Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians, and archivists (as well as the largest of them all – FamilySearch), a great number of indexes to death collections have been provided for free online. These searchable indexes provide specific death information, and sometimes scanned images of the actual death certificates themselves. These free online collections have hundreds of millions of records in them in total.
There are a great number of online and offline collections that may include death information that are 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 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 BMD 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
- Clark County, Death Index
- Clark County. Mesquite, Cemetery and Death Records 1900-1948
- Douglas County, Death Index
- Elko County Death and Burial Index
- Eureka County Death Records 1887-1971
- Lyon County Yerington Times newspaper Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1910-1919
- Mineral County Deaths
- 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
- Online Searchable Death Indexes
- Ormsby County, Death Index
- Pahrump Chief Tecopa Cemetery, Births and Deaths
- 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 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, Reno Hillside Cemetery Death and Burial Records
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
Cemetery Records
