Davis County, Utah Genealogy

Guide to Davis County, Utah ancestry, family history, and genealogy. Birth records, marriage and death records, cemeteries, census, church records, probate records, and obituaries—resources to find parents and family history since 1852, when the county was formed.

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Description
The County was named for Daniel C. Davis, captain in the Mormon Battalion. The County is located in the north center area of the state.

County Courthouse
Davis County Courthouse P O Box 618 Farmington, Ut 84025-0618 Phone: 801-451-3420

County Clerk has marriage records. Clerk Distric Court has divorce, probate and court records.

Parent Counties
was created March 3, 1852 from: Salt Lake

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Utah County boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Utah County Boundary Maps" (1849-1960) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

See UT: Index of Counties... from Newberry Library's Utah Atlas of Historical County Boundaries, for a timeline of boundary changes for.

Neighboring Counties
is surrounded by: Box Elder | Morgan | Salt Lake | Tooele | Weber

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit Hometown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Resources
The types of records that follow are used for genealogy and family history. Most tell what you may learn and how to locate the records. Links to Internet sites usually go directly to entries with names, images, or information.

Bible Records
The term "Bible records" refers to the practice of keeping family dates and events in a family Bible. This was a common practice in many European countries and carried over to America. Many of these family Bible records are still in existence and preserved by the descendants of the immigrants. In some cases these family Bibles have found their way into libraries and other repositories.

For an explanation of how to find Bible records and for helpful links see Utah Bible Records. See also United States Bible Records.

Business Records and Commerce
See United States Business Records See also Utah Business Records

Cemeteries

 * To 1966 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * , part of Utah, State Archives Records, 1848-2001, a FamilySearch digital images collection.
 * Davis County Cemeteries at the Utah State Historical Site
 * Kaysville City Interment Register Vol A-E 1869-1982 in included in the FS digital collection

Census

 * George Olin Zabriskie and Dorothy Louise Robinson, copied U S Census of 1851:Census of Davis County, 1851 Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine. April, 1937


 * See Utah Census for online indexes and images of US federal censuses. of: 1850 [1851], 1856, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, and 1940.


 * See statewide printed indexes, including 1856.


 * USGenWeb Archives Davis County, Utah Census Index.

Churches and Religious Groups
The information given in church records depends upon the practices of each religious group. Most include the names of members, often with ages and birth places. Several give birth, christening, or blessing dates for infants. See Utah Church Records for details about various denominations.


 * Church records (microfilmed originals or published transcripts) are listed for at the  (space, then select a town) or  (select Church topics) in the FamilySearch Library Catalog.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons)

 * 1877-1918 - at FamilySearch — index

Stake(s): North Davis Stake, Utah · South Davis Stake, Utah

Places: Bountiful· Centerville· Clearfield· Clinton· Farmington· Kaysville· Layton· South Weber· Sunset· Syracuse· West Bountiful· West Point

List of Davis County stakes and wards

List of Churches and Church Parishes
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 * FamilySearch Places

County Records

 * Christy Fillerup. Research in Davis County Crossroads (June 2010): 30-37. Utah Genealogical Association
 * 1869-1953 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Court Records
Many of your ancestors may be found in court records as defendants, plaintiffs, witnesses, or jurors. Court records can establish family relationships and places of residence, occupations, and other family history information. See Utah Court Records for the various courts through the years.

For specialized court records, see Divorce · Guardianship · Land · Naturalization · Probate

Cultural Groups

 * 1941-1945 Davis County Sheriff Alien Enemy Registration Forms, 1941-1945 at Utah Division of Archives and Records Service; index and images. Contains lists of people of Japanese descent living in Davis County.

Directories
See Utah Directories


 * 1879-1880 - Culmer, H.L.A. et al. Utah Directory and Gazetteer for 1879-80: Containing the Name and Occupation of Every Resident in the Towns and Cities of Salt Lake, Utah, Weber and Davis Counties: and a Very Complete List of the Merchants, Manufacturers, Professional Men and Officials: Together with Full Gazetteer Information. Salt Lake City, Utah: Printed for H.L.A. Culmer Co. by J.C. Graham Co., 1879. Digital version at Internet Archive.

Emigration and Immigration

 * 1847-1868 - at FamilySearch — index

Funeral Homes
LakeView Cemetery Mortuary 1640 East Lakeview Dr Bountiful, UT 84010 Phone: 801-298-1564 888-567-5767 Fax: 801-298-1586

Lindquist Bountiful Mortuary 727 North 400 East Bountiful, UT 84010 Phone: 801-292-5555 877-394-6667 Fax: 801-292-0442

Lindquist Kaysville Mortuary 400 North Main St. Kaysville, UT 84037 Phone: 801-546-6666 877-394-6667 Fax: 801-544-4809

Lindquist Layton Mortuary 1867 North Fairfield Road Layton, UT 84041 Phone: 801-771-6666 877-394-6667 Fax: 801-771-0700

Myers Mortuary 250 North Fairfield Rd Layton, UT 84041 Phone: 801-544-0994 Fax: 801-547-0391

Lindquist Clearfield Mortuary 1050 South State St. Clearfield, UT 84015 Phone: 801-825-6666 877-394-6667 Fax: 801-825-9773

Russon brothers Mortuary] 1941 North Main St.. Farmington, UT 84025 Phone: 801-447-8247

Independent Funeral Service 3363 South Highway 89 Bountiful, UT 84010 Phone: 801-296-8900 866-486-2486 Fax: 801-486-8986

Gazetteers
See Utah Gazetteers
 * FamilySearch Places:Cities and Towns- How to Use FS Places

Genealogy

 * Jane Jennings Eldredge, comp. Records & historical sketches of residents of Davis County, Utah. 9 vols. FHL 979.227 D2e Digital Images

Guardianship
Guardianship of orphans or adults unable to manage their own affairs were handled by the probate and the Federal District courts. See Utah Court Records.

History
Named for David Coon Davis (d. 1850), Captain of Company E, in the Mormon Battalion, early leader in Davis County. David C. Davis settled on Davis Creek, on what is now Farmington in 1849.


 * Daughters of Utah Pioneers. Davis Company. East of Antelope Island : history of the first fifty years of Davis County. [S.l. : Daughters of Utah Pioneers. Davis County Chapter, 1961. FHL 979.227 D265]


 * Leonard, Glen M. A history of Davis County : a modern frontier,Salt Lake City, Utah : Utah State Historical Society, c1999. FHL 979.227 H2L Utah Centennial County History Series

History Timeline
See UT: Index of Counties... from Newberry Library's Utah Atlas of Historical County Boundaries, for a timeline of boundary changes for.

NOTE: Unless otherwise mentioned, the events below were gleaned from Wikipedia.


 * 1850 - October 5,  county created.  Farmington designated as its county seat, because of its geographic location midway between boundaries at the Weber Riveron the north and the Jordan Riveron the south.
 * 1852 March 3: Davis County was set off from Great Salt Lake County (now Salt Lake County), by the general assembly of Deseret in October 1850. It was officially created 3 March 1852, when the territorial assembly, defined the county lines. Records concerning Davis County between 1850 and 1852 are in Salt Lake County.
 * During its first 50 years, Davis County grew slowly.
 * 1862 January 17: Morgan County was set off.
 * 1870 - Utah Central Rail Road. With the advent of the railroad a transition to mechanized agriculture and a surge of commerce, banking, improved roads, new water systems, and electrification of homes began.
 * 1940 - population was barely 16,000.
 * 1940-1950 - With the establishment of Hill Air Force Basein northern Davis County, there was a surge of civilian employment after World War II. The county doubled in population.
 * 1950-1960 -  Population doubled again as part of the nationwide suburb boom that was occurring at the time.
 * 1990 - there were 188,000 residents 2000, there were 239,000 residents 2030, county is expected to have a population of about 360,000.
 * Today, most of the population resides in Layton, Bountiful, Kaysville, and Clearfield while most of the growth is concentrated in the northwest, northeast, and southwest portions of the county, and especially in such cities as Syracuse, Clinton, West Point, South Weber, and Woods Cross.

Land and Property
Land records (especially deeds) often give the name of a spouse, heir, other relatives, or other clues for further research. They often have other clues for further research, such as witnesses or the other parties who may be relatives or in-laws. See Utah Land and Property for more.


 * County Recorder's Office: check deeds, file mining claims, get assistance in finding ownership of a particular property, and obtain copies of county plat maps. This office has county plat records dating back to 1878, prior records having been destroyed in a fire.


 * Utah, Davis County Records, 1869–1953 In this collection the auditor deeds, deed indexes and some of the deed books are filed under the subcatagory "Probate Records" rather than "Land Records". The "Land Records" subcatagory covers deeds, decree, and mining records from 1869 to 1940.
 * Tip: FamilySearch's Grantee Index [to Deeds] Vol 1, 1884-1907 on-line digital image collection contains abt 372 images. Things are arranged alphabetically by first letter of surname, but the "C"s for filing dates of 1907 have addition index pages starting on image 366 --this is between the "W"s which run in images 340-365 and the "Y"s which start on image 370.
 * Utah, Davis County Records - FamilySearch Historical Records article describing this online collection

Maps
Google highway map of Davis County 2012
 * FamilySearch Places:Cities and Towns- How to Use FS Places

Military

 * To 1966 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Civil War

 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index

World War I

 * 1914-1918 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1914-1918 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1917-1918 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1917-1918 - at FamilySearch — index

World War II

 * 1929-1954 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1940-1945 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Naturalization and Citizenship
Declarations of Intent before 1906 often include the nation of origin, his* foreign and "Americanized" names, residence, and date of arrival. See Utah Naturalization and Citizenship for more information. (*Women were not naturalized until 1922 in the United States.)


 * 1848-2001-count=20&query=%2Bplace%3A%22United%20States%2C%20Utah%2C%20Davis%22&subjectsOpen=1256267-50 Utah, State Archives Records, 1848-2001, a FamilySearch digital collection, contains certificates of naturalization, 1878-1896 and 1896-1933; declaration of intentions 1874-1896 and a1904-1906; petition and record 1907-1942.
 * 1906-1930 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Newspapers

 * Davis County Clipper, covering 1892-1975 is included.
 * [[Davis County, Utah
 * The Davis Clipper
 * The Davis Clipper

Obituaries

 * 1850 – 2005 at FamilySearch — index
 * Newspapers of
 * Local Funeral Homes, Societies, Libraries, or in family records.
 * Obituaries of neighboring counties
 * Newspapers of major cities: Deseret News and/or The Salt Lake Tribune both in Salt Lake City

Prison

 * 1892 – 1949 Board of Pardons Prisoners' Pardon Application Case Files, 1892-1949 at Utah Division of Archives and Records Service – index and images

Probate Records
Probate cases include court actions regarding property and estates of individuals who have died. Records may locate relatives, provide death dates, and identify property. See Utah Probate Records for more information.

Online Probate Indexes and Records


 * 1800 – 1985 Utah Wills and Probate Records 1800-1985 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1851 – 1961 at FamilySearch — images
 * Utah, Davis County Records, 1869-1953 Part of Utah, Probate Records, 1851-1961 FamilySearch Historical Records Collection.
 * Note: Will Book A, 1877-1929 is filed District Court records.

Vital Records
Vital records of birth, marriage, death, and divorce are created by civil (state, county, or city) officials. See Utah Vital Records for details and history of the records.

See also How to order Utah Vital Records or download an application for Utah Birth Certificate, Marriage or Divorce Certificate, Death Certificate Applications to mail.

Birth before 1852

 *  was formed on 3 March 1852.

parent counties

Birth 1852 - 1897

 * [[Davis County, Utah#Churches and Religious Groups
 * See also other records that give birth information, such as Death records, Census, Cemeteries, Obituaries
 * See also [[Davis County, Utah#Neighboring_Counties
 * See also [[Davis County, Utah#Neighboring_Counties

Birth 1898 - present

 * 1898 - 1905 - 1898-1905 online index to births Series 11802
 * Note: Use censuses or church records to supplement for names of children.
 * The register is also online at Births, Davis County 1898-1905, a FamilySearch Historical Collection.
 * FamilySearch Library copy:.


 * 1903 - 1914 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1906 - 1910 - 1906-1910 online images


 * Davis County Health Department (Davis County) 22 South State St.,2nd Floor, Clearfield, Utah 84015,(801) 525-5150. Mailing address: Davis County Health Department, Attention: Vital Records, P.O. Box 618, Farmington, Utah 84025.

Marriage

 * 1805-1992 - Utah, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
 * 1887-1937 Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937 at MyHeritage - index ($)
 * 1887-1940 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1887-1906 - Western States Marriage Index. Includes Davis County 1887-1906.
 * 1898-1952Vital Records. "Utah, Davis County Records, 1869-1953" FamilySearch Historical Records Collection. Collection has marriage certificates, marriage license index.

Divorce
Divorce records give the names of the parties and may give the date and place of their marriage. See Utah Vital Records for excellent information.


 * 1875—1886 Davis County Divorce Records part of Utah State Archives Records, FamilySearch

Historical Records collection.


 * Divorce case files no 25-140 1875-1877 and no 141-154, unnumbered cases 1875-1886 are part of the FS digital collection Utah, State Archives Records, 1848-2001.
 * Davis County, Utah Divorce Registers of Actions, 1877, 1880 Ancestry.com ($)
 * Davis County, Utah Divorce Case Files, 1875-1886Ancestry.com ($)

Death

 * Davis county Register of Deaths 1905 - 1952 - available in Vital Records section of "Utah, Davis County Records, 1869-1953" FamilySearch Historical Records Collection.


 * 1904-1964 - at FamilySearch — index and images. 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

Websites

 * Davis County, UT History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Utah Genealogy Network Group on Facebook

Archives, Libraries, etc.
Resources for are available in repositories (such as libraries and archives) at all levels: the town, the county, the state (including universities), and the nation.

Check websites and catalogs of archives and libraries for items for this county. Examples: items in

See Courthouse·FamilySearch Centers·Libraries·Museums·Other Repositories·Societies sections.

Courthouse
The county seat is Farmington. Davis County Memorial Courthouse 28 East State Street Farmington, UT 84025 Phone: (801) 444-2300 Davis County Official Website

Post Offices
This is a list of the Post Offices in Davis County up to 1918. Federal censuses up to 1880 used the post office name to group enumerations.

The information was taken from Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971. Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28. Washington, D.C.: National Archives; and Ted Gruber, Postal History of Utah, 1849-1976. J-B Publishing Company : Crete, Nebraska, 1978.

FamilySearch Centers

 * Introduction to Family History Centers


 * Bountiful Utah Heights Family History Center
 * Layton Utah FamilySearch Center
 * North Salt Lake Utah Family History Center
 * North Salt Lake Utah Parkway Family History Center (Spanish)
 * South Davis Utah Family History Center

Libraries
Local public libraries usually have histories, genealogies, indexes of cemeteries, copies of local newspapers, or other records for the area they serve. Many libraries in Utah have an area dedicated to local collections and manuscripts.
 * Davis County Library, Headquarters Branch; 38 South 100 East, Farmington, UT 84025. Phone 801-451-2322.

See also Utah Public Library, which provides links to library web pages, addresses, phone numbers, hours, and maps. Does not mention holdings.

Societies
Utah Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical &amp; Genealogical Societies

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Cities
Farmington -- The county seat of Davis County, Farmington has many well-preserved historic buildings, some of which are on the National Register, and many of which have been identified by the Farmington Historic Preservation Commission. The city was one of the earliest communities in Utah and has a history.