Box Elder County, Utah Genealogy

United States Utah  Box Elder County

County Court House
Box Elder County Courthouse 1 South Main Street Brigham City, Utah 84302 Phone: 435:734-3388

County Clerk has birth and death records 1898-1905 marriage records from 1887 divorce, probate, court and land records from 1856

Parent Counties
was created January 5, 1856 from: Unorganized territory | Weber and Green River (old)

Neighboring Counties


Counties that adjoin are: Tooele | Davis | Weber | Cache | Idaho counties: Cassia | Oneida; Nevada county: Elko

Biography

 * History of Box Elder County
 * Box Elder County, Utah newspaper card index historical, biographical, vital records


 * Newspaper card index to births, deaths, divorces, marriages, and subject index, 1890-1915
 * Newspaper card index, locality index
 * Newspaper card index, biographies
 * Newspaper card index, subject and vital record index - Corinne newspapers, 1869-1875


 * public libraries.

Business Records and Commerce

 * public libraries.

Cemeteries
List of Box Elder County, Utah Cemeteries that exist or in some cases no longer exist.


 * Box Elder County Cemeteries at the Utah State Historical site
 * public libraries.
 * USGenWeb Archives Box Elder County, Utahprovides names in Plymouth Cemetery and Woodmen of the World of Box Elder County.
 * The city of Howell Utah has a very nice cemetery it is on the main road that leads to the Howell church from highway 83. It is on the South side of the road and is easy to find.
 * There is an other cemetery in Howell we call it the baby cemetery it is on the road the leads to the head of the creek. It is about two hundred yards North of where Rex Nesson lives and is about one hundred yards east of the road. This cemetery is quite old and there are about six graves there.
 * Tremonton has a large cemetery in town. A large cemetery there is the Riverview Cemetery, while a smaller one just outside of town is the Salt Creek Cemetery.

BillionGraves:


 * Riverview Cemetery, Tremonton
 * Salt Creek Cemetery, Tremonton
 * Valleyview Cemetery, Tremonton

Census
The 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 U.S. federal population schedules of Box Elder County are available online. For tips on accessing census records online, see Utah Census. If you're having trouble finding your ancestors in national indexes, try checking local indexes. Created by experts familiar with the area's families, these indexes are often transcribed more accurately than nationwide indexes. See Utah Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book for more information about statewide printed indexes.


 * 1856
 * 1860
 * 1870
 * 1880
 * 1890
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930
 * public libraries.

Church Records
Church records are usually found in the towns rather than on the county level. However on the county level are listed in the Family History Library Catalog. Early church records, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, for Box Elder County Wards and Branches can also be found by refering to Jaussi, Laureen R., and Gloria D. Chaston. Register of Genealogical Society Call Numbers. 2 vols. Provo, Utah: Genealogy Tree, 1982. (FHL book 979.2258 A3j; fiche 6031507). These volumes contain the film numbers for many (but not all) membership and temple record films.


 * public libraries.

Court Records

 * public libraries.
 * Current records may be at the Box Elder County Justice Court. Phone: 435-734-3390

Directories

 * public libraries.

Funeral Homes
Gillies Funeral Chapel and Crematory 634 East 200 South Brigham City, UT 84302 Phone: 435-723-5236 Toll Free Phone: 888-723-5236 Fax: 435-723-6905

Myers Mortuary 205 South 100 East Brigham City, UT 84302 Phone: 435-723-8484 Fax: 435-723-7170

History

 * Google Books has several online history books about Box Elder County.
 * public libraries.

,===== History Timeline =====

NOTE: Unless otherwise mentioned, the events below were gleaned from Wikipedia for Box Elder County.


 * 1800’s- The Bear River Valley was originally inhabited by the Fremont and Shoshoni Indians. Then French-Canadian trappers entered the valley.
 * 1851. First permanent homes in county at site of present Brigham City
 * 1851. Willard settled by Mormon settlers.
 * 1852. Perry was settled by Orrin Porter Rockwell. Early name was Three Mile Creek
 * 1853. Lorenzo Snow created first self-sufficient city (present-day Brigham City)
 * 1856. Box Elder County formed
 * 1861. Honeyville settled. Agricultural community.
 * 1863. Mantua settled by Danish families called by authorities of L.D.S. Church to settle in valley.
 * 1864. Deweyville settled by William Empey.
 * 1868. Elwoodsettled by homesteaders and families with "squatter rights."
 * 1869 May. Golden spike driven at Promontory Summit to connect Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads.
 * 1869. Plymouthfounded. Named for imagined resemblance of nearby large rock to the Plymouth Rock.
 * 1869. Corinnelaid out by Union Pacific and settled by people of different religions.
 * 1871. Snowville settled at direction of Brigham Young. Named after Mormon Apostle Lorenzo Snow.
 * 1886. Bear River City incorporated.
 * 1890. Penrose named for Mormon Apostle Charles W. Penrose. Lush grass and watering places for herds of deer and tribes of Indians1892. Town of Fielding erected. Named after Mary Fielding Smith..
 * 1929. Elwood established.  Early name was Manila Ward.
 * 1940’s. Economic boost during WWII, with creation of Bushnell General Hospital,
 * 1950-1960’s. Major growth in county, with Thiokol plant built in 1957

Land

 * This covers land records from 1857 to 1940 and the index covers 1847 to 1942.
 * public libraries.
 * Indian Land Records, 1884-1930.

Wiki articles describing online collection are found at:


 * Utah, Box Elder County Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Maps
For historical maps of Utah and Box Elder County, see:


 * David Rumsey Collection for Utah
 * Perry-Castaneda Map Collection for Utah
 * 1876 Utah Map Box Elder County is in the upper left corner
 * Historical Maps of Utah has several maps of Utah counties
 * 1895 U S Atlas of Box Elder County

Migration
Early migration routes to and from for emigrant settlers included: :


 * California Trail 1846 to 1869 from western Missouri to northern California
 * Mormon Trail 1848 to 1869 from Iowa to Utah
 * Central Pacific Railroad since 1869 from Ogden, Utah to Sacramento, California

Military

 * public libraries.
 * Casualties from Box Elder Countyin World War II (Army and Air Force)

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * public libraries.

Newspapers
Resources include:


 * Box Elder News and Corinne Reporter, covering 1871-1926 are included.
 * public libraries.
 * Existing copies of newspapers
 * Existing copies of newspapers

Obituaries

 * Newspapers of
 * Local Funeral Homes, Societies, Libraries, or in family records.
 * Obituaries of neighboring counties
 * Newspapers of major cities: Deseret News and/or The Salt Lake Tribune both in Salt Lake City


 * public libraries.
 * USGenWeb Archives Box Elder County, Utah contains the obituaries of 2002-2005 from Box Elder Journal

Officials and Employees

 * public libraries.

Probate

 * public libraries.

Public Records

 * public libraries.
 * An online collection is linked to and described on Utah, Box Elder County Records

Courthouses
Address: 1 South Main St, Brigham City, UT 84302 Phone (Brigham City): 435-734-3300 Phone (Tremonton): 435-257-5810 Hours: 8am - 5pm Monday - Friday Box Elder County Home Page History of the Box Elder County Courthouse

County seat: Brigham City

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Brigham City Utah Family History Center
 * Tremonton-Garland Utah Family History Center

Libraries

 * public libraries.


 * Brigham City Library :26 East Forest Street :Brigham City, UT 84302 :Phone: (435) 723-5850 (435) 723-5850 *Garland Public Library :86 West Factory Rd :Garland, UT 84312 :Phone: (435) 257-3117 (435) 257-3117
 * Tremonton City Library :210 North Tremont Street :Tremonton, UT 84337 :Phone: (435) 257-2690

Societies
Bear River City DUP Museum 4600 West 5900 North (in the park) Bear River, UT 84301

Open on request; free admission 435-279-8350 Brigham City DUP (Restored Log Cabin) 200 North 300 West (Pioneer Park) Brigham City, UT 84302 Open by appointment; free admission

Taxation

 * public libraries.

Marriage

 * 1887-1942 Western States Marriage Index. Includes Box Elder County 1887-1942.

Wiki articles describing marriage a collection is found at:

Utah, Box Elder County Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Death

 * Utah Death Certificates 1904 - 1956 -A free internet access to the 1904-1956 death certificates can be viewed at https://www.familysearch.org/ . Utah requires a death certificate before a burial is completed. A death certificate may contain information as to the name of the deceased, date of death, and place of death, as well as the age, birthdate, parents, gender, marital status, spouse and place of residence.
 * Utah State Burial Index for death before 1904
 * Utah State Vital Records :Utah Department of Health Office of Vital Records &amp; Statistics :P.O. Box 141010 :Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-1010 :Phone: (801) 538-6101
 * Box Elder County Utah Vital Records :Box Elder County Clerk :1 S Main Street :Brigham City, UT 84302 :Phone: (435) 734-3388
 * First District Court (Divorce Records) :43 North Main :P.O. Box 873 :Brigham City, UT 84302-0873 :Phone: (435) 734-4600 Fax: (435) 734-4610
 * public libraries.
 * USGenWeb Archives Box Elder County, Utah provides the Death Certificates of 1903-1908