Sevier County, Utah Genealogy

United States   Utah    Sevier County

County Courthouse
250 North Main Street Richfield, Utah 84701

Parent County

 * 1865--Sevier County was created 16 January 1865 from Sanpete County. County seat: Richfield

Neighboring Counties
Beaver | Emery | Millard | Piute | Sanpete | Wayne

Cemeteries
Sevier County cemeteries at the Utah State Historical site http://history.utah.gov/burials/execute/cemeteryresults

Richfield has one cemetery located at about 850 North Main.

Census
The 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 U.S. federal population schedules of Sevier 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.


 * 1870
 * 1880 - The area between Richfield and Gooseberry Valley was not enumerated.
 * 1890
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Annabella
 * Aurora
 * Brooklyn
 * Burrville
 * Central
 * Elsinore
 * Glenwood
 * Joseph
 * Koosharem
 * Monroe
 * Monroe N.
 * Monroe S.
 * Redmond
 * Richfield
 * Richfield 1
 * Richfield 2
 * Richfield 3
 * Richfield 4
 * Salina
 * Salina 1
 * Salina 2
 * Sevier
 * Sigurd
 * Venice
 * Vermillion

Early church records, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, for Sevier County Wards and Branches can be found on film and are located at the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City. The film numbers, for each ward, can be locate through the Family History Library Catalog at https://www.familysearch.org/. Or 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.

Newspapers

 * One major resouce 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." One newspaper from Sevier County is included in this digital project, the Richfield Reaper. Read more... about using Utah newspapers for your family history research.

Vital Records
Western States Marriage Index http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/westernStates/search.cfm

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 http://history.utah.gov/burials/execute/searchburials

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Sevier County, Utah Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Sevier County, Utah Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)