Morgan County, Utah Genealogy

United States  Utah  Morgan County

County Courthouse
Morgan County Justice Court P.O. Box 786 Morgan, UT 84050 Phone 801-845-4021 Fax 801-845-6008

Physical Address: Morgan County Memorial Building 48 West Young St. Morgan, Utah 84050

Parent County

 * 1862--Morgan County was created 17 January 1862 from Summit, Weber, and Cache Counties. County seat: Morgan

Cities
Croydon | Morgan | Mountain Green | Petersen | Richville | Stoddard | Monte Verde |

Neighboring Counties
Davis | Rich | Salt Lake | Summit | Weber

Cemeteries
Morgan County Cemeteries at the Utah State Historical site

Census
The 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 U.S. federal population schedules of Morgan 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.


 * 1870
 * 1880
 * 1890
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930

Church Records
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Croyden
 * Milton
 * Morgan
 * Morgan N.
 * Slide
 * Stoddard
 * Mountain Green
 * Peterson
 * Porterville E.
 * Porterville W.
 * Richville

Early church records, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, for Morgan 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.

Newspapers

 * One major resouce 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 Morgan County is included in this digital project, the Morgan County News. Read more... about using Utah newspapers for your family history research.

Vital Records
Western States Marriage Index

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

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Morgan County, Utah Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Morgan County, Utah Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)