Summit County, Utah Genealogy

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Parent County

 * 1854--Summit County was created 13 January 1854 from Salt Lake County and Green River district (old) which extended into what is now southwest portion of Wyoming at the time.

County seat: Coalville

Populated Places

 * Cities: Coalville | Echo | Henefer (Originally Heneferville) | Hoytsville| Kamas | Park City | Wanship

Daughters of Utah pioneers wrote a small history titled: "Henefer Our Valley Home" available on microfilm from the Family History Library.

Neighboring Counties
Daggett | Duchesne | Morgan | Rich | Salt Lake | Wasatch | Wyoming counties: Sweetwater | Uinta

Cemeteries
Coalville Henefer Wanship Hoytsviille

Census
The 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 U.S. federal population schedules of Summit 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.


 * 1856
 * 1860
 * 1870
 * 1880
 * 1890
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Cluff
 * Coalville
 * Echo
 * Francis (Kamas)
 * Grass Creek
 * Henefer
 * Hoytsville
 * Kamas
 * Marion
 * Oakley
 * Park City
 * Park City 1
 * Park City 2
 * Parley's Park
 * Peoa
 * Rockport
 * Upton
 * Wanship
 * Woodland

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 Summit County is included in this digital project, the Park Records. Read more... about using Utah newspapers for your family history research.

Vital Records
Utah Death Certificates 1904 - 1956 -A free internet access to the 1904-1956 death certificates can be viewed on the Family Search Record Search Pilot. 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.

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog
 * Summit County, Utah Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)