Carbon County, Utah Genealogy

United States Utah Carbon County

Parent Counties

 * 8 March 1894: Carbon County was created from Emery County. County seat: Price

Neighboring Counties
Duchesne· Emery· Grand· Sanpete· Uintah· Utah

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


 * 1870’s. Clear Creek founded as a logging camp, later for coal mining.
 * 1881-82. Helper developed as a freight terminal and for coal mining.
 * 1894. Carbon County was established. Received name from the coal deposits in the region.
 * 1897. Butch Cassidy and Elzy Lay robbed the Pleasant Valley Coal Company in nearby Castle Gate.
 * 1942. East Carbon City had its beginnings.
 * 1935 – 1957. J. Bracken Lee- a political figure who served as mayor of Price, then governor of the state of Utah.

Cemeteries
Price City Cemetery Website includes Links to view alphabetical listing by last name of all Cemetery plots.


 * Price City Cemetery Records A - Ma - This is an index of the cemetery records on FHL film 1698115 item 5 and 6. It is not a complete list of the Price City cemetery.
 * Price City Cemetery Records Mc - Z - This is an index of the cemetery records on FHL film 1698115 item 5 and 6. It is not a complete list of the Price City cemetery.

(Found on: CARBON CO., UTAH UTGenWeb )

Carbon County Cemeteries at the Utah State Historical site

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


 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930

Genealogy
Community Trees


 * FamilySearch Greeks of Carbon County
 * Early Utah Families

Histories
A History of Carbon County Utah State History Digital Collections

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." Four newspapers from Carbon County are included in this digital project, the Eastern Utah Telegraph, Eastern Utah Advocate, Carbon County News, and the News-Advocate. Read more... about using Utah newspapers for your family history research.

Vital Records

 * A free online index is available on the Utah Archives website.
 * Marriages: 10,065 marriages from 15 Aug 1883 to 12 Sep 1966 are listed on the Western States Marriage Index.
 * The death register contains four pages of about thirty-four entries per page. Information included in a death entry includes: Name, Occupation, Age, Term of Residence,Single or Married, Widow or Widower, Sex, Race, Color, Last Place of Residence, Cause of Death, Date of Death, Name of Party Making Report, Number. In the earlier entries the "Race" field usually provides nationality such as Italian, English, Welsh, Danish.

Utah Death Certificates 1904 - 1956 -A free internet access to the 1904-1956 death certificates can be viewed at the Family Search Historical Records site. 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 deaths before 1904 you can search the Utah State Burial Index.

Courthouses
Carbon County Official Website

County Courthouse 120 East Main Price, UT 84501

Phone: (435) 636-3201

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * East Carbon Utah Family History Center
 * Price Utah Family History Center
 * Wellington Utah Family History Center