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* County assessor maps can be useful, Pershing County has maps that are of use. | * County assessor maps can be useful, Pershing County has maps that are of use. | ||
* [http://geonames.usgs.gov/ GNIS] has information about place names that sometimes includes useful citations. | * [http://geonames.usgs.gov/ GNIS] has information about place names that sometimes includes useful citations. | ||
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* [http://www.nevadaoutdoorschool.org/InterpretiveKits.htm Interpretive Kits] - useful for the classroom. | |||
== Newspaperarchive.com == | == Newspaperarchive.com == | ||
Revision as of 23:11, 8 November 2014
This article contains information about how to do research about the Black Rock Desert and Nevada in general.
Books
- Searching Google Books can be of value.
- See Bibliography for a list of books. Carlson's "Nevada Place Names" and Fairfield's "Fairfield's Pioneer History of Lassen County, California" are very valuable.
Censuses
- The Censuses page has links to historic Nevada Censuses
Genealogy
Historical Societies
Libraries
- University of Nevada Reno
Magazines
- Desert Magazine has articles from the 1950s.
Maps
- The Maps page contains a number of useful maps. In particular, the Historic Maps page has links to old topo maps and township plats.
- County assessor maps can be useful, Pershing County has maps that are of use.
- GNIS has information about place names that sometimes includes useful citations.
Nevada Outdoor School
- Interpretive Kits - useful for the classroom.
Newspaperarchive.com
- When using Google, to find newspaper articles, try adding "site:newspaperchive.com" to a search.
Oral Histories
- UNR has Oral Histories