Utah, Uintah County Marriage Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
The collection consists of images to marriage applications and certificates located in the county courthouse in Vernal for the years 1888 to 1939.

Coverage Map
To see a coverage map of FamilySearch's holdings of Utah marriages click here.

What Can These Records Tell Me?
Marriage records usually contain the following information:


 * Groom's name and place of residence
 * Bride's name and place of residence
 * Date and place of marriage
 * Names of witnesses
 * Name of officiator

They may also include:


 * Parents’ names
 * Residence
 * Previous marriage

How Do I Search This Collection?
To begin your search it is helpful to know at least some of the following:
 * The name of your ancestor.
 * The approximate date of marriage.
 * The place where the marriage occurred.
 * The name of the intended spouse.

Compare the information on the image to what you already know about your ancestor to determine if it is the correct family or person. You may need to compare several images before you find your ancestor.

View images in this collection by visiting the Browse Page.

What Do I Do Next?
Whenever possible, view the original records to verify the information and to find additional information that might not be reported. These pieces of information can lead you to additional records and family members.

I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

 * Use the age to calculate a birth date and to find other records such as birth, christening, census, land and death records.
 * Use the information to find additional family members. Witnesses or bondsmen were usually relatives.
 * Repeat this process with additional family members found, to find more generations of the family.
 * Church Records often were kept years before government records were required and are a good source for finding ancestors before 1900.

I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now?

 * Try viewing the original record to see if there were errors in the transcription of the name, age, residence, etc. Remember that there may be more than one person in the records with the same name.
 * Collect entries for every person who has the same surname. This list can help you identify possible relations that can be verified by records.
 * If you cannot locate your ancestor in the locality in which you believe they lived, then try searching records of a nearby locality in an area search.
 * Standard spelling of names typically did not exist during the periods our ancestors lived in. Try variations of your ancestor’s name while searching the index or browsing through images.
 * Remember that sometimes individuals went by nicknames or alternated between using first and middle names. Try searching for these names as well.
 * Search the indexes and records of Utah, United States Genealogy.
 * Search in the Utah Archives and Libraries.

Citing This Collection
Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used.


 * Collection Citation:

"Utah, Uintah County Marriage Records, 1888-1939." Images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 June 2016. Uintah County Recorder, Vernal.

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