Utah, United States Genealogy

United States Utah Welcome to Utah, the Beehive State Great Utah Online Sources:


 * Utah Death Certificates 1904-1961—indexes + images give birth date/place (from 1840's); parents; spouse. (Free)
 * Utah Burial Database often gives birthdate, seldom place. Spouse/children may be buried nearby. (Free)
 * Utah Digital Newspapers Project (name searchable) can greatly enrich your family history. (Free)
 * See the Tracing LDS (Mormon) Ancestors Wiki pages "how-to."

Utah Counties
Extinct or renamed counties: Carson· Cedar· Desert· Greasewood· Great Salt Lake· Green River· Humboldt· Little Salt Lake· Malad· Richland· Rio Virgin· Saint Mary's· Shambip

Click on the map below to go to a county page. Hover over a county to see its name. To see a larger version of the map, click here.

Research Tools

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Major Repositories
Family History Library· Utah State Archives· Utah State Historical Society· Church History Library· Brigham Young University· Salt Lake City Public Library· University of Utah· National Archives Rocky Mountain Region (Denver)· Allen County Public Library

Migration Routes
California Trail· Central Overland Trail· Mormon Trail· Mormon Trail to Southern California· Old Spanish Trail· Central Pacific Railroad· Union Pacific Railroad· Southern Pacific Railroad· Denver and Rio Grande Railroad

Community Tree

 * The Early Utah Community Trees project merged the following to create families and extended lineages:
 * 1850-1880, 1900, and 1920 US Census records for Utah
 * Extracted Utah Vital Records (births 1892 to 1941, marriages 1887 to 1966, deaths and burials 1880's to 1956)
 * Veterans burials from territorial time to 1966
 * The Greeks in the West Community Tree project includes 5000+ Greek men who immigrated to the Western United States between 1900 and 1924 -- many to work in the mines and on the railroads of Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and Nevada. This is an on-going project to document the lineage and preserve the heritage of these immigrants and their descendants. It is part of the Western Hellenic Ancestry and Museum and the Ethnic and Mining Museum of Magna. Initial work is focused on the mining communities in Carbon and Salt Lake counties of Utah.

Wiki articles describing these collections are found at:


 * Utah Births and Christenings (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Utah County Probate Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Utah Statewide Death Certificates (FamilySearch Historical Record)
 * Utah Death and Burials (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Utah Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Utah Davis County Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Utah, Indian War Service Afidavits (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Utah, Salt Lake County Birth Registers (FamilySearach Historical Records)
 * Utah Salt Lake County Death Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Utah Territorial Case Files of the U.S. District Courts (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Utah, Territorial Militia Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Utah Veterans Burial Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)