One of the main goals for genealogists is finding birth, baptism, and/or christening information about their ancestors.
Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians, and archivists, a great number of indexes to birth and baptism collections have been provided for free online. These searchable indexes provide specific birth, baptism, or christening information, and sometimes scanned images of the actual birth documents themselves. These free online collections have millions of records in them in total.
There are a great number of online and offline collections that may include birth information that is not included in the lists below. These different types can be found in 27 Ways to Find Ancestor Birth Information
If you are interested in baptism indexes that may include the birth date as well as baptism information, make sure and check out Church Records.
The lists below are specific birth, baptism, and christening indexes and record collections that are available for free online for the state.
Note 1: Many of the links listed below take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. In many cases there is a link to the digital collection in the middle of the page, but also 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. Please also note that I have listed below only databases that are accessible digitally from your computer (or tablet/phone)
Note 2: I have included links to Free Ancestry records and indexes. You do not need a subscription, but do need an Ancestry account. Without a subscription, you can view indexes. If there is an image associated with a record, in most cases you will need a subscription, but the index does include very usable information.
(Updated December 2021; recently added links are in BOLD):
- Carson City Birth and Death Records
- Churchill County Genealogy Index
- Churchill County WW1 Draft Cards (include date of birth)
- Clark County Newspapers Birth Announcements 1911-1970
- Clark County WW1 Draft Cards (include date of birth)
- Douglas County WW1 Draft Cards (include date of birth)
- Elko County WW1 Draft Cards (include date of birth)
- Esmeralda County WW1 Draft Cards (include date of birth)
- Eureka County WW1 Draft Cards (include date of birth)
- Humboldt County WW1 Draft Cards (include date of birth)
- Lander County WW1 Draft Cards (include date of birth)
- Lincoln County WW1 Draft Cards (include date of birth)
- Lyon County WW1 Draft Cards (include date of birth)
- Lyon County Yerington Times newspaper Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1910-1919
- Mineral County WW1 Draft Cards (include date of birth)
- Miscellaneous BMD Records by County
- Nevada County Birth and Death Records, 1871-1992
- Nevada Newspapers Birth Notices 1961-1968
- Nevada State Journal Vital Records, 1968-1971
- Nye County WW1 Draft Cards (include date of birth)
- Ormsby County WW1 Draft Cards (include date of birth)
- Pahrump Chief Tecopa Cemetery, Births and Deaths
- Pershing County WW1 Draft Cards (include date of birth)
- Storey County WW1 Draft Cards (include date of birth)
- Storey County, Birth Indexes
- Storey County Genealogical Records
- United States Births and Christenings, 1867-1931
- Washoe County WW1 Draft Cards (include date of birth)
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
For other Free Nevada Links, click on the category of interest:
Newspapers
Obituaries
BMD Records
Photos
Yearbooks
Directories
Divorce Records
Naturalizations
Church Records
School Records
Coroner Records
Voter Records
Probate and Wills
Immigration
Mortuary Records
Alumni Records
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