Carbon County, Utah Genealogy

United States Utah  Carbon County

County Courthouse
Carbon County Courthouse 120 East Main Street Price, Utah 84501-3057 Phone: 435-636-3224

County Clerk has marriage records; Clerk District Court has divorce, probate and court records; County Recorder has land records

Parent Counties
was created March 8, 1894 from:Emery County

Neighboring Counties


Counties that surround are: Duchesne | Emery | Grand | Sanpete | Uintah | Utah

Biography

 * On the The USGenWeb Archives Carbon County, Utah there are listed twelve biographies.

Cemeteries

 * Price City Cemetery Website includes Links to view alphabetical listing by last name of all Cemetery plots.
 * Price City Cemetery Records A - Ma - This is an index of the cemetery records on FHL film 1698115 item 5 and 6. It is not a complete list of the Price City cemetery.
 * Price City Cemetery Records Mc - Z - This is an index of the cemetery records on FHL film 1698115 item 5 and 6. It is not a complete list of the Price City cemetery. Found on: Carbon County UTGenWeb.
 * Carbon County Cemeteries at the Utah State Historical site
 * Austrian Lodge Cemetery, Carbonville Cemetery, Castle Gate Cemetery, Helper City Mountain View Cemetery, Hiawatha Cemetery, Spring Glen Cemetery, and Haycock Cemetery gravestone transcriptions are available at UTGenWeb - free.
 * public libraries.

Census
The 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 U.S. federal population schedules of Carbon County are available online. For tips on accessing census records online, see [Utah Census 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.


 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930

Church Records

 * public libraries.

Court Records

 * public libraries.

Funeral Homes
Fausett Mortuary 680 East 100 South Price, UT 84501 Phone: 435-637-1181 Fax: 435-637-6995

Mitchell Funeral Home Inc. 233 East Main St Price, UT 84501 Phone: 435-637-2668 Fax: 435-637-6963

Genealogy
Community Trees


 * FamilySearch Greeks of Carbon County


 * Early Utah Families

History

 * A History of Carbon County Utah State History Digital Collections
 * public libraries.

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


 * 1870’s. Clear Creek founded as a logging camp, later for coal mining.


 * 1881-82. Helper developed as a freight terminal and for coal mining.


 * 1894. Carbon County was established. Received name from the coal deposits in the region.
 * 1897. Butch Cassidy and Elzy Lay robbed the Pleasant Valley Coal Company in nearby Castle Gate.
 * 1942. East Carbon City had its beginnings.
 * 1935 – 1957. J. Bracken Lee a political figure who served as mayor of Price, then governor of the state of Utah.

Land and Property

 * public libraries.

Medical Records

 * public libraries.

Newspapers
Resources include:


 * Carbon County News, Eastern Utah Advocate and News Advocate covering 1892-1932 are included
 * public libraries.
 * List of existing copies of newspapers
 * [[Carbon County, Utah
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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.


 * 1998-present - Obituaries in Sun Advocate Newspaper Archives UTGenWeb
 * On the USGenWeb Archives, you will find the Obituary of Luther L. Dunn.
 * Many Carbon County obituaries are available in the Cunningham Collection UTGenWeb - free.
 * public libraries.

Probate Records

 * 1896-1925 - Probate Records Index - Carbon County at UTGenWeb


 * public libraries.

Public Records

 * public libraries.

Courthouses
Carbon County Official Website County Courthouse 120 East Main Price, UT 84501 Phone: (435) 636-3201 County seat: Price

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * East Carbon Utah Family History Center
 * Price Utah Family History Center
 * Wellington Utah Family History Center

Libraries

 * public libraries.

Schools
UTGenWeb has indexed Carbon High School Yearbooks for 1914, 1924-1927, 1929-1931, and 1937-1941. In addition, they have located volunteers willing to do lookups in the 1950, 1956 and 1957 yearbooks.

Vital Records

 * public libraries.

1898-present

 * Online index to births 1898–1905 Series 83869
 * FamilySearch Library copy: . There are no names of children in the records. (Census or church records will help.) This collection has been transcribed and is available in the link below hosted by UT GenWeb.
 * 1906-1910 online images


 * You may contact the local Carbon County Clerks office for a birth certificate. Carbon County, 120 East Main St., Price, UT 84501, 435-636-3201.


 * 1898-1918 - birth records 1898-1918 at UTGenWeb - free. Transcription of online index to births listed above.

Birth Record Substitutes


 * 1928-1969 - Pleasant Valley Birth Records. Taken from certificates of Baptism of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints March 23, 1928 - May 3, 1969 at [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~utgenweb/ UTGenWeb - free. Includes Scofield, Winter Quarters, Utah Mine, and Clear Creek

Marriage

 * 1883-1966 - Marriages: 10,065 marriages from 15 Aug 1883 to 12 Sep 1966 are listed on the [http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/westernStates/search.cfm Western States Marriage Index - free.

Death

 * 1898-1905 - Carbon County death records 1898-1905 at UTGenWeb - free. . The death register contains four pages of about thirty-four entries per page. Information included in a death entry includes: Name, Occupation, Age, Term of Residence,Single or Married, Widow or Widower, Sex, Race, Color, Last Place of Residence, Cause of Death, Date of Death, Name of Party Making Report, Number. In the earlier entries the "Race" field usually provides nationality such as Italian, English, Welsh, Danish
 * Before 1904 - Utah State Burial Index
 * 1904-1956 - Utah Death Certificates 1904 - 1956 -A free internet access to the 1904-1956 death certificates can be viewed at the Family Search Historical Records site. 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.
 * 1921-1937 - Scofield and Winter Quarters Death Certificates Index UTGenWeb - free

Death Record Substitutes


 * 1919-1963 - Other Mining Fatalities at UTGenWeb - free.
 * 1926-1962 Death Certificate Index, Wallace Mortuary, Price, Utahat UTGenWeb- free.