Storey County, Nevada Genealogy

United States Nevada  Storey County

County Courthouse
Storey County Courthouse PO Box D; Virginia City, NV 89440-0139 Phone: 755.847.0969 County Recorder has birth, marriage, and death records from 1875 and land records. County Clerk has divorce and court records from 1861 and probate records from 1875.

Parent County
1861--Storey County was created 25 November 1861 as an original county. County seat: Virginia City

Neighboring Counties

 * Lyon
 * Washoe

Migration
Early migration routes to and from for emigrant settlers included:


 * California Trail 1844 to 1869 from western Missouri to northern California
 * Truckee (River) Trail 1844 crossed the Forty Mile Desert to the Truckee River to follow it west past Reno, Nevada to Donner Pass to Emigrant Gap to Sutter's Fort (Sacramento, California). The exact route varied over the years, the most used being the Nevada City Road and Auburn Emigrant Road combination.


 * 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]

Newspapers

 * NewspaperArchive.com ($) has a collection of digitized Reno newspapers going back to 1870. This database is sometimes free at libraries.

Vital Records
3,980 marriages from 24 Feb 1862 to 12 Sep 1936 are listed on the Western States Marriage Index.

Societies and Libraries
Storey County Public Library 95 South R ST Virginia City, NV 89440 Telephone 775-847-0956

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

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