Rich County, Utah Genealogy

United States  Utah  Rich County

Parent Counties
1864--Rich County was created 16 January 1864 as an original county. County seat: Randolph

Neighboring Counties
Cache | Morgan | Summit | Weber | Idaho counties: Bear Lake | Franklin | Wyoming counties: Lincoln | Uinta

Timeline History
NOTE: Unless otherwise mentioned, the events below were gleaned from Wikipedia for Rich County, Utah.


 * 1811. Joseph Miller, a trapper, dicovered the Bear River.
 * 1827. First annual Rendevouz occured on the South Shore of Bear Lake. celebrated each year.
 * 1863. First permanant settlement in County at Round Valley.
 * 1864. Town of Laketown settked.
 * 1868.  Rich County created.
 * 1870.  Town of Randolph settled.  County seat of Rich County.
 * 1872.  Last county size alteration occured.
 * 1877.  Garden City settled.  LDS branch organized.
 * 1879.  Branch in Garden City reorganized as a ward.
 *  1969-1971. David M. Kennedy served as Secretary of the U.S. Treasury.  Born 1905 in Randolf.

Cemeteries
Rich county cemeteries at the Utah State Historical site

Laketown Cemetery, Laketown BillionGraves

Census
The 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 U.S. federal population schedules of Rich 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 - Randolph and Woodruff (and perhaps other) localities are missing from the 1880 Federal Census Population Schedule
 * 1890
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930

Church Records
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Argyle
 * Randolph
 * Woodruff

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

Histories
NOTE: Unless otherwise mentioned, the events below were gleaned from Wikipedia for Rich County.


 * 1811 - The belief was that the county was first visited by European descendent explorers
 * 1811 - Joseph Miller discovered the Bear River.
 * 1827 - First annual rendevous of trappers on the south shore of Bear Lake. Tradition continues today.
 * 1863 - First permanent settlement in Round Valley.
 * 1864 - Laketown settled (now a ghost town).
 * 1870 - Randolphsettled.
 * 1868 - County created.

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 Rich County is included in this digital project, the Rich 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

Courthouses
www.richcountyut.org/ Rich County Justice Court P.O. Box 218 Randolph, UT 84064 Phone: (435) 793-2415 Fax:(435) 793-2410

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Laketown Utah Family History Center
 * Woodruff Utah Family History Center