Millard County, Utah Genealogy

United States Utah  Millard County

Courthouse
www.millardcounty.org

Millard County Courthouse 50 South Main Fillmore, UT 84631 County Clerk phone: 435.743.6223 or 435.864.2440 Fax: 435.743.6923

Delta Office 71 South 200 East Delta, UT 84624

Parent County
4 October 1851: Millard County was created from Iron County.

Cities
Delta | Fillmore|

Towns
Cove Fort | Deseret | Hinkley | Holden | Oasis | Kanosh | Leamington | Lynndyl | Meadow | Oak City | Scipio

Unincorporated Communities
Abraham | Border | EskDale | Garrison | Sugarville | Sutherland

Ghost Town
Black Rock | Topaz| Sunflower,Utah

Neighboring Counties
Beaver | Juab | Sanpete | Sevier | Nevada counties: Lincoln | White Pine

Biographies

 * Pioneers of Millard County, Utah 

Cemeteries
Millard County Cemeteries at the Utah State Historical site

Please refer to the populated places for the cemeteries within or very near them.

Census
The 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 U.S. federal population schedules of Millard 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

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

History
Lyman, Edward Leo and Linda King Newell. A History of Millard County online at Marriott Library Digital Collections.

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


 * Mormon Trail 1846 to 1869 from Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah
 * Mormon Trail to Southern California 1847 from Salt Lake City, Utah to Los Angeles, California
 * Union Pacific Railroad 1869 Ogden, Utah to Omaha, Nebraska

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." Three newspapers from Millard County are included in this digital project, the Millard County Chronicle, the Millard County Progress, and the Topaz Times. Read more... about using Utah newspapers for your family history research.

Vital Records
Marriage information may be located at the Western States Marriage Database

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.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Fillmore Utah Family History Center

Web Sites

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