Free Nevada Online Church Records

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(This page's most recent update is December 2024)
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Another underutilized genealogy resource is Church Records. We tend to focus our research on civil records but need to be aware that church records often pre-date civil records and are a great resource as well. In the BMD Records section of this website, there are about 15,000 collections of civil records that are available online. Yes, that’s a lot, but we need to also search church records as well. 

What can we find in church or synagogue records? Here’s just a short list of what nuggets we can find:​

• Baptisms and Christenings
• Marriages
• Deaths
• Burials
• Confirmations​​
• ​Membership lists
• Church Minutes
• Church Directories
• Transfer Letters
• Bar or Bat Mitzvahs
• Sunday School lists
• Church newsletters​

​In addition, many folks also documented important events in family bibles, so they need to be searched as well if the event information has been digitized.

​Here are a couple of articles that you might find useful:​

• U.S. Church Records Research Guide
• United States Church Records
• A Genealogist’s Guide to Using Catholic Records in Genealogy Research

There is a large number of Free Online Church Record collections; the links for the state are below:

Note: Some links listed take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. Near the bottom of the page under Film/Digital Notes is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections’ images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital. To take full advantage make sure that you are logged in to FamilySearch. The results may be different if you are signed in, rather than not.

​Nevada Church Records

• Churchill County Records
• Clark County Records
• Elko County Records, 1863-1938
• Elko, First Presbyterian Church, Church Records, 1870-1920
• Eureka County Records, 1864-1983
• Humboldt County Records, 1861-1983
• Lander County Records, 1886-1983
• Lincoln County Records [Nevada, 1871-1978]
• Lyon County Records
• Mineral County Records
• Nevada, Protestant Episcopal Church, Church Archives
• Nevada, Records
• Nevada, Roman Catholic Church, Inventory of the Church Archives
• Nye County Records
• Orsmby County Records
• Pershing County Records, 1922-1975
• Reno, Trinity Episcopal Church, Church and Cemetery Records
• Storey County Records
• Storey County, Goldhill Episcopal Church, Marriages
• White Pine County Records