One of the main goals for genealogists in searching historic newspapers is to find obituaries. Obituaries are a gold mine of information. They provide death dates and locations, funeral and cemetery information, and sometimes more importantly – information about the relatives of the deceased’s family and extended family. This family name information is often not found anywhere else.
Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians, and archivists, a great number of indexes to death information and obituaries from newspapers have been provided for free online. These searchable indexes or index lists provide the location in old newspapers where the obituary can be found. Sometimes the obituary clipping or transcription is even provided.
Below is a list of links to Nevada obituary indexes, an alternative means to newspaper searching to find obituary information. If the newspaper clippings are available, or if the obituaries are transcribed, they will be denoted. Please be aware that if you find a desired obituary in an index, that the holder of the actual obituary (e.g., library or genealogical society) may charge a small fee to send you a copy of the obituary itself.
(Updated October 2021; recently added links are in BOLD)
General U.S.
- Currentobituary.com index, 2001-2014
- Obituary Daily Times Index, 1995-2016
- U.S., Selected Jewish Obituaries, 1948-2002
- United Methodist Church Annual Conference Journal Memoirs and Obituary Index
- United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014
- United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012
Nevada
- Alpine County Records, including Obituaries., 1864-1983
- California/Nevada Newspaper Death Notices, 1863-1930
- Carson City Newspaper Index
- Carson City Recorder Genealogy Indexes
- Carson City Records, including Obituaries
- Churchill County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Churchill County Obituary Index
- Churchill County Records, including Obituaries
- Clark County Obituary Index
- Clark County Records, including Obituaries
- Douglas County Obituaries
- Douglas County Records, including Obituaries
- Elko County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Elko County Records, including Obituaries, 1863-1938
- Elko Daily Free Press Newspaper Clippings, 1967-1972
- Elko Independent (clippings] : 1970-1972
- Esmeralda County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Esmeralda County Records, including Obituaries
- Eureka County Records, including Obituaries, 1864-1983
- Humboldt County Obituary Index (transcriptions)
- Humboldt County Records, including Obituaries, 1861-1983
- Lander County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Lander County Records, including Obituaries, 1886-1983
- Lincoln County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Lincoln County Records, 1871-1978
- Lyon County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Lyon County Records, including Obituaries
- Mineral County Obituary Index
- Mineral County Records, including Obituaries
- Moapa Valley, Overton, and St. Thomas area Newspaper Clippings 1909-1931
- Nevada Appeal Obituary Index
- Nevada Death and Obituary Records from various sources
- Nevada GenealogyBuff Obituary Files
- Nevada Historical Research Miscellaneous History, including Obituaries
- Nevada Newspaper and Obituary Index
- Nevada Obituaries – Obit City
- Nevada Obituary Archives (Index free only)
- Nevada State Journal : Vital records, 1968-1971
- Nevada USGenWeb Obituary Project (transcriptions)
- Nye County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Nye County Obituary Indexes
- Nye County Records, including Obituaries
- Pahrump, Nevada Genealogical Society Obits 1970-2009 (clippings)
- Pershing County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Pershing County Records, including Obituaries, 1922-1975
- Reno, Mountain View Cemetery, Newspaper Obituaries Indexes, 1924-1975
- Sparks & Washoe, Sparks Tribune, Vital Records, including Obituaries
- Sparks Tribune : Obituaries and vital records (clippings)
- Storey County Records, including Obituaries
- Washoe County Obituaries
- Washoe County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Washoe County Records, including Obituaries
- Western States Deseret News deaths (card file) 1970
- White Pine County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- White Pine County Records, including Obituaries
If you wish to search this state’s historic newspapers for obituaries, click on Nevada Online Historical Newspapers Summary
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
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