Summit County, Utah Genealogy

United States  Utah  Summit County

County Courthouse
6300 N. Silvercreek Drive Park City, UT 84098 (435) 615-3800 or (435) 336-3800

Parent County

 * 1854--Summit County was created 13 January 1854 from Salt Lake County and Green River district (old) which extended into what is now southwest portion of Wyoming at the time.

County seat: Coalville

Populated Places

 * Cities: Coalville | Echo | Henefer (Originally Heneferville) | Hoytsville| Kamas | Park City | Wanship

Daughters of Utah pioneers wrote a small history titled: "Henefer Our Valley Home" available on microfilm from the Family History Library.

Neighboring Counties
Daggett | Duchesne | Morgan | Rich | Salt Lake | Wasatch | Wyoming counties: Sweetwater | Uinta

Cemeteries
Summit county cemeteries at theUtah State Historical site

Census
The 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 U.S. federal population schedules of Summit 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
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Cluff
 * Coalville
 * Echo
 * Francis (Kamas)
 * Grass Creek
 * Henefer
 * Hoytsville
 * Kamas
 * Marion
 * Oakley
 * Park City
 * Park City 1
 * Park City 2
 * Parley's Park
 * Peoa
 * Rockport
 * Upton
 * Wanship
 * Woodland

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

Migration
Early migration routes to and from for European and African American 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

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 Summit County is included in this digital project, the Park Records. 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 on the 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 

Web Sites

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