Grand County, Utah Genealogy

United States Utah  Grand County

County Courthouse
Grand County Courthouse 125 East Center Street Moab, Ut 84532-3449 Phone: 435-259-1321

County Clerk has marriage and probate records from 1890, divorce and court records from 1896 and land records.

Parent Counties
was created March 13, 1890 from: Emery and Uintah

Neighboring Counties
is surrounded by: Carbon | Emery | San Juan | Uintah | Wayne | Colorado counties: Garfield | Mesa | Montrose

Biography

 * public libraries.

Cemeteries

 * public libraries.

Grand County Cemeteries at the Utah State Historical site

USGenWeb Archives Grand County, Utah containes the following seven cemeteries plus information on Mesa Graves as well as Woodmen of the World Burials.


 * Andy's Mesa Graves
 * Castleton Cemeteries
 * Castle Valley Cemeteries
 * Dewey Cemetery
 * Miners Basin Cemetery
 * Red Cliffs Cemetery
 * Sego Cemetery
 * Thompson Cemetery
 * Woodmen of the World Burials

Census
The 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 U.S. federal population schedules of Grand 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.


 * 1890
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930

Churches and Religious Groups
Early church records, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, for Grand 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.


 * public libraries.

Court Records

 * public libraries.

Funeral Homes
Spanish Valley Mortuary 386 North 100 West Moab, UT 84532 Phone: 435-259-3980 Fax: 435-259-3987

History

 * public libraries.
 * National Register of Historic Places - Grand County, Utah
 * Pioneer: Utah's Online Library includes a brief history of Grand County.

History Timeline

NOTE: Unless otherwise mentioned, the events below were gleaned from Wikipedia for Grand County


 * 8000 BC. Humans have occupied the region since the last ice age.
 * 1300. Fremont people and Ancient Pueblo People lived in the area.
 * 1775. Spanish missionaries encountered Ute and Paiute tribes in the area.
 * 1855. First European-Americans to attempt settlement in the area were the Mormons.
 * 1890 March 13, Grand County was created from Emery and Uintah Counties.
 * 1910-20’s.Moab area settled and the economy, originally agriculture, gradually shifted to mining of Uranium and Vanadium.
 * 1923. Arches area considered as a National Park.
 * 1939, 1949. Western movie director John Ford filmed Stagecoach and then Wagon Master in Moab.
 * 1950s The uranium boom brought the first real population expansion to the area

Land and Property

 * public libraries.

Maps

 * Google highway map of Grand County

Military

 * USGenWeb Archives, Grand County, Utah.; Draft Cards - Birth Information 1917-18 - Grand County,Utah;BIRTH INFORMATION: RESIDENTS OF THIS COUNTY IN 1917-18;

Newspapers

 * Grand Valley Times and Times Independent - 1896-1966
 * Existing copies of newspapers
 * [[Grand County, Utah
 * [[Grand County, Utah

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

Probate Records

 * public libraries.

Public Records

 * public libraries.

Courthouses
www.grandcountyutah.net&lt;br&gt;County Courthouse&lt;br&gt;125 E. Center St.&lt;br&gt;Moab, UT 84532 &lt;br&gt;Phone: 435-259-1346&lt;br&gt; County seat: Moab

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers&lt;br&gt;
 * Castle Valley Utah Family History Center
 * Moab Utah Family History Center

Libraries

 * public libraries.

Vital Records

 * public libraries.

Before 1890

 *  was formed on 13 March 1890.

parent counties

1890 -1897

 * [[Grand County, Utah#Churches and Religious Groups
 * See also other records that give birth information, such as Death records, Census, Cemeteries, Obituaries
 * See also [[Grand County, Utah#Neighboring_Counties
 * See also [[Grand County, Utah#Neighboring_Counties

1898-present

 * 1898-1905 Series #83886 at Utah State Archives. Not online, no online index. There are no names of children in the records.
 * Idea: use censuses and church records to learn those missing children's names.
 * There is no copy available through FamilySearch Library.
 * 1906-1910 online images


 * Southeastern Utah District Health Department Grand County, 575 S Kane Creek Blvd, PO BOX E, Moab, UT 84532. Phone (435) 259-5602.

Marriage

 * 1890-1925 - Western States Marriage Index. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;"Grand County, Utah: Family History and Genealogy, Census, Birth, Marriage, Death Vital Records and More," Linkpendium, http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/UT/Grand/, accessed 1 February 2012.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;

Death
Utah Death Certificates 1904 - 1956 -A free internet access to the 1904-1956 death certificates can be viewed&amp;nbsp;at https://www.familysearch.org/ .&amp;nbsp; Utah requires a death certificate before a burial is completed.&amp;nbsp; A death certificate may contain information as to the name of the deceased, date of death, and place of death, as well as&amp;nbsp;the age, birthdate, parents, gender, marital status, spouse and place of residence.&lt;br&gt;


 * Utah State Burial Index for death before 1904 &lt;br&gt;

Towns and Communities

 * Castle Valley
 * Moab
 * Cisco (ghost town)
 * Brendel
 * Thompson Springs