Utah, Uintah County School Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

Record Description
The collection consists of images of a register of students attending Davis Elementary in Vernal for the years 1905 to 1906. These images are housed at the county courthouse in Vernal.

Record Content
The records may include any of the following information:


 * Name of town and county
 * School District Number
 * Names
 * Ages
 * Gender
 * Names of parents or guardians
 * Beginning and ending dates of grading period
 * Beginning and ending dates for school year

How to Use the Record
School records can be very helpful as they can often be used as a reliable substitute for birth records or they can lead you to birth records. To begin your search it is helpful to know the following:


 * Name of the child
 * Other identifying information such as age or approximate birth date, years of attendance, parents' names, or residence

Search the Collection
To search the collection: ⇒Select "Browse through images" on the initial collection page ⇒ Select the appropriate "Record Category" ⇒ Select the appropriate "Record Type, Volume, and Year Range" which takes you to the images.

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.

Using the Information
When you have located your ancestor’s record, carefully evaluate each piece of information about them. These pieces of information may give you new biographical details that can lead you to other records about your ancestor. For example:


 * Use the age to calculate an approximate birth date.
 * Use the age or birth date along with the parents’ names and residence to find the family in census records.
 * Use the residence and names of the parents to locate church and land records.

Tips to Keep in Mind

 * It is often helpful to extract the information on all children with the same parents. If the surname is unusual, you may want to compile the entries for every person of the same surname and sort them into families based on the names of the parents. Continue to search the birth records to identify other relatives such as cousins who attended the same school or other nearby schools.
 * Earlier records may not contain as much information as the records created after 1885.
 * There is also some variation in the information given from record to record.

Unable to Find Your Ancestor?

 * Look for variant spellings of the surnames. You should also look for nicknames and abbreviated names.
 * Look for an index. Local genealogical and historical societies often have indexes to local records.
 * Search the records of nearby districts.

Related Websites

 * Uintah County School District
 * Uintah County Profile - Utah State Library

Related Wiki Articles

 * Uintah, Utah
 * Uintah County, Utah Genealogy

Citations for This Collection
When you copy information from a record, you should list where you found the information; that is, cite your sources. This will help people find the record again and evaluate the reliability of the source. It is also good to keep track of records where you did not find information, including the names of the people you looked for in the records. Citations are available for the collection as a whole and each record or image individually.

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