List of Web Sites
If a Google search does not get you the information you are searching for, you might try some of my favorite research web sites.
Nevada Online Encyclopedia
Nevada Humanities Project. Reliable Internet information. They also do special features like Civil Rights in Nevada, Howard Hughes, Virginia City saloon artifacts, etc.
Photographic Collection
From the Special collections at UNR. Great resource for places or events. It is the only place I found photos of Lahontan City!
Nevada in Maps
Includes Sanborn town maps, historic geological and mining maps, Nevada highway maps, and plat maps from 1867 to 1927. UNR.
Insulators
Find information on insulators used in the West for telegraph and telephone.
San Francisco City Directories
Not easy to search, but a great resource for early Nevada history. After all - that is where all our silver went!
Sacramento City Directories
Same for San Francisco without the silver, but closer and the capital.
Ghosttowns.com
First of several ghost town web sites.
Another interesting ghost town site
Besides ghost towns, this site currently has special maps for charcoal kilns and petroglyphs.
A fthird web site
Nevada adventures.
And one more ghost town web site
Fifth and last ghost town web site. Forgotten Nevada list of ghost towns. These explorers not only give a little history, but document their sources!!! I think it is the best of the bunch - especially if you want to visit one of these sites!
Howard Hickson's Northeast Nevada
Hickson is the director emeritus of the Northeaster Nevada Museum in Elko. Very trustworthy site. Another great site to explore.
CLAN: Nevada History Online
Find searchable oral histories, newspapers (Austin, Goodsprings, Wadsworth, and Virginia City), Desert magazine,etc. A bit cumbersome, but where else can you find this information???
GNIS: Geographical Names: Yale University
GNIS: Geographical Names: Government Site
Want to visit Sleep Joe Mine or Nancy Springs? This site allows you to type in any name (or part of name) and will give you a list of sites associated with it in Nevada (make sure you filter out to only Nevada!). Springs, valleys, canyons, mines, basins, cemeteries, tunnels, dams, etc. may all be found. Find the correct GPS location and use Google Maps to zoom in on where you want to go!
Ancestry.com
This the only paid site. You can find the Reno papers (some you have not head of) from 1875 to 1950. These are indexed and a great way to find a name of someone you know nothing about. Also includes indexed census through 1940. Public family trees can be useful. You can do a general search and find military records, birth records, immigration records, etc. You can even search the United States Post Office book. Lists all post offices and all postmasters. Pretty exciting for postal history collectors! YES, it costs. YES, it is worth it.
US Post Masters
This is an ancestry web page, but really worth the mention. Find any post master from any city at any time!
If a Google search does not get you the information you are searching for, you might try some of my favorite research web sites.
Nevada Online Encyclopedia
Nevada Humanities Project. Reliable Internet information. They also do special features like Civil Rights in Nevada, Howard Hughes, Virginia City saloon artifacts, etc.
Photographic Collection
From the Special collections at UNR. Great resource for places or events. It is the only place I found photos of Lahontan City!
Nevada in Maps
Includes Sanborn town maps, historic geological and mining maps, Nevada highway maps, and plat maps from 1867 to 1927. UNR.
Insulators
Find information on insulators used in the West for telegraph and telephone.
San Francisco City Directories
Not easy to search, but a great resource for early Nevada history. After all - that is where all our silver went!
Sacramento City Directories
Same for San Francisco without the silver, but closer and the capital.
Ghosttowns.com
First of several ghost town web sites.
Another interesting ghost town site
Besides ghost towns, this site currently has special maps for charcoal kilns and petroglyphs.
A fthird web site
Nevada adventures.
And one more ghost town web site
Fifth and last ghost town web site. Forgotten Nevada list of ghost towns. These explorers not only give a little history, but document their sources!!! I think it is the best of the bunch - especially if you want to visit one of these sites!
Howard Hickson's Northeast Nevada
Hickson is the director emeritus of the Northeaster Nevada Museum in Elko. Very trustworthy site. Another great site to explore.
CLAN: Nevada History Online
Find searchable oral histories, newspapers (Austin, Goodsprings, Wadsworth, and Virginia City), Desert magazine,etc. A bit cumbersome, but where else can you find this information???
GNIS: Geographical Names: Yale University
GNIS: Geographical Names: Government Site
Want to visit Sleep Joe Mine or Nancy Springs? This site allows you to type in any name (or part of name) and will give you a list of sites associated with it in Nevada (make sure you filter out to only Nevada!). Springs, valleys, canyons, mines, basins, cemeteries, tunnels, dams, etc. may all be found. Find the correct GPS location and use Google Maps to zoom in on where you want to go!
Ancestry.com
This the only paid site. You can find the Reno papers (some you have not head of) from 1875 to 1950. These are indexed and a great way to find a name of someone you know nothing about. Also includes indexed census through 1940. Public family trees can be useful. You can do a general search and find military records, birth records, immigration records, etc. You can even search the United States Post Office book. Lists all post offices and all postmasters. Pretty exciting for postal history collectors! YES, it costs. YES, it is worth it.
US Post Masters
This is an ancestry web page, but really worth the mention. Find any post master from any city at any time!