Daggett County, Utah Genealogy

United States Utah Daggett County

The Daggett County, Utah genealogy guide to find parents, birth, marriage, death, and more since 1917, when the county was formed. This page lists online, published, and original resources, such as cemeteries, censuses, church, court, land, probate, and obituaries.

County Courthouse
Daggett County Courthouse 95 North 1st Street P O Box 219 Manila, UT 84046-0218

County Clerk has marriage, burial, divorce, probate, court and land records from 1918.

Parent Counties
was created March 4, 1917 from: Summit and Uintah

Boundary Changes
See UT: Index of Counties... from Newberry Library's Utah Atlas of Historical County Boundaries, for a timeline of boundary changes for.

Neighboring Counties
is surrounded by: Duchesne | Summit | Uintah | in Colorado: Moffat | in Wyoming: Sweetwater

Bible Records
The term "Bible records" refers to the practice of keeping family dates and events in a family Bible. This was a common practice in many European countries and carried over to America. Many of these family Bible records are still in existence and preserved by the descendants of the immigrants. In some cases these family Bibles have found their way into libraries and other repositories.

For an explanation of how to find Bible records and for helpful links see Utah Bible Records. See also United States Bible Records.

Biography

 * public libraries

Business Records and Commerce

 * public libraries

Cemeteries
Daggett County Cemeteries at the Utah State Historical site

Census
The 1920, and 1930 U.S. federal population schedules of Daggett 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.


 * 1920
 * 1930

Churches and Religious Groups

 * public libraries

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons)
(Section In process. Want to help?) Stake: Lyman Stake, Wyoming

Places: Manila

List of Daggett County stakes and wards to about 1948


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Court Records

 * public libraries

History

 * Johnson, Michael W., Robert E. Parson, Daniel A. Stebbins. A history of Daggett County : a modern frontier, Utah Centennial County History Series. Also at Marriott Library Digital Collections
 * public libraries
 * Our strip of land : a history of Daggett County, Utah Ancestry.com ($)

History Timeline
See UT: Index of Counties... from Newberry Library's Utah Atlas of Historical County Boundaries, for a timeline of boundary changes for.

NOTE: Unless otherwise mentioned, the events below were gleaned from Wikipedia for Daggett Count


 * 1870. Ranchers and pioneers begin to move to the area.
 * 1918. Daggett County created by Utah Legislature. Named for Ellsworth Daggett, the first surveyor-general of Utah.
 * 1919. Daggett County lost a portion to Uintah County and on 11 May 1943 the boundaries were clarified and located on the public land survey lines.
 * 1957. Town of Dutch John constructed by U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to house workers working on construction of Flaming Gorge Dam.

Land and Property

 * public libraries

Maps
Google highway map of Dagget County 2012

Military

 * USGenWeb Archives, Daggett County, Utah, World War 2 Army Enlistment A-Z; Daggett co., Utah

Newspapers

 * Since no newspapers are listed for this county, search neighboring counties.
 * Since no newspapers are listed for this county, search neighboring counties.

Obituaries

 * Newspapers of
 * Local Funeral Homes, Societies, Libraries, or in family records.
 * Obituaries of neighboring counties
 * Newspapers of major cities: Deseret News and/or The Salt Lake Tribune both in Salt Lake City


 * USGenWeb Archives, Daggett County, Utah one Obituary listed.

Probate Records

 * public libraries.

Public Records

 * public libraries.

Courthouses
Daggett County Official Website

Daggett County, Utah 95 North 1st West Manila, UT 84046 Phone (435) 784-3154 Fax (435) 784-3335

County seat: Manila

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Dutch John Utah Family History Center
 * Manila Utah Family History Center
 * Manti Utah Family History Center

Libraries

 * public libraries.

Birth before 1917

 *  was formed on 4 March 1917.

parent counties

Birth 1917-present



 * TriCounty Health Department, 133 South 500 East, Vernal, UT 84078, Phone (435) 247-1180; Roosevelt Phone (435) 722-6333. (Daggett County Health Clinic may not deal with vital records.)

Marriage

 * 1918-1935 - Western States Marriage Index. Includes Daggett County 1918-1935.


 * public libraries.

Death

 * 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

Other Populated Places

 * Manila
 * Dutch John
 * Linwood (inundated by Flaming Gorge Reservoir]]