Utah, Garfield County Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

United States Utah Garfield County

What is in the Collection?
This collection includes images of land, property, and death records located in the recorder's office in Panguitch, Utah, for the years 1882 to 1945. Death registers include the years 1898 to 1905.

Garfield county was formed on 1 March 1882. To find your ancestor before this date, check records in Iron County. Vital records can be found at the Utah State Archives Research website.

What Can these Records Tell Me?
Land and property records may contain the following information:
 * Name of land owner
 * Name of spouse, heir or other relative
 * Witnesses
 * Description of property

Death registers may contain the following information:
 * Name of deceased
 * Age
 * Death date
 * Death place
 * Burial place
 * Sex
 * Race
 * Residence at time of death
 * Length of time lived at residence
 * Occupation
 * Cause of death
 * Where born
 * Name of relative or person providing information

How Do I Search the Collection?
To begin your search it is helpful to know:


 * The name of your ancestor.
 * The approximate year of death for your ancestor.
 * The place and years where your ancestor lived.

Compare the information on the image to what you already know about your ancestor to determine if it is the correct family or person. You may need to compare several images before you find your ancestor.

View images in this collection by visiting the Browse Page then: ⇒Select the appropriate "Record Category" ⇒Select the appropriate "Record Type, Record Description, and Year Range" which takes you to the images.

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What Do I Do Next?
Whenever possible, view the original records to verify the information and to find additional information that might not be reported. These pieces of information can lead you to additional records and family members.

I Found Who I was Looking for, What Now?

 * Use the age to calculate the birth date to find other records such as birth, christening, marriage, census, and death records.
 * Use the probate date as a substitute death date.
 * Use the name of the undertaker, mortuary, or cemetery to find funeral and cemetery records.
 * Use the parents' birth places to find former residences and to establish a migration pattern for the family.
 * Use the occupations to find employment or military records.
 * Use the information to find additional family members.
 * Repeat this process with additional family members found, to find more generations of the family.
 * Church Records often were kept years before government records were required and are a good source for finding ancestors before 1900.

I Can’t Find Who I’m Looking for, What Now?

 * Try viewing the original record to see if there were errors in the transcription of the name, age, residence, etc. Remember that there may be more than one person in the records with the same name.
 * Collect entries for every person who has the same surname. This list can help you identify possible relations that can be verified by records.
 * If you cannot locate your ancestor in the locality in which you believe they lived, then try searching records of a nearby locality in an area search.
 * Standard spelling of names typically did not exist during the periods our ancestors lived in. Try variations of your ancestor’s name while searching the index or browsing through images.
 * Remember that sometimes individuals went by nicknames or alternated between using first and middle names. Try searching for these names as well.
 * Search the indexes and records of Utah, United States Genealogy.
 * Search in the Utah Archives and Libraries.

Citing this Collection
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