Grand County, Utah Genealogy

United States  Utah  Grand County

Quick Facts
The uranium boom of the 1950s brought the first real population expansion to the area

Parent Counties

 * 1890--Grand County was created 13 March 1890 from Emery and Uintah Counties. County seat: Moab

Neighboring Counties
Carbon | Emery | San Juan | Uintah | Wayne | Colorado counties: Garfield | Mesa | Montrose

History Timeline
NOTE: Unless otherwise mentioned, the events below were gleaned from Wikipedia for Grand County


 * 8000 BC. Humans have occupied the region since the last ice age.
 * 1300. Fremont people and Ancient Pueblo People lived in the area.
 * 1775. Spanish missionaries encountered Ute and Paiute tribes in the area.
 * 1855. First European-Americans to attempt settlement in the area were the Mormons.
 * 1910-20’s.Moab area settled and the economy, originally agriculture, gradually shifted to mining of Uranium and Vanadium.
 * 1923. Arches area considered as a National Park.
 * 1939, 1949. Western movie director John Ford filmed Stagecoach and then Wagon Master in Moab.

Cemeteries
Grand County Cemeteries at the Utah State Historical site

Census
The 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 U.S. federal population schedules of Grand 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.


 * 1890
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930

Church Records
Early church records, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, for Grand 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.

Land
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Grand_County,_Utah

Maps
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&amp;cp=13&amp;gs_id=12&amp;xhr=t&amp;q=grand+county+utah&amp;gs_upl=&amp;bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&amp;biw=1034&amp;bih=838&amp;wrapid=tljp1321468857902021&amp;um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;hq=&amp;hnear=0x874854effe9c81b9:0x4498d944518c4016,Grand,+Utah&amp;gl=us&amp;ei=xgPETsP9C4GSiAKW-MnsCw&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=geocode_result&amp;ct=title&amp;resnum=9&amp;sqi=2&amp;ved=0CFcQ8gEwCA

Histories
http://pioneer.utah.gov/research/utah_counties/grand.html

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." Two newspapers from Grand County are included in this digital project, the Grand Valley Times and Times Independent. Read more... about using Utah newspapers for your family history research.

Vital Records
Western States Marriage Index

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

Courthouses
www.grandcountyutah.net County Courthouse 125 E. Center St. Moab, UT 84532 Phone: 435-259-1346

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Castle Valley Utah Family History Center
 * Moab Utah Family History Center

Towns and communities

 * Castle Valley
 * Moab
 * Cisco (ghost town)
 * Brendel
 * Thompson Springs