Ogden, Weber County, Utah Genealogy

History
Ogden is the county seat of Weber County. Ogden has a history of Mountain Men Rendezvous, Latter-day Saint settlers and the arrival of the railroad along with it’s array of colorful characters. It’s first non Native American inhabitants were traders/trappers that lived in the mountains east of Ogden with their Native American wives trapping and trading. Peter Skene Ogden led a group of trappers to what is now Ogden Valley in 1825.

Mountain men Jedediah S. Smith, Peter Skene Ogden, Etienne Provost, and Jim Bridger, camped in the Ogden area. Fort Buenaventura is an area that was claimed in 1843 by horse trader/trapper Miles Goodyear. Miles built the fort and trading post on the banks of the Weber River just west of what is now Ogden City. Fort Buenaventura merged from it’s Mountain man culture to eventually that of a early Latter-day Saint agricultural community settled by James Brown and later, Lorin Farr. Miles sold his claim to James Brown in 1847. The name was changed to Brownsville then in January of 1850 the name Ogden first came into use.

With the completion of the transcontinental railroad, Ogden became the "Cross Roads of the West" or "Junction City" and welcomed a variety of visitors for several decades to come. Ogden became the hub of railroad activity between the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific Railroads. From the 1870s to World War II, Ogden was a major railroad town, busy with 9 different Railroad Companies.

During the great depression in 1937, the "New Deal" created 13 WPA and PWA projects giving residents an opportunity to work and the community some of the most amazing art deco style buildings.


 * Brownsville
 * Fort Buenaventura
 * Ogden History
 * Ogden Rails

County Courthouse

 * Weber County Courthouse Weber County Clerk/Auditor 2380 Washington Blvd, Ste 320 Ogden, UT 84401 Phone (801) 399-8400

City Hall

 * Ogden City Hall 2549 Washington Boulevard Ogden, Utah 84401

Neighboring Communities
Harrisville | Marriott-Slaterville | South Ogden | Washington Terrace | West Haven

Biography

 * Daughters of Utah Pioneers
 * Early Latter Day Saints - A Mormon Trail Pioneer Database
 * Family History Archives, BYU has digitized thousands of personal histories available at this searchable site.
 * Personal History Collections
 * Pioneers and prominent men of Utah: comprised of photographs, genealogies, biographies, the early history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
 * Sons of Utah Pioneers Stories
 * Weber County DUP Biographies

Cemeteries
Digitized cemetery records for Ogden cemeteries are available online through the Utah Cemetery and Burial Database maintained by Utah State History:


 * Utah State History: Cemetery and Burial Database for Ogden


 * Aultorest Memorial Park (merged with Mountain View Cemetery in 1946)


 * Burials in Aultorest began in 1929, however Mountain View section dates back to the late 1800s. Records for the Mountain View Section had to be reconstructed from headstones, some information may be missing. The Mountain View Cemetery does have some Catholic records transcribed at Mountain View (Catholic) Cemetery, Ogden, Weber County, Utah


 * Leavitts Aultorest Memorial Park/Mausoleum Established 1929 836 36th Street Ogden, Utah 84403 (801) 394-5556


 * Cemetery Transcriptions


 * Aultorest USGenWeb site
 * Aultorest - Utah Gravestone Photo Project
 * Aultrorest - Findagrave.com
 * Aultorest Memorial Park, Ogden BillionGraves


 * Evergreen Memorial Park 100 Monroe Boulevard Ogden, Utah 84414


 * Myers Mortuary/Evergreen Memorial Park Administrative Office: 845 Washington Boulevard Ogden,Utah (801) 593-0845


 * Cemetery Transcriptions


 * Evergreen Memorial - Findagrave.com
 * Evergreen Memorial Park - The USGenWeb Project site


 * Memorial Gardens of the Wasatch, Ogden BillionGraves


 * Ogden City Cemetery Established 1851 1875 Monroe Blvd Ogden, Utah 84401 (801) 629-8231


 * Cemetery Transcriptions


 * Ogden City site
 * Ogden City - Utah Gravestone Photo Project
 * Ogden City - The USGenWeb site
 * Ogden City - Findagrave.com
 * Cemetery deeds (Ogden, Utah), ca. 1905-1952


 * Lindquists Washington Heights Memorial Park Also known as: Washington Heights Memorial Park Established 1947 4500 Washington Blvd. Ogden, Utah 84401 Phone: (801) 479-7000


 * Cemetery Transcriptions


 * Washington Heights Memorial Park - Utah Gravestone Photo Project
 * Washington Heights Memorial Park - The USGenWeb Project site
 * Washington Heights Memorial Park - Findagrave.com

Note:


 * St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery

There isn't a cemetery by this name. However, the Mountain View Cemetery (now part of Aultorest) does have some Catholic records transcribed at Mountain View (Catholic) Cemetery, Ogden, Weber County, Utah

Mortuaries
Mortuaries or funeral homes is an often over looked but excellent record source. The valuable records they keep about the individuals they care for can be quite extensive. If the funeral home is no longer in business, other homes will sometimes take over their records.

City Records

 * Ogden City Council Minute Book A, 1851-1869 (transcription; complete text)
 * Ogden City Council Minute Book B, 1869-1872 (transcription; complete text)

Church History and Records

 * Baptist


 * Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints


 * Roman Catholic

Directories

 * 1867 - Owens, George. Salt Lake City Directory: Including a Business Directory of Provo, Springville, and Ogden, Utah Territory. Salt Lake City: G. Owens, 1867. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * 1879-1880 - Utah Directory and Gazetteer for 1879-1880 - free.
 * 1883 - Haefeli, Leo and Frank J. Cannon. Directory of Ogden City and Weber County. 1883. Ogden City, Utah: Ogden Herald Publishing Company, Printers, 1883. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * 1884 - Utah Gazetteer and Directory (of Logan, Provo, Ogden, and Salt Lake City). Salt Lake City, Utah: R.L. Polk, 1884. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * 1895-1896 - R.L. Polk & Co's Ogden City Directory. 1895-6. Salt Lake City, Utah: R.L. Polk & Co., Publishers, 1895. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * 1902 - Haefeli, Leo and Frank J. Cannon. R.L. Polk & Co's Ogden City Directory. 1902. Including All the Suburban Towns and Villages. Ogden, Utah: R.L. Polk & Co., Publishers, 1902. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * 1918 - R.L. Polk & Co's Ogden City Directory. 1918. Including All the Suburban Towns and Villages. Salt Lake City: R.L. Polk & Co., 1918. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.
 * 1920 - Haefeli, Leo and Frank J. Cannon. R.L. Polk & Co's Ogden City Directory. 1920. Including All the Suburban Towns and Villages. Salt Lake City, Utah: R.L. Polk & Co., Publishers, 1920. Digital version at Internet Archive - free.

Histories
Ogden has a number of city-specific histories. Given its dominant role in Weber County, county histories should also be consulted. Some Ogden-specific histories include:


 * A Belnap Family Guide to Weber County, Utah, 1992
 * A History of Ogden
 * History of Ogden, Utah in Old Post Cards
 * History of Weber County
 * Ogden
 * Ogden Junction City
 * Ogden pioneer forts and the people who lived there
 * Ogden Rails: A History of Railroads in Ogden, Utah From 1860 to Today 
 * Ogden City and Weber County: A Historical Sketch, Transcribed from the Original Manuscript of Joseph Stanford, Ogden City, 1880

Land and Property

 * Weber County Federal Land Patents Transcriptions
 * Abstracts of titles to lots and lands of Ogden, Utah, 1870-1936 Records are arranged by blocks of land.

Includes City Park, Nevada, Grannway, Mansion Heights, Wilson Park, Nelson Park, Monterey, Orchard Grove, Florence Park, Academy Heights, Arlington Heights, Brummitt's, Fairmount, Hales, Hermitage, West Ogden Heights, Pacific Place, and Kings Additions; Eccles Subdivision and Ogden City Cemetery Annex.

Maps

 * Railroad Map
 * USGS GNIS FID 1444049
 * Google
 * Hometown Locator

Newspapers

 * Standard-Examiner
 * Weber Sentinel News

Historical Newspapers
One major resource for newspapers throughout Utah is the University of Utah's Utah Digital Newspapers project "with more than 600,000 pages of digitized Utah historical newspapers." Four newspapers from Weber County are included in this digital project, the Ogden Standard-Examiner predecessors, the Ogden Junction, Ogden Herald, and the Ogden Standard. Read more... about using Utah newspapers for your family history research.


 * Ogden Standard Examiner Archives is available at Ancestry.com $ The data base is searchable from 1920 to 1977.
 * History of Weber County Newspapers
 * Newspapers Clippings
 * Variety of Newspaper Articles
 * Utah Digital Newspapers for the Ogden Standard 1879 - 1927
 * Old editions are also available on microfilm at the Weber County Library.

Societies, Museums and Libraries



 * Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum NEW LOCATION: 2104 Lincoln Ave Ogden, UT 84401 ph: (801) 393-4460


 * Stewart Library ~ Weber State University 3750 Harrison Blvd. Ogden, Utah 801-626-6415


 * Weber County Library 2464 Jefferson Ave. Ogden, UT 84401-2404 Phone:(801) 337-2632 fax: (801) 337-2615


 * Union Station Foundation Research Library and Archive Union Station, 2501 Wall Ave Ogden, UT 84401 Phone: (801) 629-8680 Second Floor, Next door to Browning Museum Open to the public Monday-Friday 10 am to 2 pm Railroad specific records, city directories, photograph collections, records from the Porters and Waiters Association and more.

FamilySearch Centers

 * Ogden Utah FamilySearch Center

Veterans
The following was taken from USGenWeb Project Weber County


 * Weber County World War I Veterans
 * World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing State of Utah War Department 1946: ~ Army & Army Air Force
 * Weber County Casualties World War II ~ Army & Army Air Force
 * Notice from the Navy World War II
 * World War II ~ Navy Casualties, Wounded, and POWs Navy
 * World War II Weber County Casualties State Summary of War Casualties U. S. Navy 1946
 * Korean War all Services U.S. Military Personnel Who Died From Hostile Action (including Missing and Captured) in the Korean War, 1950-1957
 * Vietnam all Services U.S. Military Personnel Who Died From Hostile Action (including Missing and Captured) in the Vietnam conflict, 1957-1995

Birth

 * Birth Register, Ogden City Recorder 1890-1905 . You can search the index or browse the entire collection.

Marriages

 * Marriage information may be located at the Western States Marriage Database searchable by bride or groom.
 * Digitized images of marriage licenses issued for Ogden from June 1888 to present are available online at Weber County Marriage Licenses

Death

 * Utah Department of Archives 1903 to 50 years ago Choices of search types - name, date of death (year, month, day, or any combination) and county. Images of actual death certificates.
 * Utah Death Certificates 1904 - 1956 -A free internet access to the 1904-1956 death certificates can be viewed on the Family Search Historical Records. 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. For information on death prior to 1904 you can search the Utah State Burial Index.
 * Ancestry.com $ Utah Death Index 1905-1951 Hint Keyword: enter the year of death and enter the name of county if known.
 * Social Security Death Index, begins about 1962.
 * Weber County, Utah Death Records 1898 to 1904

Health Department

 * Weber-Morgan Health Department

Websites

 * Brighams Fort
 * Immigrant Ancestors Project
 * Lorin Farr - Community Builder
 * Ogden City and Demographics
 * Ogden City History
 * Pictorial History of Ogden City
 * Public Works Administration
 * Swedish Groups in Ogden
 * Union Pacific Railroad
 * Utah's Mountain Men
 * Weber County Search
 * Works Progress Administration
 * Ogden Genealogy (Utah Genealogy)