Call Number:
F847.A1 C68 1996
The county records microfilm project : records of Douglas, Lyon, Ormsby, Storey and Washoe counties, and the Utah and Nevada territories
Nevada State Library and Archives
Format:
MICROFILM
Subject Category:
History US, History US West, Law & Legal History
Collection Dates:
01/01/1855 - 12/31/1964
Location:
UNLV Microforms
Summary:
This 685 microfilm collection contains Nevada county records from 1855 - 1964. The records come from agencies such as the Board of Commissioners, Board of Trustees, County Clerk, County Recorder, District Courts, Probate Court and Supreme Court. Records include assessment rolls, court files, court records, court minutes, deeds, judgment dockets, judgment files, judgment records, locations and laws of mining districts, naturalization records, estate and guardianships, and birth and death registers as well as many other miscellaneous county records. Each reel is marked with a call number and each county is marked with its own county designator which is as follows: DG for Douglas, LY for Lyon, NT for Nevada and Utah territory, OR for Ormsby, ST for Storey, and Wa for Washoe. Example: F847.A1 C68 1996 OR8 is the eighth reel for Ormsby County.
Finding Aids:
County records microfilm project: guide to the records of Douglas, Lyon, Ormsby, Storey and Washoe counties, and the Utah and Nevada Territories (MICRO CD3367.A1 C68x 1991). This guide features a reel index and a general subject index to the collection. At the end of the guide is a list of errors indicating which pages were missing or unlabeled from each reel. A 1982 edition of this guide is available in the Special Collections Department.
