Uintah, Weber County, Utah Genealogy

Quick History
1850: as Weber Fort or East Weber

1867: Name changed to Easton by settlers who remained.

1869: Name changed to Uintah

1937: Incorporated as a town

Neighboring Communities
Ogden | Riverdale | Washington Terrace | South Ogden

City Hall
Uintah City Hall 2191 East 6550 South Uintah, UT 84405 Phone: 801-479-4130 Fax: 801-476-7269

Biography & Genealogies

 * Daughters of Utah Pioneers
 * Early Latter Day Saints - An Mormon Trail Pioneer Database
 * Pioneers and prominent men of Utah: comprised of photographs, genealogies, biographies, the early history of the LDS Church
 * Records of various missions
 * Sons of Utah Pioneers Stories
 * Weber County DUP Biographies

Cemetery
The first Uintah Cemetery was located west and south from the current cemetery where the upper railroad tracks are now located. When the upper tracks were constructed, the cemetery was moved to its present location.


 * History of Uintah Cemetery

Uintah Town Cemetery 1500 East 6400 South Uintah, UT 84405


 * 1) Findagrave.com
 * 2) BillionGraves
 * 3) Utah Gravestone Photo Project
 * 4) Utah State History - Cemetery Database

Church History and Records

 * Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints


 * Uintah Ward, 1877 (formerly known as Deseret Ward) (Weber, Mount Ogden, and South Ogden Stakes)
 * Record of members, 1870-1905, 1908-1941
 * (Form E (annual genealogical report), 1908-1948

History

 * 1) Utah Encyclopedia of History
 * 2) A brief of history of Uintah, Weber County, Utah, 1850 to 1934, by Timothy Kendall

Maps

 * 1) USGS GNIS FID 1446835
 * 2) Google
 * 3) Hometown Locator

Newspapers

 * Standard-Examiner
 * Weber Sentinel News

Historical Newspapers

 * Ogden Standard Examiner Archives is available at Ancestry.com $ The data base is searchable from 1920 to 1977.
 * Utah Digital Newspapers for the Ogden Standard 1879 - 1927

Societies, Museums and Libraries

 * Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum 2148 Grant Avenue Ogden, UT 84401 ph: (801) 393-4460


 * Ogden Regional Family History Center 539 24th St. Ogden, UT 84401 Phone: 801-626-1132


 * Stewart Library ~ Weber State University 3750 Harrison Blvd. Ogden, Utah 801-626-6415


 * Weber County Library 2464 Jefferson Ave. Ogden, UT 84401-2404 Phone:(801) 337-2632 fax: (801) 337-2615

Suggested Reading

 * History of Weber County

Marriages

 * Marriage information may be located at the Western States Marriage Database searchable by bride or groom.

Death

 * Utah Department of Archives 1903 to 50 years ago Choices of search types - name, date of death (year, month, day, or any combination) and county. Images of actual death certificates.
 * Utah Death Certificates 1904 - 1956 -A free internet access to the 1904-1956 death certificates can be viewed on the Family Search Historical Records. 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. For information on death prior to 1904 you can search the Utah State Burial Index.
 * Ancestry.com $ Utah Death Index 1905-1951 Hint Keyword: enter the year of death and enter the name of county if known.
 * Social Security Death Index, begins about 1962.

Websites

 * Webtree.com, (F) listing individuals who born or died in Uintah. Due to the quirks of search results, picked up other Uintah locations. Submitters of gedcoms may add, update or remove contents.