Beaver County, Utah Genealogy

United States Utah  Beaver County

Parent Counties
10 January 1856: Beaver County was created from Iron and Millard Counties.

Record Loss
County Recorder's Office Deeds, file mining claims, get assistance in finding ownership of a particular property, and obtain copies of county plat maps. This office has county plat records dating back to 1878, prior records having been destroyed in a fire.

History
Interesting facts

The county was named after the animal which was plentiful there.

Timeline History

NOTE: Unless otherwise mentioned, the events below were gleaned fromWikipedia for Beaver County.


 * 1776. Explorers first visited the area in the Dominguez-Escalante Expedition.
 * 1856, January. Beaver County created by the Utah Territorial Legislature from a section of Iron County.
 * 1856. Latter-day Saints settlers founded the city of Beaver, Utah.

Cemeteries

 * Beaver County Cemeteries at the Utah State Historical Site
 * Beaver County Cemeteries Locations at Utah Genealogy Trails website.
 * Books or films

Census
The 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 U.S. federal population schedules of Beaver 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.


 * 1856
 * 1860
 * 1870
 * 1880
 * 1890
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930

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

Jaussi, Laureen Richardson, Laureen Richardson Jaussi, and Laureen Richardson Jaussi. Register of Genealogical Society Call Numbers. Provo, Utah (31 East 2050 North, Provo 84604): Genealogy Tree, 1982. . These volumes contain the film numbers for many (but not all) membership and temple record films.

Court Records

 * Books or films

Directories

 * Books or films

Emigration, Immigration, Migration

 * Books or films

History

 * Bradley, Martha Sonntag. A History of Beaver County available at Marriott Library Digital Collections. Searchable.
 * Books or films

Land and Property

 * Books or films

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


 * 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
 * Union Pacific Railroad 1869 Ogden, Utah (among others) to Omaha, Nebraska

Military

 * World War II (1941–1945) army enlistments at the county GenWeb site has about 400 entries, mostly from Beaver and Salt Lake Counties. Key at end of list explains codes and columns. Gives year and state of birth. Free.
 * Books or films

Mining Industry
The mining industry in Beaver county created several boom towns, most of which are now ghost towns.


 * List of Mines in Beaver County

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * Books or 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." Two newspapers from Beaver County are included in this digital project, the Southern Utonian and Beaver City Press. Read more... about using Utah newspapers for your family history research.

Probate Records

 * Books or films

Public Records

 * Books or films

Vital Records

 * 1904 deaths This county GenWeb site contains about 45 entries which are user submitted. (May not be complete). Click on an entry to see details transcribed from state death certificates. Free.


 * Books or films
 * Divorce records

See also Statewide collections online. Western States Marriage Index

Utah Death Certificates 1904 - 1956 A free internet access to the 1904-1956 death certificates can be viewed at Family History Library Catalog.

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, birth date, parents, gender, marital status, spouse and place of residence.

Utah State Burial Index for death before 1904

County Courthouse
Beaver County, Utah Website

County Administration Building Post Office Box 392 105 East Center Beaver UT 84713

Beaver County doesn't have a main switchboard, and each department has its own mailing address. To get individual phone numbers, fax numbers, and mailing addresses, go to that department's page or check the Officials page.

Societies and Libraries

 * Books or films

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Beaver Utah Family History Center
 * Milford Utah Family History Center