(This page's most recent update is
August 2024)
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Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians, and archivists (as well as the largest of them all – FamilySearch), many indexes to death collections have been provided for free online. These searchable indexes provide specific death information and sometimes scanned images of the death certificates. These free online collections have hundreds of millions of records in total.
There are a great number of online and offline collections that may include death information that is not included in the lists below. For example, newspapers and obituaries have death info, but most times obituary indexes include the date of the obituary but not the date of death. To find out which types of other records may include death information, please see:
The lists below are specific death indexes and record collections that are available for free online for the state.
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.
Note: 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.
Nevada Death Records
- Carson, Indian Census Rolls, 1909-1939
- Churchill County Genealogy Index
- Churchill County, Records
- Clark County, Clippings Taken from the Las Vegas Age, 1909-1931
- Clark County, Death Index
- Clark County, Records
- Clark County. Mesquite, Cemetery and Death Records 1900-1948
- Douglas County, Burial and Death Records, 1887-1978; Index 1887-1923
- Douglas County, Death Index
- Douglas County, Records
- Elko County Death and Burial Index
- Elko County, Records, 1863-1938
- Elko Daily Free Press, Vital Records, 1967-1972
- Elko, The Wells Progress, 1969-1971
- Esmeralda County, Births and Deaths, 1887-1992
- Esmeralda County, Funeral Registers, 1906-1937
- Esmeralda County, Records
- Eureka County Death Records 1887-1971
- Eureka County, Records, 1864-1983
- Humboldt County, Death Records, 1887-1911
- Humboldt County, Records, 1861-1983
- Lander County, Birth and Death Records, 1887-1963
- Lander County, Records, 1886-1983
- Las Vegas, Las Vegas “Age” Newspaper Clippings, 1909-1931
- Lincoln County, Records, 1871-1978
- Lyon County Yerington Times Newspaper Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1910-1919
- Lyon County, Birth and Death Records, 1887-1968
- Lyon County, Records
- Mineral County Deaths
- Mineral County, Records
- Miscellaneous BMD Records by County
- Nevada County Birth and Death Records, 1871-1992
- Nevada Death and Obituary Index
- Nevada Death Index
- Nevada Federal and State Census Mortality Schedules 1870-1880
- Nevada State Journal Vital Records, 1968-1971
- Nevada State Journal, Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1871-1879
- Nevada State Journal, Vital Records, 1968-1971
- Nevada, Death Records from Various Sources
- Nevada, Historical Research; Miscellaneous History
- Nevada, World War I American Expeditionary Forces, Deaths, 1917-1919
- Nye County, Births and Deaths, 1887-1911
- Nye County, Births, Deaths and Miscellaneous Information Gleaned from “Round Mountain Nugget”, 1908-1909
- Nye County, Records
- Online Searchable Death Indexes
- Ormsby County, Death Index
- Ormsby County, Records
- Pahrump Chief Tecopa Cemetery, Births and Deaths
- Pershing County, Records, 1922-1975
- Reno, Reno, Evening Gazette, Newspaper Clippings of Vital Records, 1967-1971
- Sparks, The Sparks Tribune, Vital Records
- Storey County Coroner’s Record of Deaths 1879-1887
- Storey County Coroner’s Record of Deaths 1887-1911
- Storey County, Death Index
- Storey County, Death Index
- Storey County, Records
- Storey County, Recorded Birth, 1887-1905, 1911-1947, and Death Certificates, 1887-1949
- Storey County Genealogical Records
- United States Deaths and Burials, 1867-1961
- United States Korean War Battle Deaths, 1950-1957
- United States Social Security Death Index
- United States, World War I American Expeditionary Forces Deaths, 1917-1919
- Washoe County, Death Index
- Washoe County, Records
- Washoe County, Reno Hillside Cemetery Death and Burial Records
- Wells, Death Records, 1863-1954
- White Pine County, Death Records, 1887-1952
- White Pine County, Records
- Yerington, Mason Valley News, Marriages & Deaths from Newspaper Clippings, 1969-1972
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!