One of the main goals for genealogists in searching historic newspapers is to find obituaries. Obituaries are a gold mine of information. They provide death dates and locations, funeral and cemetery information and sometimes more importantly - information about the relatives of the deceased's family and extended family. This family name information is often not found anywhere else.
Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians and archivists, a great number of indexes to death information and obituaries from newspapers have been provided for free online. These searchable indexes or index lists provide the location in old newspapers where the obituary can be found. Sometimes the obituary clipping or transcription is even provided.
Below is a list of links to Nevada obituary indexes, an alternative means to newspaper searching to find obituary information. If the newspaper clippings are available, or if the obituaries are transcribed, they will be denoted. Please be aware that if you find a desired obituary in an index, that the holder of the actual obituary (e.g., library or genealogical society) may charge a small fee to send you a copy of the obituary itself.
(Updated June, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD)
General U.S.
- Currentobituary.com index, 2001-2014
- United Methodist Church Annual Conference Journal Memoirs and Obituary Index
- United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014
- United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012
Nevada
- Carson City Newspaper Index
- Carson City Recorder Genealogy Indexes
- Churchill County Obituary Index
- Clark County Obituary Index
- Douglas County Obituaries
- Elko County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Elko Daily Free Press Newspaper Clippings, 1967-1972
- Humboldt County Obituary Index (transcriptions)
- Lander County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Lyon County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Mineral County Obituary Index
- Moapa Valley, Overton, and St. Thomas area Newspaper Clippings 1909-1931
- Nevada Appeal Obituary Index
- Nevada Newspaper and Obituary Index
- Nevada Obituaries - Obit City
- Nevada State Journal : Vital records, 1968-1971
- Nevada USGenWeb Obituary Project (transcriptions)
- Nye County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Nye County Obituary Indexes
- Pahrump, Nevada Genealogical Society Obits 1970-2009 (clippings)
- Pershing County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Sparks Tribune : Obituaries and vital records (clippings)
- Washoe County Obituaries
- Washoe County Obituaries (transcriptions)
If you wish to search this state's historic newspapers for obituaries, click on Nevada Online Historical Newspapers Summary
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
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