Utah County, Utah Genealogy

United States Utah  Utah County

County Courthouse
100 East Center Street Provo, Utah 84606

Quick History
Wikipedia

Named for the Ute Indians, Spanish word Yuta.

Parent County
3 March 1852: Utah County was created from the Utah Territory.

Towns
Cedar Fort | Fairfield | Genola | Goshen | Vineyard | Woodland Hills

Census Designation Places
Benjamin | Elberta | Lake Shore | Palmyra | Spring Lake | West Mountain

Communities
Birdseye | Dividend |

Ghost towns
Colton | Forest City | Mill Fork | Mosida | Thistle | Tucker

Neighboring Counties
Carbon | Duchesne | Juab | Salt Lake | Sanpete | Tooele | Wasatch

Cemeteries
Please refer to the populated places for the information about the cemeteries in these places.

Census
The 1850 [1851], 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 U.S. federal population schedules of Utah County are available online, at Family Search Historical Records https://www.familysearch.org/.

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.

1856


 * 1) "Utah Census Returns" Historical Department of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
 * 2) Index (Index Publishing)
 * 3) Index (AIS)
 * 4) Family Search at https://www.familysearch.org/

Church
Early, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church records for Utah County Wards and Branches can be found on film and are located at the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City or at the Family History at BYU. The film numbers, for each ward, can be locate through the 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 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." One newspaper from Utah County is included in this digital project, the Provo Daily Enquirer. Read more... about using Utah newspapers for your family history research.
 * See also https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Utah_County_Newspapers

Obituaries

 * The Utah Valley Obituary Index has indexed obituaries from most Utah County newspapers. Each can be found at the Harold B. Lee Library at BYU.

Vital Records:
7,519 marriages from 20 Feb 1851 to 25 Aug 1941 are listed on the Western States Marriage Index. Data is incomplete as there are no civil government recorded marriages in Utah County prior to 1887. Some early divorce records were also indexed and included.

Utah Death Certificates 1904 - 1956 -A free internet access to the 1904-1956 death certificates can be viewed as the Historical Records 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 at: http://history.utah.gov/burials/execute/searchburials You can search this data base for deaths before 1904.

Societies and Libraries
BYU Family History Library Harold B. Lee Library Provo, UT

Web Sites

 * The Utah County UTGenWeb Project, a member of The UTGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Utah County
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Utah County. (Backup site)
 * Family History Library Catalog for Utah County
 * Utah County, Utah Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)