Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Lyon County, checked against the repository descriptions linked below. Date spans may contain gaps; an index is not a complete set of original records.
Newspapers
- Lyon County Monitor (Yerington, Nev.)1900-1902
- Lyon County Sentinel (Dayton, N.T. [i.e. Nev.])1864-1866
- Lyon County Times (Silver City, Nev.)1874-1907
- Lyon County Times (Silver City, Nevada)1874-1907
- Lyon County WASP (Yerington, Nev.)1912-1913
- Mason Valley News (Mason, Nev.)1909-2021
- Mason Valley Tidings (Greenfield [i.e. Yerington], Nev.)1893-1894
- Pine Grove and Rockland Star (Pine Grove, Nev.)1872-1872
- Ramsey Recorder (Ramsey, Nev.)1906-1908
- Silver City Reporter (Silver City, Nev.)1876-1876
- Sutro Independent (Sutro, Nev.)1875-1880
- The Como Sentinel (Como, N.T. [i.e. Nev.])1864-1864
- The Daily Mining Reporter (Silver City, Nev.)1876-1876
- The Esmeralda Sun (Pine Grove, Nev.)1872-1872
- The Fernley Enterprise (Fernley, Nev.)1919-1920
- The Mining Reporter (Silver City, Nev.)1876-1876
- The Nevadian Times (Wadsworth, Nev.)1927-1935
- The News Reporter (Dayton, Nev.)1886-1887
- 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 Pine Grove Observer (Pine Grove, Nev.)1872-1872
- The Yerington Rustler (Yerington, Nev.)1895-1900
- Yerington Times (Yerington, Nev.)1907-1932
- Yerington Times (Yerington, Nevada)1907-1932
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
- Lyon County official website
Hours, addresses and phone numbers for the county recorder and the district court, and any online record search the county offers.
- 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, Lyon" 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
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.