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Nevada County Books
(and other Reference Materials)
Online versions
Western Nevada County:
Foley and Searls Libraries-- have unique collections
Here are a few of their specialties
Foley:
- Historic newspaper collection on microfilm
- Nevada County property and probate records on microfilm
- Assessor's township maps for the 1930's and 1940's
- Digital databases for historic maps, obituaries, mortuaries
- Mortuary Records
- Cemetery and Obituary Indices
- Local Histories
- Census records for Nevada County on microfilm
- Naturalization index
- Cornish collection
- Mining collection
- Nevada County Vital records index
- Old original volumes of public records from licenses to records of the insane
See a brief sample of collection.
Searls:
- Original will books
- Extensive historic photo and map collections
- Great Registers--showing naturalization
- Manuscript collections--unpublished diaries and family genealogies
- Original civil and criminal case files
- Original marriage certificates from the 1860's
- Local Histories
- Overland Trail manuscripts, histories and diaries
- Nevada County Vital records index
- Assessor's books showing property ownership from 1860's - 1940's
- Naturalization records and indexes
- Mining records and periodicals
See a brief sample of collection.
Eastern Nevada County:
Searls and Foley Libraries have limited material for Truckee, Donner Summit, Boca and Hobart Mills. More research materials are available from the following:
Truckee Donner Historical Society
Contact the
web site
Donner Summit Historical Society
Contact the web site
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This page last updated: 16 Jan 2019
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