Utah, Salt Lake County Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

United States Utah  Salt Lake County

What is in the Collection?
The collection consists of land, property, and military records from the Salt Lake County Government Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.

What Can this Collection Tell Me?
The information found varies depending upon the record type. You may find any of the following:


 * Names of interested parties
 * Recording dates
 * Place of event
 * Names of witnesses
 * Age
 * Occupation
 * Residence
 * Names of family members and their relationships
 * Names of heirs
 * Name of the executor, administrator, or guardian

How Do I Search the Collection?
To begin your search it is helpful to know:


 * The name of the primary individual or individuals involved in the land transaction.
 * The name of your ancestor who served in the military.
 * The approximate date the event occurred.
 * The age of your ancestor.
 * The place where your ancestor lived.

View images in this collection by visiting the Browse Page: To search the collection you will need to follow this series of links: ⇒Select the "Browse" link in the initial search page ⇒Select the "Record Category" category ⇒Select the "Record Type, Volume, and Year Range" category which takes you to the images.

Many of these volumes have indexes at the beginning or end. You should search these first. If your ancestor is in the index download a copy or write down the page numbers listed for your ancestor. You can then quickly turn to those pages.

If you do not find your ancestor in the index, look at each image comparing the information with what you already know about your ancestors to determine if the image relates to them. You may need to look at several images and compare the information about the individuals listed in those images to your ancestors to make this determination. Keep in mind:


 * There may be more than one person in the records with the same name.
 * You may not be sure of your own ancestor’s name.
 * Your ancestor may have used different names or variations of their name throughout their life.

What Do I Do Next?
When you have located your ancestor’s record, carefully evaluate each piece of information given. These pieces of information may give you new biographical details. Add this new information to your records of each family. The information may also lead you to other records about your ancestors.

I Found Who I was Looking for, What Now?

 * Use probate records to identify heirs and relatives.
 * Use the information in the probate record to substitute for civil birth and death records since the probates exist for an earlier time period.
 * Use the marriage date and place as the basis for compiling a new family group or for verifying existing information.
 * Use the birth date or age along with the place of birth of each partner to find a couple's birth records and parents' names.
 * Use the residence and names of the parents to locate census, church, and land records.
 * Use the occupations listed to find other types of records such as employment records or military records.
 * Use the parents' birth places to find former residences and to establish a migration pattern for the family.
 * Use a marriage number to identify previous marriages.
 * Probate records often contain information about adoptions or guardianship of any minor children and dependents. They may also having information about land transactions.
 * Search for additional military records.

I Can't Find Who I'm Looking for, What Now?

 * Check for variant spellings of the surnames.
 * Check for an index. There are often indexes at the beginning of each volume.
 * Search the indexes and records of nearby counties.

Citing this Collection
Citing your sources makes it easy for others to find and evaluate the records you used. When you copy information from a record, list where you found that information. Here you can find citations already created for the entire collection and for each individual record or image.

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