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United States Utah Daggett County

The Daggett County, Utah genealogy guide to find parents, birth, marriage, death, and more since 1917, when the county was formed. This page lists online, published, and original resources, such as cemeteries, censuses, church, court, land, probate, and obituaries.

Daggett County, Utah
Map
Location in the state of Utah
Location of Utah in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	March 4, 1917
County Seat	Manila
Courthouse
Address	Daggett County Clerk/Treasurer 95 N 1st W Manila, UT 84046
Website: www.daggettcounty.org
Named for: Ellsworth Daggett[2]
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Contents 1 Helpful Facts 1.1 County Courthouse 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 2.4 Cemeteries 2.5 Census 2.6 Churches and Religious Groups 2.6.1   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 History Centers 2.25.3 Libraries 2.25.4 Societies 2.26 Taxation 2.27 Vital Records 2.27.1 Birth 2.27.1.1 Before 1917 2.27.1.2 1917-present 2.27.1.3   2.27.2 Marriage 2.27.3 Death 2.28 Voting Registers 3 Towns and Communities 3.1 Other Populated Places 4 References

Helpful Facts

County Courthouse

Daggett County Courthouse
95 North 1st Street P O Box 219
Manila, UT 84046-0218

County Clerk has marriage, burial, divorce, probate, court and land records from 1918.^[3]

Parent Counties

Daggett County, Utah was created March 4, 1917 from: Summit and Uintah

Before the county was created—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 Daggett County, Utah.

Neighboring Counties

Daggett County, Utah is surrounded by: Duchesne | Summit | Uintah | in Colorado: Moffat | in Wyoming: Sweetwater

Resources

Bible Records

The term "Bible records" refers to the practice of keeping family dates and events in a family Bible. This was a common practice in many European countries and carried over to America. Many of these family Bible records are still in existence and preserved by the descendants of the immigrants. In some cases these family Bibles have found their way into libraries and other repositories.

For an explanation of how to find Bible records and for helpful links see Utah Bible Records. See also United States Bible Records.

Biography

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

Business Records and Commerce

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

Cemeteries

Daggett County Cemeteries at the Utah State Historical site 

Census

The 1920, and 1930 U.S. federal population schedules of Daggett 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.

• 1920
• 1930

Churches and Religious Groups

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

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

Historically, most people in Utah were Mormons. Their records are, therefore, very important for early Utah research. For additional information, see Tracing LDS Ancestors and Utah Church Records.

Click a church unit name in the chart below for its history, boundaries, and availability of records, which are often in microfilm format

(Section In process. Want to help?)

Daggett County, Utah guide to history and records of LDS wards and branches

Stake: Lyman Stake, Wyoming Places: Manila Church Units without place names: Dutch John  · Linwood

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Court Records

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

Directories

Ethnic and Other Groups

Funeral Homes

Gazetteers

Genealogy

History

• Histories. of Daggett County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries
• A History of Daggett County online at Marriott Library Digital Collections.
• Our strip of land : a history of Daggett County, Utah Ancestry.com ($)
  

History Timeline

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

NOTE: Unless otherwise mentioned, the events below were gleaned from Wikipedia for Daggett Count

• 1870. Ranchers and pioneers begin to move to the area.
• 1918. Daggett County created by Utah Legislature.  Named for Ellsworth Daggett, the first surveyor-general of Utah.
• 1919. Daggett County lost a portion to Uintah County and on 11 May 1943 the boundaries were clarified and located on the public land survey lines.^[4]
  
• 1957. Town of Dutch John constructed by U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to house workers working on construction of Flaming Gorge Dam.

Land and Property

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

Maps

Google highway map of Dagget County 2012

Migration

Military

• USGenWeb Archives, Daggett County, Utah, World War 2 Army Enlistment A-Z; Daggett co., Utah

Naturalization and Citizenship

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.

• 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 Daggett County, Utah.
  • Since no newspapers are listed for this county, search neighboring counties.

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 Daggett County, Utah
• 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

• USGenWeb Archives, Daggett County, Utah one Obituary listed.

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

Public Records

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

Resource Repositories

Courthouses

Daggett County Official Website

Daggett County, Utah
95 North 1st West
Manila, UT 84046
Phone (435) 784-3154
Fax (435) 784-3335

County seat: Manila

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Dutch John Utah Family History Center
• Manila Utah Family History Center
• Manti Utah Family History Center

Libraries

• Inventories of Archives and librariespublic libraries.

Societies

Taxation

Vital Records

Birth

Below are the best sources to find birth information (dates and places of birth and names of parents) for Daggett 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 1917

Daggett County, Utah was formed on 4 March 1917.

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

Before county formation, go to Utah Censuses to locate the family around the time of birth.

1917-present

Records open to the public

Birth records created more than 100 years ago^[5] are open to the public.

• 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.

• TriCounty Health Department, 133 South 500 East, Vernal, UT 84078, Phone (435) 247-1180; Roosevelt Phone (435) 722-6333. (Daggett County Health Clinic may not deal with vital records.)

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Marriage

• 1918-1935 - Western States Marriage Index. Includes Daggett County 1918-1935.^[6]

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

Death

• Utah Death Certificates 1904 - 1956 -A free internet access to the 1904-1956 death certificates can be viewed at https://www.familysearch.org/.  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.
  

• Utah State Burial Index for death before 1904
  

Voting Registers

Towns and Communities

Other Populated Places

• Manila
• Dutch John
• Linwood (inundated by Flaming Gorge Reservoir]]

References

1. ↑ Alice Eichholz, Red Book: American State, County and Town Sources, 3rd ed. (Salt Lake City: Ancestry Pub., 2004), 676-677. At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27rb 2004.
2. ↑ "List of counties in Utah," Wikipedia.
3. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Daggett County, Utah Page 686 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
4. ↑ Newberry Atlas of Historical County Boundaries, Utah: Individual County Chronologies, Daggett County, http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/documents/UT_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#Individual_County_Chronologies, Accessed 25 July 2011.
5. ↑ State Department of Health Birth, Marriage, and Death Certificates page. Accessed 7/31/2012
6. ↑ "Daggett County, Utah: Family History and Genealogy, Census, Birth, Marriage, Death Vital Records and More," Linkpendium, http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/UT/Daggett/, accessed 1 February 2012.

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