Garfield County, Utah Genealogy

United States  Utah  Garfield County

Parent County

 * 1882--Garfield County was created 1 March 1882 from Iron, Kane, and Washington Counties. County seat: Panguitch

Neighboring Counties
Beaver | Iron | Kane | Piute | San Juan | Wayne

Cemeteries
Garfield County Cemeteries at the Utah State Historical site http://history.utah.gov/burials/execute/cemeteryresults

Census
The 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 U.S. federal population schedules of Garfield 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
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Antimony
 * Boulder
 * Cannonville
 * Escalante
 * Escalante N.
 * Escalante S.
 * Hatch
 * Henrieville
 * Panguitch
 * Panguitch 1
 * Panguitch N.
 * Panguitch S.
 * Tropic
 * Widtsoe

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

Newspapers

 * One major resouce 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." One newspaper from Garfield County is included in this digital project, the Garfield County News. Read more... about using Utah newspapers for your family history research.

Vital Records
Western States Marriage Index http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/westernStates/search.cfm

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 http://history.utah.gov/burials/execute/searchburials

Web Sites

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