Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Esmeralda County, checked against the repository descriptions linked below. Date spans may contain gaps; an index is not a complete set of original records.
Newspapers
- Aurora Daily Times (Aurora, N.T. [Nev.])1863-1864
- Borax Miner (Columbus, Nev.)1873-1878
- Bovard Booster (Bovard, Nev.)1908-1908
- Columbia Topics (Columbia, Nev.)1908-1909
- Divide City Times (Divide City, Nev.)1919-1919
- Dutch Creek News (Dutch Creek, Nev.)1907-1907
- Esmeralda Herald (Aurora, Nev.)1877-1884
- Esmeralda News (Hawthorne, Nev.)1887-1889
- Gilbert Record (Gilbert, Nev.)1925-1926
- Goldfield Chronicle (Goldfield, Nev.)1906-1909
- Goldfield Daily News (Goldfield, Nev.)1909-1911
- Goldfield Daily Sun (Goldfield, Nev.)1905-1906
- Goldfield Daily Tribune (Goldfield, Nev.)1906-1930
- Granite Times (Granite, Nev.)1908-1908
- Hawthorne-Lucky Boy News (Hawthorne, Nev.)1909-1909
- Hawthorne-Lucky Boy Post (Hawthorne, Nev.)1909-1909
- Luckyboy Mining Record (Luckyboy, Nev.)1909-1909
- Nevada Mining News (Goldfield, Nev.)1906-1906
- Pine Grove and Rockland Star (Pine Grove, Nev.)1872-1872
- Rawhide Daily Press (Rawhide, Nev.)1908-1908
- Rawhide News (Rawhide, Nev.)1908-1909
- Rawhide Press-Times (Rawhide, Nev.)1908-1911
- Rawhide Rustler (Rawhide, Nev.)1907-1909
- Silver Peak Post (Silver Peak, Nev.)1906-1907
- The Aurora Borealis (Aurora, Nev.)1905-1906
- The Aurora Daily Times (Aurora, N.T. [Nev.])1864-1864
- The Aurora Weekly Times (Aurora, N.T. [Nev.])1864-1864
- The Blair Press (Blair, Nev.)1906-1910
- The Chloride Belt (Candelaria, Nev.)1890-1892
- The Esmeralda Daily Union (Aurora, N.T. [Nev.])1864-1864
- The Esmeralda Star (Aurora, Calif. [i.e. Nev.])1862-1864
- The Esmeralda Sun (Pine Grove, Nev.)1872-1872
- The Esmeralda Union (Aurora, N.T. [Nev.])1864-1868
- The Goldfield News (Goldfield, Esmeralda County, Nevada)1904-1911
- The Goldfield News (Goldfield, Nev.)1904-1911
- The Goldfield News and Beatty Bulletin (Goldfield, Nev.)1947-1956
- The Goldfield News and Weekly Tribune (Goldfield, Nev.)1911-1947
- The Goldfield News and Weekly Tribune (Goldfield, Nevada)1911-1947
- The Goldfield Post (Goldfield, Nev.)1912-1914
- The Goldfield Review (Columbia, Goldfield Mining District, Nev.)1904-1909
- The Goldfield Vigilant (Goldfield, Esmeralda County [Nev.])1905-1905
- The Goldfield Weekly Tribune (Goldfield, Esmeralda County, Nev.)1906-1911
- The Hornsilver Herald (Hornsilver, Nev.)1908-1908
- The Nevada Workman (Goldfield, Nev.)1907-1908
- The Oasis (Hawthorne, Nev.)1881-1881
- The Palmetto Herald (Palmetto, Nev.)1906-1906
- The Pick and Shovel (Pine Grove, Nev.)1872-1872
- The Pine Grove Burlesque (Pine Grove, Nev.)1872-1872
- The Pine Grove Chronicle (Pine Grove, Nev.)1872-1872
- The Rawhide Miner (Rawhide, Nev.)1908-1908
- The Rawhide Times (Rawhide, Nev.)1908-1908
- The True Fissure (Candelaria, Nev.)1880-1886
- Walker Lake Bulletin (Hawthorne, Esmeralda County, Nev.; Hawthorne, Mineral County, Nevada)1883-1926
- Walker Lake Bulletin (Hawthorne, Nev.)1883-1926
- Western Nevada Miner (Mina, Nev.)1907-1928
See the repository's descriptions and search options
Repository access note: Selected newspaper titles cataloged by the Library of Congress with explicit county geography. Priority is given to titles beginning by 1950; up to five later titles are included where no earlier dated title is listed for that county. Dates describe publication history, not the issues available at a library. Multiple format records with the same title, place and dates are grouped. The catalog may describe paper, microfilm or online resources. Open ends and the word Current reflect the catalog description; confirm present availability and exact holdings with the libraries listed on the linked record.
Sources: the catalogs and repository descriptions linked on the entries above. Selected inventories do not establish complete coverage of every record type or online access to original documents. Read the repository access note for source dates and limitations.
Where to find the records
- Find Esmeralda County's official website
We haven't checked this county's website yet, so this opens a web search. Look for an address ending in .gov, then find the county recorder and the district court.
- The county recorder
Deeds and other land records, and marriage certificates.
- The district court
Probate (wills and estates), divorces and civil cases.
- The Nevada State Library, Archives and Public Records
In Carson City: state records and some county and court records.
- Nevada State Library, Archives and Public Recordsfree
The state library and archives in Carson City, with state records and some county and court records.
- FamilySearch Catalogfree
Search by place for "Nevada, Esmeralda" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Land not yet in any county
Later formed partly from Esmeralda County: Lander County, Mineral County, Nye County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1861, search the parent county. The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries shows each boundary change.
Research tip
Nevada began statewide registration of births and deaths in 1911. Before 1861 its land was part of Utah Territory, so look there for the earliest records.