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United States Utah Beaver County

Mountain Home Range

The Beaver County, Utah genealogy guide to find parents, birth, marriage, death, and more since 1856, when the county was formed. This page lists online, published, and original resources, such as cemeteries, censuses, church, court, land, probate, and obituaries.

Beaver County, Utah
Map
Location in the state of Utah
Location of Utah in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	January 10, 1856
County Seat	Beaver
Courthouse
Address	County Administration Building Post Office Box 392 105 East Center Beaver UT 84713
Website: www.beaver.utah.gov
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Contents 1 Helpful Facts 1.1 County Court House 1.2 Parent Counties 1.2.1 Boundary Changes 1.3 Neighboring Counties 2 Resources 2.1 Bible Records 2.2 Biography 2.3 Business Records and Commerce 2.3.1 Mining Industry 2.4 Cemeteries 2.5 Census 2.6 Churches and Religious Groups 2.6.1 Catholic 2.6.2 Episcopal 2.6.3 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons) 2.7 Court Records 2.8 Directories 2.9 Ethnic and Other Groups 2.10 Funeral Homes 2.11 Gazetteers 2.12 Genealogy 2.13 History 2.13.1 History Timeline 2.14 Land and Property 2.15 Maps 2.16 Migration 2.17 Military 2.18 Naturalization and Citizenship 2.19 Newspapers 2.20 Obituaries 2.21 Periodicals 2.22 Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc. 2.23 Probate Records 2.24 Public Records 2.25 Resource Repositories 2.25.1 Courthouses 2.25.2 Family Search Centers 2.25.3 Libraries 2.25.4 Museums 2.25.5 Other repositories 2.25.6 Societies 2.26 Taxation 2.27 Vital Records 2.27.1 Birth 2.27.1.1 Before 1856 2.27.1.2 1856-1897 2.27.1.3 1898-present 2.27.2 Marriage 2.27.3 Death 2.28 Voting Registers 3 Towns and Communities 4 References

Helpful Facts

County Court House

Beaver County Courthouse
105 E Center, PO Box 392
Beaver, Ut 84713-0392
Phone: 435-438-6463

County Clerk has birth records 1897-1905, divorce records from 1871, probate records from 1872 and court records from 1856. The Beaver City Office has burned records.^[2]

Parent Counties

Beaver County, Utah was created Jan 10, 1856 from: Iron and Millard Counties.

Before 1856—and perhaps until the newly-formed county was fully operational—search records of the parent counties.

Boundary Changes

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

Neighboring Counties

Beaver County, Utah is surrounded by: Garfield, Iron, Millard, Piute, and Sevier counties in Utah and Lincoln County, Nevada

Resources

Bible Records

Biography

Business Records and Commerce

Mining Industry

The mining industry in Beaver county created several boom towns, most of which are now ghost towns.

• List of Mines in Beaver County

Cemeteries

Cemetery records often reveal birth, death, relationship, military, and religious information. The spouse and children who died young are frequently buried nearby.

More than tombstone inscriptions, cemetery records include sextons (caretakers) records and interment (burial) records, each with slightly different information. See Utah Cemeteries.

State and national resources for Beaver County, Utah cemeteries
Online Grave Transcripts or Images	Published Grave Transcripts	Lists of Cemeteries in the County
FindAGrave Interment.net Utah Cemeteries & Burial Database Utah Gravestones UTGenWeb Cemeteries Billion Graves Linkpendium Veterans to 1966	FamilySearch Library Early Church Info File WorldCat Utah Periodicals	FindAGrave USGenWeb Tombstone Project UTGenWeb Cemeteries Epodunk Utah Hometown Locator Cemeteries Utah Cemeteries Search Genealogy Trails
See Utah Cemeteries for details about each site.

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Census

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

• Census records. of Beaver County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries.

Churches and Religious Groups

Church and religious group records are usually found in the towns rather than on the county level.

• Church Records. of Beaver County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries.

Catholic

Episcopal

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons)

Early church records, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, for Beaver County Wards and Branches can be found on film and are located at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.

The film numbers, for each ward, can be located through the church records in Beaver County, Utah or by referring to: :Jaussi, Laureen Richardson, Laureen Richardson Jaussi, and Laureen Richardson Jaussi. Register of Genealogical Society Call Numbers. Provo, Utah (31 East 2050 North, Provo 84604): Genealogy Tree, 1982. WorldCat 8443469 FHL 979.2258 A3 FHL 6031507. These volumes contain the film numbers for many (but not all) membership and temple record films.

Court Records

• Court records. of Beaver County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries.

Directories

• Directories. of Beaver County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries.

Ethnic and Other Groups

Funeral Homes

Southern Utah Mortuary^[3]
195 North 90 East
Beaver, UT 84713
Phone: 877-438-2201
Fax: 435-438-2323

298 South 100 West
Milford, UT 84751
Phone: 435-5886-4040
Toll Free Phone: 888-586-4040
Fax: 435-586-4343

Swindlehurst Funeral Home ^[4]
360 West 100 North
Beaver, UT 84713
Phone: 435-439-5565

Gazetteers

Genealogy

History

• Bradley, Martha Sonntag. A History of Beaver County online at Marriott Library Digital Collections, U of U. Searchable. *Daughters of the Utah Pioneers of Beaver County, Utah. Monuments to Courage: A History of Beaver County Beaver, UT: The Beaver Press, 1948. Online at Sherratt Library Digital Collections, SUU. Searchable. *Histories. of Beaver County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries.

History Timeline

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

Emphasis for this timeline is on events that affected migration, records, or record-keeping. Unless otherwise mentioned, the events below were gleaned from Wikipedia for Beaver County, Utah and towns within the county.

• 1776. Southern Piute Indians inhabited the area when the Dominguez-Escalante Expedition visited the area.
• 1856 January. Beaver County created by the Utah Territorial Legislature from Iron and Millard Counties.
• 1856. Mormon settlers from Cedar City founded the city of Beaver, Utah. By 1869, there were enough people to organize a stake.
• 1873. Ft. Cameron was established by the U.S. Army and abandonded after World War I (1914-1918).
• 1880. Arrival of the Utah Southern Railroad increased development.
• 1880s. Mining increased development. Mining declined after World War I (1914-1918).

Land and Property

• Land and property records. of Beaver County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries.

County Recorder's Office: check deeds, file mining claims, get assistance in finding ownership of a particular property, and obtain copies of county plat maps. This office has county plat records dating back to 1878, prior records having been destroyed in a fire.

Maps

• Maps found in public libraries.

• Google highway map of Beaver County 2012

Migration

Early migration routes to and from Beaver County, Utah for emigrant settlers included: :

• Mormon Trail 1846 to 1869 from Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah^[5] :
• Mormon Trail to Southern California 1847 from Salt Lake City, Utah to Los Angeles, California^[6] :*Union Pacific Railroad 1869 Ogden, Utah (among others) to Omaha, Nebraska^[7]
• Migration or emigration records. of Beaver County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries.

Military

• World War II (1941–1945) army enlistments at the county GenWeb site has about 400 entries, mostly from Beaver and Salt Lake Counties. Key (at end of the list)explains codes and columns. Gives year and state of birth. Free.
• Military records. of Beaver County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries.

Naturalization and Citizenship

• Utah, State Archives Records, 1848-2001, a FamilySearch digital collection, contains certificates of naturalization, 1878-1896 and 1896-1933; declaration of intentions 1874-1896 and a1904-1906; petition and record 1907-1942.
  
• Naturalization records. of Beaver County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries.

Newspapers

Small town newspapers contain obituaries, birth or death notices, community news (such as the visit of someone's relatives), legal notices and provide historical content. See Utah newspapers for tips, resources, and details.

Resources include:

• Utah Digital Newspapers Project presents newspaper images online. Search All Newspapers by name or keywords, or Browse by County to view all newspapers digitized for Beaver County, Utah.
  • The Southern Utonian and Beaver City Press, covering 1881-1929 are included.
• List of existing copies of. newspapers for Beaver County, Utah are listed in Chronicling America by Library of Congress (LOC).
  • The list by dates and towns (from Chronicling America)

Obituaries

Obituaries may mention birth, marriage, spouse, parents, and living family members. See Utah Obituaries for state level compendiums and United States Obituaries for tips and insights regarding this record type.

Obituaries for residents may be found in:

• Newspapers of Beaver County, Utah
• Local Funeral Homes, Societies, Libraries, or in family records.
• Obituaries of neighboring counties: Garfield, Iron, Millard, Piute, and Sevier counties in Utah and Lincoln County, Nevada
• Newspapers of major cities: Deseret News and/or The Salt Lake Tribune both in Salt Lake City

Periodicals

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

In Utah, such records may be difficult to find. Try records of the church they may have attended. Realize, however, that such records may have not been preserved, and would not be in the typical records of membership.

It is possible there were records kept by civilian authorities. Ask town or county officials and local librarians and the State Archives. Also try National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (online).

Probate Records

• Probate records. of Beaver County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries.

Public Records

• {{FHL|Utah, Utah - Public Records|subject|disp=Public Records}}

. of Beaver County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries.

Resource Repositories

Courthouses

Beaver County, Utah Website
County Administration Building
Post Office Box 392
105 East Center
Beaver UT 84713 Beaver County doesn't have a main switchboard, and each department has its own mailing address. To get individual phone numbers, fax numbers, and mailing addresses, go to that department's page or check the Officials page. ^[8]

Family Search Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family Search Centers
• Beaver Utah Family Search Center
• Milford Utah Family Search Center

Libraries

Local libraries frequently have books that pertain to the surrounding area, including genealogies, histories, and transcripts of records, such as cemeteries, censuses, and county records. Many of the libraries in Utah have a separate room or section dedicated to that collection.

• {{FHL|Utah, Beaver - Archives|subject|disp=Books or films about libraries or archives}}. of Beaver County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries.
• Links to the FamilySearch Catalog are under most topics for this county.
• Check the catalog for Allen County (Indiana) Public Library for Beaver County, Utah items

{{Tip|Library catalogs list resources, which may be online (use Google Books) or available at a library near you (use WorldCat or Inter-library Loan).}}

Museums

Other repositories

Societies

Taxation

Vital Records

• {{FHL|Beaver, Utah - Vital Records|subject|disp=Vital Records}}. of Beaver County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries.
  

Birth

Below are the best sources to find birth information (dates and places of birth and names of parents) for Beaver County, Utah. Also available: How to Find Birth Information in Utah.

Follow the suggestions under the year span that matches when your ancestor was born:

Before 1856

Beaver County, Utah was formed in January 10, 1856.

      If your records show the person was born here before the county was formed,
      search

1856-1897

No birth records were created for Beaver County, Utah by either by county or state civil authorities in this time period.

Follow these suggestions to find birth information for this time period:

• Utah Death Certificates 1904-1961 give birth date and place (recorded at the time of death), names of parents, and name of spouse. Search by names or by exact death date.
• Church records usually give birth date and place and names of parents.
• See also other records that give birth information, such as Death records, Census, Cemeteries, Obituaries
• See also neighboring counties for birth information, due to family members living in that area, religious preferences, convenience, and other reasons.

1898-present

County clerks became responsible for recording births beginning in 1898.^[9] In 1905, the State Department of Health assumed responsibility and required the counties to forward copies of the records to them.

It took a few years after the requirements for people, doctors, midwives, and officials to comply, so some early birth registrations were missed.

Records open to the public

Birth records created more than 100 years ago^[10] are open to the public.

• Online index to births 1897–1905 Series 83773  for Beaver County, Utah by the Utah State Archives. (Free) Search by names of parents, as many entries do not give the child's name. Each entry includes date of birth, sex, residence, etc. There is one record of birth for December 1897.
  • FamilySearch Library copy: FHL film 485235 item 1-2 .
  • Idea: use censuses and church records to learn those missing children's names.
• 1906-1910 online images for Beaver County, Utah at the State Archives. Browse the "not yet indexed" area by year and county. Most entries do have names of children.
  
  • Later records open to the public are housed at the Utah State Archives, but not online.
• Online Utah, Births and Christenings, 1892-1941, a FamilySearch Historical Records Collection. (Index only, free). Created from the old IGI, this is a mix of some extracted records and submissions by patrons. Please realize it is not complete.

Restricted records

Access to official birth records within 100 years is restricted to those who meet certain requirements. Order copies:

• Office of Vital Records and Statistics, 288 North 1460 West, Salt Lake City, Utah, Phone: (801) 538-6105. How to order online, by mail, or in person.

• Southwest Utah Public Health Department (Beaver County) PO BOX G Beaver, UT 84713 Phone: (435) 438-2108

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Marriage

• 1887-1937 - Western States Marriage Index. Includes Beaver County 1887-1937.^[11] See also Statewide collections.
  

Death

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, birth date, parents, gender, marital status, spouse and place of residence.

• 1900-1905 - Beaver County Death Registers (1900-1905) at Utah State Archives - free. {{FHL|485235|item|disp=FHL film 485235 item 2.}}
• 1900-1905 - Beaver County, Utah Deaths, 1900-05 at Ancestry ($). *1904 - deaths This county GenWeb site contains about 45 entries which are user submitted. (May not be complete). Click on a filename to see details entered from state death certificates. Free.
• 1904-1956 - Utah Death Certificates 1904 - 1956 A free internet access to the 1904-1956 death certificates can be viewed at Family History Library Catalog.
  Death Record Substitutes

• 1870 - U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885 at Ancestry ($). Includes 1870 Beaver County, Utah mortality schedule.
  

• Utah State Burial Index for death before 1904

Voting Registers

Towns and Communities

The mining industry in Beaver county created several boom towns, most of which are now ghost towns.

v • d • e Municipalities and communities of Beaver County, Utah County seat: Beaver Town Minersville Communities Adamsville · Blueacre · Cook Corner · Cunningham Hill · Greenville · Laho · Manderfield · Murdock · North Creek · Read · Shenendoah City · Smyths · Upton · Yellow Banks · Historical Communities Frisco · Newhouse · Lincoln · Shauntie · Sulphurdale · Thermo Neighboring Counties Garfield · Iron · Millard · Piute · Sevier Nevada County: Lincoln

References

v • d • e Links to Utah-related articles Topics Search Strategies · Record Selection Table · American Indians · Archives and Libraries · Biography · Cemeteries · Census · Church Records · Court Records · Directories · Emigration and Immigration · Gazetteers · Genealogy · History · Land and Property · Maps · Military Records · Minorities · Naturalization and Citizenship · Newspapers · Obituaries · Online Records · Periodicals · Probate Records · Societies · Taxation · Vital Records · For Further Reading Counties Beaver · Box Elder · Cache · Carbon · Daggett · Davis · Duchesne · Emery · Garfield · Grand · Iron · Juab · Kane · Millard · Morgan · Piute · Rich · Salt Lake · San Juan · Sanpete · Sevier · Summit · Tooele · Uintah · Utah · Wasatch · Washington · Wayne · Weber Extinct Co. Carson · Cedar · Desert · Greasewood · Great Salt Lake · Green River · Humboldt (Utah) · Little Salt Lake · Malad · Richland · Rio Virgin · Saint Mary's · Shambip Major Repositories Family History Library · Utah State Archives · Utah State Historical Society · Church History Library · Brigham Young University · Salt Lake City Public Library · University of Utah · National Archives Rocky Mountain Region (Denver) · Allen County Public Library Migration Routes California Trail · Central Overland Trail · Mormon Trail · Mormon Trail to Southern California · Old Spanish Trail · Central Pacific Railroad · Union Pacific Railroad · Southern Pacific Railroad · Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad

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