Storey County Nevada Death & Birth records, 1862-1903

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Storey County, Nevada Vital Records 1862 - 1914 Gold, silver - the "life and breath" of early Nevadans. No place was this more apparent than in Storey County. Starting in the early 1860's, Virginia City and Gold Hill, the two primary towns of Storey County, grew rapidly into boomtowns, their populations swelling with miners, merchants and their families. The residents of Storey County were a diverse group, the wealthy, the poor, the educated and those who signed their name with an "X". They represented a variety of races, religions and came from all over the United States plus large populations of Chinese, Irish, Welsh and Germans, as well as many others. Virginia City's population in the 19th century grew from less than 7,000 in 1860 to 75,000 by 1875. The city boasted an opera house, fine schools, an orphanage, restaurants, numerous churches, fraternal organizations, a fire department and stores of every description. Gold Hill, though a much smaller community, had similar successes, its population reaching about 8,000 by the mid 1870's. "Storey County Vitals" contains over 6,700 19th and early 20th century birth, death and burial records for Virginia City, Gold Hill and the surrounding area including: Lousetown, Divide, American City, Devil's Gate and Six Mile Canyon - all within few miles of Gold Hill and Virginia City. These records contain thousands more individual names. The following records are contained in this database and are available on microfilm at the Nevada State Library in Carson City, Nevada:

Sources Robinson, Doreen, comp. Storey County Nevada Death & Birth records, 1862-1903. [database online] Orem, UT: Ancestry, Inc., 2001. Taken from existing records contained by the Nevada State Library in Carson City, Nevada.

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