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Pershing County Nevada
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  •   Federal Census for Pershing Co./Humboldt Co.
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    Timeline :
  • 1848 Nevada was part of the area ceded by Mexico to the United States.
  • 1849 The first non-Indian settlement was made at Mormon Station (Genoa).
  • 1850 Utah Territory was organized, almost all of present-day Nevada was included except the southern tip
  • 1859 The Comstock Lode of gold and silver was discovered at Virginia City, and many miners began coming from California.
  • 1861 Congress created Nevada Territory.
  • 1862 The territory was enlarged by shifting the eastern boundary.
  • 1863 Nevada statehood
  • 1866 More eastern land was gained from Utah Territory
  • 1866 George Lovelock bought 320 acres of Big Meadows and took the oldest water rights along the Humboldt river
  • 1868 George Lovelock gave 85 acres for a town site which was named "Lovelock."
  • 1867 The southern tip of Nevada was acquired from Arizona Territory.
  • 1919 Pershing County created from the southern half of Humboldt County.
  • 1968 Lovelock celebrated its centennial.

  • Federal Census -- Pershing Co.
    YEAR
    TITLE
    ROLL
    LDS FILM
    FILE
    FACTS
    IMAGE
    NOTES
    1870 Humboldt Co. M593-834 ... ... Facts ... Statewide census index available in book, microfilm, and microfiche format.
    1870 Mort. Humboldt Co. V103-1 ...
    ONLINE
    ... ... Statewide census index available in book, microfilm and microfiche format.
    1880 Humboldt Co. T9-758
    1254758
    Index Online
    Facts ... Statewide census index available in book, microfilm, and microfiche format.
    Soundex available.
    1880 Mort Humboldt Co. V103-1 ...
    ONLINE
    ... ... Statewide census index available in book, microfilm, and microfiche format.
    1890 Destroyed by fire in 1921   ... ... Facts ... ...
    1890 Special Schedules / Humboldt Co. T123-39 ...
    ONLINE
    Facts ... Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of Veterans of the Civil War
    1900 Humboldt Co. T623-943 ... ... Facts ...
    Soundex available.
    1910 Humboldt Co. T624-858 ... ... Facts ... Statewide census index available in book, microfilm, and microfiche format.
    1920 Pershing Co. T625-1005 ... ... ... ... Soundex available.
    This is the first "Pershing" Co. Census, not listed under Humboldt Co. (T625-1004)

    Territory and State Census Nevada
    YEAR
    TITLE
    ROLL
    LDS FILM #
    FILE
    IMAGE
    NOTES
    1850 Utah Territory - includes present-day Nevada ... ... ... ... Indexed.
    1860 Utah Territory - includes present-day Nevada ... ... ... ... Indexed.
    1860 Nevada Census ... 1598462    1 ... ... Includes index. Name, age, sex, profession, and birhtplace for census in: Gold Hill, Eagle Valley, Silver City, Carson City, Flowery Mining District, Sullivan District, Long Valley District, Truckee Meadows, Steamboat Valley, China Town (Dayton), Washoe Valley, Carson Valley, Genoa District, Fort Churchill, Palmyra District, Walker River District, Mamoth Eagle District, Ragtown District, and Virginia City.
    1862 Territorial Census ... ... ... ... Includes part of Humboldt Co.
    1875 Nevada State Census by County ... 1598455    2-3
    Fiche 6016536-53
    ... ... Index on microfiche
    Includes surname, initials, age, sex, profession (for head of household) and birthplace arranged by household as abstracted from census.

    Soundex for the State of Nevada
    Soundex Facts
    YEAR
    TITLE
    ROLL
    LDS FILM #
    FILE
    IMAGE
    NOTES
    1880 Soundex A-000 thru L-261 T761-1 0378008 ... ... ...
    1880 Soundex L-300 thru W-666 T761-2 0378009 ... ... ...
    1880 Soundex Y-000 thru Institutions T761-3 0378010 ... ... ...
    ...
    1900 Soundex A-000 thru C-455 T1058-1 1245959 ... ... ...
    1900 Soundex C-460 thru E-520(F-525) T1058-2 1245960 ... ... ...
    1900 Soundex E(F)-530 thru J-200/216 Frank T1058-3 1245961 ... ... ...
    1900 Soundex J-200/216 Gee thru M-250 John T1058-4 1245962 ... ... ...
    1900 Soundex JM-250 John thru P-563 T1058-5 1245963 ... ... ...
    1900 Soundex P-600 thru S-553 T1058-6 1245964 ... ... ...
    1900 Soundex S-560 thru Z-635 T1058-7 1245965 ... ... ...
    ...
    1920 Soundex A-000 (N.R.) thru B-650 Willis M1574-1 ... ... ... ...
    1920 Soundex B-652 Abraham thru D-452 William M1574-2 ... ... ... ...
    1920 Soundex D-500 Albert P. thru G-632 William M1574-3 ... ... ... ...
    1920 Soundex G-635 Alberto thru K-145 William A. M1574-4 ... ... ... ...
    1920 Soundex K-216 (N.R.) thru M-263 Wm. A. M1574-5 ... ... ... ...
    1920 Soundex M-266 A. thru P-362 Yop M1574-6 ... ... ... ...
    1920 Soundex P-363 Antina thru S-345 Zassius M1574-7 ... ... ... ...
    1920 Soundex P-363 S-350 A.L. thru T-651 Winnona C. M1574-8 ... ... ... ...
    1920 Soundex T-653 Inna E. thru Institutions M1574-9 ... ... ... ...

    OTHER LDS FILM NUMBERS
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    ITEM
    YEAR
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    NOTES
    FILE
    IMAGE
    ... ...
    1850
    1850 Mortality schedules for Utah Territory Includes present-day Nevada ... ...
    ... ...
    1860
    1860 Mortality schedules for Utah Territory Includes present-day Nevada ... ...
    V103-1 ...
    1870
    1870 Mortality Schedules Nevada Historical Society ... ...
    ... Index
    1870
    Index 1870 Mortality Schedule ... ... ...
    V103-1 ...
    1880
    1880 Mortality Schedule Nevada Historical Society ... ...
    Bible Records
    869278
    176645
    ... ... Bible, cemetery, church, marriage, death, obituary, and probate records. Collected by Dau. of American Revolution and the Daughters of the American Colonists; Oakland, Calif.: Thompson & West, 1881 ... ...
    Biographies
    100194 2 ... Biographical Collection -

    Nevada: A Narrative of the Conquest of a Frontier Land
    Partially indexed in E. Kay Kirkham, 'An Index to Some of the Bibles and Family Records of the United States', vol. 2 (Logan, Utah: Everton Publishers, 1984; FHL book Ref 973 D22kk v.2). ... ...
    100194 3-5 ... Biographical Collection -
    History of Nevada, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers Land
    Partially indexed in E. Kay Kirkham, 'An Index to Some of the Bibles and Family Records of the United States', vol. 2 (Logan, Utah: Everton Publishers, 1984; FHL book Ref 973 D22kk v.2). ... ...
    979.3 D32p Book Bio
    Index
    Nevada Biographical and Genealogical Sketch Index Parker, J. Carlyle, and Janet G. Parker; Turlock, Calif. Marietta Publishing, 1986. ... ...
    Ref
    979 D32w
    Book Bio
    Index
    Mormons and Their Neighbors: An Index of over 75,000 Biographical Sketches for 1820 to the Present, 2 vols Wiggins, Marvin E. Mormons and Their Neighbors;(Provo, Utah: Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, 1984 ... ...
    1598462 7 ... Master Index to pioneer families - centennial Information collected in 1964 to celebrate Nevada's centennial; pioneer families are included in each Nevada county history. Includes alphabetical list of names with county in which their pioneer family is located. ... ...
    Business Records and Commerce
    1598456 2 ... Nevada Historical Research - Miscellaneous history Birth records/notices: Newspaper notices 1863-1918; Early Nevada Business Enterprises; Death records/obits: Newspaper notices 1857-1924, 1863-1915; Divorces 1915-1918; Marriage records/notices; Mining concerns, Nevada; Newspaper 'scats': Admitted to citizenship 1876-1915 and estate settlements 1863-1918, Miscellaneous newspaper items 1868-1877 and 1909-1918; Prefessions: Attorneys and judges 1863-1908, Physicians, dentists, druggists 1864-1911; Nevada state and county officers; Church records. ... ...
    Cemeteries
    979.3 A1 Book
    no. 30
    Cemetery Cemeteries of Pershing County Nevada, 1989 Includes index. Unionville Cemetery, Unionville; Indian Cemetery, Big Meadow and Lone Mountain Cemeteries, Lovelock; Solitary Grave, Dun Glen. Fred W. Kemmerie 1989 ... ...
    979 D3s Book Cemetery Genealogical Guide to Arizona and Nevada A list of cemetery names and addresses in each county
    Joyce V. Hawley Spiros(Gallup, N.M.: Verlene Publishing, 1983
    ... ...
    1598449 3-4 1922-1975 Pershing County Records
    Vol 1-2
    Vol 1-Cemetery census: Big Meadow, Lone Mountain, small cemeteries; Death records/obits: newspaper obits, 1922-1975--- Vol 2: Marriage records/notices, Pioneer families, Church Records: Lovelock ... ...
    869278
    176645
    ... ... Bible, cemetery, church, marriage, death, obituary, and probate records. Collected by Dau. of American Revolution and the Daughters of the American Colonists; Oakland, Calif.: Thompson & West, 1881 ... ...
    1598455 4-5 1861-1983 Humboldt Co. Records Vol 1-2 V.1. Birth records/notices: Newspaper notices 1868-1920; Cemetery census; Unionville, Winnemucca and others.-- V2. Death records/obits: Humboldt Co. records 1887-1913; Newspaper notices 1865-1918; Newspaper obits 1923-1883; Funeral home records: Eddy Funeral home. ... ...
    Church
    979.3 K2L book ... Steeples among the Sage
    History of seven major denominations in Nevada
    Leon L. Loofbourow (San Francisco: Lake Park Press, 1964 ... ...
    1598456 2 ... Nevada Historical Research - Miscellaneous history Birth records/notices: Newspaper notices 1863-1918; Early Nevada Business Enterprises; Death records/obits: Newspapaer notices 1857-1924, 1863-1915; Divorces 1915-1918; Marriage records/notices; Mining concerns, Nevada; Newspaper 'scats': Admitted to citizenship 1876-1915 and estate settlements 1863-1918, Miscellaneous newspaper items 1868-1877 and 1909-1918; Prefessions: Attorneys and judges 1863-1908, Physicians, dentists, druggists 1864-1911; Nevada state and county officers; Church records. ... ...
    1598449 3-4 1922-1975 Pershing County Records
    Vol 1-2
    Vol 1-Cemetery census: Big Meadow, Lone Mountain, small cemeteries; Death records/obits: newspaper obits, 1922-1975--- Vol 2: Marriage records/notices, Pioneer families, Church Records: Lovelock ... ...
    1598456 1 1861-1983 Humboldt Co. Records Vol 3 V3. Marriage records/notices: Humboldt Co. records 1861-1916; Newspaper notices 1874-1919; Pioneer families: Church records: Catholic Parish, Winnemucca; Winnemucca Episcopal Church. ... ...
    869278
    176645
    ... ... Bible, cemetery, church, marriage, death, obituary, and probate records. Collected by Dau. of American Revolution and the Daughters of the American Colonists; Oakland, Calif.: Thompson & West, 1881 ... ...
    Court Records and Probate
    869278
    176645
    ... ... Bible, cemetery, church, marriage, death, obituary, and probate records. Collected by Dau. of American Revolution and the Daughters of the American Colonists; Oakland, Calif.: Thompson & West, 1881 ... ...
    Directories
    1377106 9 1862 - 1881 Directories of several cities and towns and a few other directories for the 1900s. ... ... ...
    1000196
    79.3 E4v
    2
    book
    ... First Directory of Nevada Territory: Containing the Names of Residents in the Principal Towns J. Wells Kelly(San Francisco: Valentine, 1862 ... ...
    979.3 A1 No. 29 book ... Genealogical Prospecting in Nevada, a Guide to Nevada Directories Joyce Lee(Carson City: Nevada State Library, 1984 ... ...
    Funeral Homes
    1598455 4-5 1861-1983 Humboldt Co. Records Vol 1-2 V.1. Birth records/notices: Newspaper notices 1868-1920; Cemetery census; Unionville, Winnemucca and others.-- V2. Death records/obits: Humboldt Co. records 1887-1913; Newspaper notices 1865-1918; Newspaper obits 1923-1883; Funeral home records: Eddy Funeral home. ... ...
    Genealogy and Pioneer Families
    1598462 7 ... Master Index to pioneer families - centennial Information collected in 1964 to celebrate Nevada's centennial; popneer families are included in each Nevada county history. Includes alphabetical list of names with county in which their pioneer family is located. ... ...
    1425613
    979.3 D2d
    6-8
    book
    ... Genealogical Records
    Bible, cemetery, church, marriage, death, obituary, and probate records.
    Mrs. Chester A. Paterson(Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1953-58 ... ...
    ... ... ... Nevada Centennial Commission's Collection for Early Day Families A major collection of compiled genealogies. This collection has information about the state's pioneers and their descendants. Nevada Historical Society. ... ...
    1598449 3-4 1922-1975 Pershing County Records
    Vol 1-2
    Vol 1-Cemetery census: Big Meadow, Lone Mountain, small cemeteries; Death records/obits: newspaper obits, 1922-1975--- Vol 2: Marriage records/notices, Pioneer families, Church Records: Lovelock ... ...
    History
    1598456 2 ... Nevada Historical Research - Miscellaneous history Birth records/notices: Newspaper notices 1863-1918; Early Nevada Business Enterprises; Death records/obits: Newspapaer notices 1857-1924, 1863-1915; Divorces 1915-1918; Marriage records/notices; Mining concerns, Nevada; Newspaper 'scats': Admitted to citizenship 1876-1915 and estate settlements 1863-1918, Miscellaneous newspaper items 1868-1877 and 1909-1918; Prefessions: Attorneys and judges 1863-1908, Physicians, dentists, druggists 1864-1911; Nevada state and county officers; Church records. ... ...
    979.3 A1 Book
    no. 16
    ... The story of Seven Thoughts [Seven Troughs] Pershing Co. Nevada: The mining district, its people, its towns, its mines, its quest for water; and its promoters, all of which made an interesting chapter in the minng history of Nevada; Shamberger, Hugh A. (Carson City, Nev., 1972] ... ...
    979.3 A1 Book
    no. 23
    ... Nevada treasure hunters ghost town guide Includes 1881 fold-in map of Nevada with glossary of 800 place names, 1867 map of Nevada. ... ...
    Military
    338198 ...
    1890
    Union veterans of the Civil War and their widows. Nevada. T123-39
    Index in book 979.3 X22jv 1890
    ... ...
    M548-1 ... ... Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Nevada. ... ...
    Newspapers
    1598456 2 ... Nevada Historical Research - Miscellaneous history Birth records/notices: Newspaper notices 1863-1918; Early Nevada Business Enterprises; Death records/obits: Newspapaer notices 1857-1924, 1863-1915; Divorces 1915-1918; Marriage records/notices; Mining concerns, Nevada; Newspaper 'scats': Admitted to citizenship 1876-1915 and estate settlements 1863-1918, Miscellaneous newspaper items 1868-1877 and 1909-1918; Prefessions: Attorneys and judges 1863-1908, Physicians, dentists, druggists 1864-1911; Nevada state and county officers; Church records. ... ...
    1598449 3-4 1922-1975 Pershing County Records
    Vol 1-2
    Vol 1-Cemetery census: Big Meadow, Lone Mountain, small cemeteries; Death records/obits: newspaper obits, 1922-1975--- Vol 2: Marriage records/notices, Pioneer families, Church Records: Lovelock ... ...
    1598455 4-5 1861-1983 Humboldt Co. Records Vol 1-2 V.1. Birth records/notices: Newspaper notices 1868-1920; Cemetery census; Unionville, Winnemucca and others.-- V2. Death records/obits: Humboldt Co. records 1887-1913; Newspaper notices 1865-1918; Newspaper obits 1923-1883; Funeral home records: Eddy Funeral home. ... ...
    1598456 1 1861-1983 Humboldt Co. Records Vol 3 V3. Marriage records/notices: Humboldt Co. records 1861-1916; Newspaper notices 1874-1919; Pioneer families: Church records: Catholic Parish, Winnemucca; Winnemucca Episcopal Church. ... ...
    Vital Statistics
    1598449 3-4 1922-1975 Pershing County Records
    Vol 1-2
    Vol 1-Cemetery census: Big Meadow, Lone Mountain, small cemeteries; Death records/obits: newspaper obits, 1922-1975--- Vol 2: Marriage records/notices, Pioneer families, Church Records: Lovelock ... ...
    1598454 4-5 ... Nevada death records from various sources Abstractions of death records from various newspapers and mortuaries arranged alphabetically by surname. V.1. Death records, A-R ---V.2. Death records, S-Z and miscellaneoud death notices 1873-1899 ... ...
    869278
    176645
    ... ... Bible, cemetery, church, marriage, death, obituary, and probate records. Collected by Dau. of American Revolution and the Daughters of the American Colonists; Oakland, Calif.: Thompson & West, 1881 ... ...
    Vital Statistics
    962218 12 1871-1897 Births, marriages and deaths
    1871-1879 - Nevada St. Journal
    With missing dates ... ...
    1598449 3-4 1922-1975 Pershing County Records
    Vol 1-2
    Vol 1-Cemetery census: Big Meadow, Lone Mountain, small cemeteries; Death records/obits: newspaper obits, 1922-1975--- Vol 2: Marriage records/notices, Pioneer families, Church Records: Lovelock ... ...
    1598454 4-5 ... Nevada death records from various sources Abstractions of death records from various newspapers and mortuaries arranged alphabetically by surname. V.1. Death records, A-R ---V.2. Death records, S-Z and miscellaneoud death notices 1873-1899 ... ...
    1598455 4-5 1861-1983 Humboldt Co. Records Vol 1-2 V.1. Birth records/notices: Newspaper notices 1868-1920; Cemetery census; Unionville, Winnemucca and others.-- V2. Death records/obits: Humboldt Co. records 1887-1913; Newspaper notices 1865-1918; Newspaper obits 1923-1883; Funeral home records: Eddy Funeral home. ... ...
    1598456 1 1861-1983 Humboldt Co. Records Vol 3 V3. Marriage records/notices: Humboldt Co. records 1861-1916; Newspaper notices 1874-1919; Pioneer families: Church records: Catholic Parish, Winnemucca; Winnemucca Episcopal Church. ... ...
    1888644 ... 1919-1959 Marriage Records 1919-1959 Pershing Co. Vol 1-3. Includes indexes at beginning of volumes. ... ...
    1888665 ... 1919-1950 Affidavits of application for marriage license, 1919-1951 Pershing Co. Vol 1-22 (no. 1-1903) 1919-1950. Includes indexes at beginning of volumes. ... ...
    1888666 ... 1949-1951 Affidavits of application for marriage license, 1919-1951 Pershing Co. Vol 22-24 (no. 1903-2052) 1949-1951. Includes indexes at beginning of volumes. ... ...
    869278
    176645
    ... ... Bible, cemetery, church, marriage, death, obituary, and probate records. Collected by Dau. of American Revolution and the Daughters of the American Colonists; Oakland, Calif.: Thompson & West, 1881 ... ...
    1598456 2 ... Nevada Historical Research - Miscellaneous history Birth records/notices: Newspaper notices 1863-1918; Early Nevada Business Enterprises; Death records/obits: Newspapaer notices 1857-1924, 1863-1915; Divorces 1915-1918; Marriage records/notices; Mining concerns, Nevada; Newspaper 'scats': Admitted to citizenship 1876-1915 and estate settlements 1863-1918, Miscellaneous newspaper items 1868-1877 and 1909-1918; Prefessions: Attorneys and judges 1863-1908, Physicians, dentists, druggists 1864-1911; Nevada state and county officers; Church records. ... ...

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