Contains obituaries mostly from Sacramento newspapers during the Gold Rush era.

Digital copies of obituaries for people with some connection to Pahrump, Nevada. Individauls may have lived and or died in many different states.

"Initially the focus of the collection was upon families from Johnson, Madison, Marion, and Newton Counties in Arkansas. It grew to include relatives, associates, and descendants of their ancestral families. Before long, people were included from Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri, California, Oregon, Washington, and many other states to which these folks had emigrated.".