Juab County, Utah Genealogy

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Biography

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Business Records and Commerce

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Cemeteries

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 * Juab County Cemeteries at the Utah Historical site
 * USGenWeb Archives, Juab, County, Utah Containes transcribed information on the Swasey Family; Mona, Juab Co., Utah


 * Eureka Cemetery, Eureka BillionGraves

Census
The 1850 [1851], 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 U.S. federal population schedules of Juab 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.


 * 1850 (1851)
 * 1856
 * 1860
 * 1870
 * 1880
 * 1890
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930

Church Records

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LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Callao
 * Diamond
 * Eureka
 * Juab
 * Levan
 * Mammoth
 * Mona
 * Nephi
 * Nephi Center
 * Nephi 1 (old)
 * Nephi 2 (old)
 * Nephi 1 (new)
 * Nephi 2 (new)
 * Nephi 3
 * Nephi 4
 * Nephi N.
 * Nephi S.
 * Silver City
 * Tintic W.

Early church records, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, for Juab County Wards and Branches can be found on film and are located at the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City. The film numbers, for each ward, can be locate through the Family History 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.

Court Records

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History

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History Timeline

Note: Unless otherwise mentioned, the events below were gleaned from Wikipedia for Juab County.


 * 1851. Nephi was settled by Mormon pioneers
 * 1852. Clover Creek, later known as Willow Creek, then Star and finally Mona, was settled
 * 1852. March 3, Juab County was created as an original county.
 * 1860. Willow Springs, now called Callao, was part of the original Pony Express overland route.
 * 1869. Tintic Minning District was organized. It was a gold and silver mining area
 * 1870. E.W.Tripp, his wife and son, first established residence in Willow Springs
 * 1892. Eureka,originally known as Ruby Hollow, was incorported
 * 1895. Name off Willow Springs was changed to Callao due to resemblance to Callao, Peru
 * 1899. One of the top[ mineral producing areas in Utah

Land and Property

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Migration
Early migration routes to and from for emigrant settlers included:


 * California Trail 1846 to 1869 from western Missouri to northern California
 * Mormon Trail 1846 to 1869 from Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah
 * Mormon Trail to Southern California 1847 from Salt Lake City, Utah to Los Angeles, California
 * Central Overland Trail 1859-1869 from Salt Lake City, Utah to Carson City, Nevada (and usually on to northern California)
 * Union Pacific Railroad 1869 Ogden, Utah to Omaha, Nebraska

Military

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Naturalization and Citizenship

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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 Juab County is included in this digital project, the Eureka Reporter. Read more... about using Utah newspapers for your family history research.

Occupations

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Probate Records

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County Courthouse
Address: 160 N. Main, Nephi, UT 84648 Juab County Government Website

Phone numbers:


 * Clerk/Auditor (435) 623-3410
 * Recorder (435) 623-3430
 * Justice Court (435) 623-3440
 * 4th District Court (435) 623-0901
 * Central Utah Health Department (435) 623-0696

County seat: Nephi

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Eureka Utah Family History Center
 * Nephi Utah Family History Center

Taxation

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Vital Records

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Marriage
6,274 marriages from 13 May 1857 to 4 Aug 2006 are listed on the Western States Marriage Index.

Death
Utah Death Certificates 1904 - 1956 -A free internet access to the 1904-1956 death certificates can be viewed 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 for death before 1904

Towns and Communities in this county

 * Callao
 * Diamond
 * Eureka
 * Goshute
 * Ironton
 * Jericho
 * Joy
 * Juab
 * Knight
 * Knightsville
 * Levan
 * Mammoth
 * Mammoth Jct.
 * McIntyre
 * Mills
 * Mona
 * Nephi
 * Parley
 * Partoun
 * Red Point
 * Sharp
 * Silver City
 * Soma
 * Starr
 * Tintic
 * Trout Creek
 * Uisco
 * York