Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Storey County, checked against the repository descriptions linked below. Date spans may contain gaps; an index is not a complete set of original records.
Newspapers
- Campaign Notes (Virginia City, Nev.)1900-1900
- Daily Morning Message (Gold Hill, N.T. [i.e. Nev.])1864-1864
- Daily Territorial Enterprise (Virginia, N.T. [Nev.])1861-1916
- Gold Hill Daily News (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.])1863-1882
- Monday Budget (Virginia City, Nev.)1917-1918
- Monday Budget (Virginia City, Nev.)1927-1929
- Territorial Enterprise (Genoa, Carson Valley, Utah Terr.)1858-1861
- Territorial Enterprise (Virginia City, Nev.)1946-1946
- The Daily Constitution (Virginia [i.e. Virginia City], Nev.)1864-1865
- The Daily Independent (Virginia City, Nev.)1874-1875
- The Daily Old Piute (Virginia, N.T. [i.e. Virginia City, Nev.])1864-1865
- The Daily Safeguard (Virginia [i.e. Virginia City], Nev.)1868-1869
- The Daily Trespass (Virginia [i.e. Virginia City], Nev.)1867-1868
- The Evening Report (Virginia City, Nev.)1887-1904
- The Footlight (Virginia City, Nev.)1872-1887
- The People's Tribune (Gold Hill, Nev.)1870-1870
- The Virginia Daily Union (Virginia, N.T. [i.e. Virginia City, Nev.])1862-1867
- Virginia City News (Virginia City, Nev.)1930-1951
- Virginia Evening Bulletin (Virginia City, N.T. [i.e. Nev.])1863-1864
- Virginia Evening Chronicle (Virginia [Virginia City], Nev.)1872-1927
- Washoe Daily Evening Herald (Virginia, N.T. [i.e. Virginia City, Nev.])1864-1864
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
- Storey 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, Storey" 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.