Daggett County, Utah Genealogy

Guide to Daggett County, Utah ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Description
The County was named for Ellsworth Daggett. The County is located in the northeast area of the state.

County Courthouse
Daggett County Courthouse 95 N 1st W Manila, UT 84046 Phone: 435-784-3154 Daggett County Courthouse County Clerk has marriage, burial, divorce, probate, court and land records from 1918.

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:

History Timeline
NOTE: Unless otherwise mentioned, the events below were gleaned from Wikipedia for Daggett Count
 * 1870 Ranchers and pioneers begin to move to the area.
 * 1918 Daggett County created by Utah Legislature. Named for Ellsworth Daggett, the first surveyor-general of Utah.
 * 1957 Town of Dutch John constructed by U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to house workers working on construction of Flaming Gorge Dam.

Cemeteries

 * Utah State Burial Index for death before 1904
 * Territorial-1966 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Church Records
 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) Historically, most people in Utah were Latter-day Saints. Their records are, therefore, very important for early Utah research. For additional information, see Tracing Latter-day Saint Ancestors and Utah Church Records.
 * 1877-1918 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index

 List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Emigration and Immigration

 * 1847-1868 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & links to images

Local Histories

 * Johnson, Michael W., Robert E. Parson, Daniel A. Stebbins. A history of Daggett County : a modern frontier, Utah Centennial County History Series. Also at Marriott Library Digital Collections
 * Our strip of land : a history of Daggett County, Utah Ancestry.com ($)

Maps and Gazetteers
See Utah Gazetteers
 * Google highway map of Dagget County 2012
 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Military Records

 * Territorial-1966 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

 Civil War
 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images at Partner site

World War I
 * 1914-1918 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1914-1918 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1917-1918 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

 World War II
 * USGenWeb Archives, Daggett County, Utah, World War 2 Army Enlistment A-Z; Daggett co., Utah
 * 1939-1945 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1940-1947 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Naturalization and Citizenship
Online Naturalization Indexes and Records
 * 1906-1930 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1906-1930 Utah, Federal Naturalization Records, 1906-1930 at Ancestry- index & images ($)

Newspapers

 * 1850-2003 Utah Newspapers, 1850-2003 at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
 * Utah Digital Newspapers Project gives newspaper images online. Search All Newspapers by name, County name, or keywords, or Browse by County to view the digitized newspapers.

Obituaries

 * 1850-2005 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & links to images
 * 2010-2013 Utah, U.S., Obituary Index, 2010-2013 at Ancestry - index ($)
 * USGenWeb Archives, Daggett County, Utah one Obituary listed.

Prisons

 * 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
Online Probate Indexes and Records
 * 1800-1985 Utah Wills and Probate Records 1800-1985 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

Birth

 * 1903-1914 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Marriage

 * 1805-1992 Utah, United States Marriages at Findmypast ($) — index $
 * 1871-1941 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1887-1937 Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937 at MyHeritage - index ($)
 * 1887-1999 Utah, Marriages, 1887-1999 at MyHeritage — index ($)
 * Western States Marriage Index at BYU-Idaho — includes some divorces and alternative sources

Death

 * 1904-1965 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

FamilySearch Centers

 * Dutch John Utah FamilySearch Center
 * Manila Utah FamilySearch Center

Societies
LDS Genealogy Daggett County Website

Websites

 * 1848-2001 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * Linkpendium Daggett
 * UtGenWeb Daggett part of Utah GenWeb


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