Uintah County, Utah Genealogy

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Parent County

 * 1880--Uintah County was created 18 February 1880 from Wasatch County. County seat: Vernal

Neighboring Counties
Carbon | Daggett | Duchesne | Emery | Grand | Colorado counties: Garfield | Moffat | Rio Blanco

Resources
==== Cemeteries (Utah Genweb Project - Uintah County Cemeteries and Mortuaries) ====

Link to the Uintah County Cemetery Records. Uintah County Library


 * Deadmans Grave
 * Dry Fork Cemetery
 * Fairview Cemetery
 * Fort Duchesne Cemetery
 * Harms Cemetery
 * Hayden Cemetery
 * Jensen Cemetery
 * Lapoint Cemetery
 * Randlett Cemetery
 * Reeds Cemetery
 * Rock Point Cemetery
 * Tridell Cemetery
 * Uintah and Ouray Indian Cemetery
 * Vernal Memorial Park
 * White Rocks Cemetery

Census

 * 1880
 * 1890
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Ashley
 * Bonanca
 * Bennett
 * Davis
 * Glines
 * Hayden
 * Jensen
 * Lapoint
 * Leota
 * Maeser
 * Moffatt
 * Mountain Dell
 * Naples
 * Randlett
 * Tridell
 * Union
 * Vernal
 * Vernal 1
 * Vernal 2
 * Vernal 3
 * Whiterocks

Land
The Uintah County Recorder's office has historical land records for Uintah County from 1894 to the present.

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." Two newspapers from Uintah County are included in this digital project, the Uintah Papoose and Vernal Express. Read more... about using Utah newspapers for your family history research.

The following site has Early Uintah County Newspaper-Papoose and Vernal Express. http://www.uintah.lib.ut.us/LocalNewspapers.html

Vital Records
Birth &amp; Death Certificates

133 South 500 East Vernal, Utah 84078

(435) 247-1177

Marriage License Division / County Clerk

147 E Main Vernal, Utah 84078 (435) 781-5361

Utah Death Certificates 1904 - 1956 -A free internet access to the 1904-1956 death certificates can be viewed on the Family Search Record Search Pilot. 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.

Societies and Libraries
Western Heritage Museum

328 East 200 South

Vernal, UT 84078

(435) 789-7399

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.
 * Wikipedia - Uintah County, Utah
 * Family History Library Catalog
 * Uintah County, Utah Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)