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	*University of Utah's [http://digitalnewspapers.org/ ''Utah Digital Newspapers Project''] includes newspapers for Beaver County, Utah: the ''Southern Utonian'' and ''Beaver City Press'', covering 1881-1929.		*University of Utah's [http://digitalnewspapers.org/ ''Utah Digital Newspapers Project''] includes newspapers for Beaver County, Utah: the ''Southern Utonian'' and ''Beaver City Press'', covering 1881-1929.

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United States Utah Beaver County

Dates for major county records
Birth	Marriage	Death	Census	Land	Probate
1897-present	1892-present	1897-present	1856, 1860...	1856-present	1856-present
For earlier dates, try...
Church | Obituaries | Cemeteries Parent counties (before Jan 10, 1856): Iron and Millard WikiProject Utah Experimental County residents may also have records in Neighboring Counties: Garfield | Iron | Millard | Piute | Sevier plus Lincoln County, Nevada
Remember these collections
Utah Death Certificates at FamilySearch, 1904–1956 ; at State Archives site, 1904-1958 Utah Burial Records Database			Utah digital newspapers project LOC Chronicling America Digital newspapers for Beaver County, Utah

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
Named for: the plentiful beaver
Adopt-a-wiki page This page adopted by: Utah Genealogical Association who welcome you to contribute. Adopt a page today

Contents 1 Records and Resources 1.1 Bible Records 1.2 Biography 1.3 Business Records and Commerce 1.3.1 Mining Industry 1.4  Cemeteries 1.5 Census 1.6  Church Records 1.7 Court Records 1.8 Directories 1.9 Ethnic and Other Groups 1.10 Gazetteers 1.11 Genealogy 1.12 History 1.13 Land and Property 1.14 Maps 1.15 Migration 1.16 Military 1.17 Naturalization and Citizenship 1.18 Newspapers 1.19 Obituaries 1.20 Periodicals 1.21 Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc. 1.22 Probate Records 1.23 Public Records 1.24 Taxation 1.25 Vital Records 1.25.1 Birth 1.25.2 Marriage 1.25.3 Death 1.26 Voting Registers 2 Find Records 2.1 Archives 2.2 Courthouses 2.3 Family History Centers 2.4 Libraries 2.5 Museums 2.6 Societies 3 Guides to Using Records 4 Towns and Communities 5 References

Records and 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

Names of people buried

• The Family History Library Catalog lists some records of cemeteries in Beaver County, Utah. Some of the books – and others – may be on Google Books, on WorldCat, or available at public libraries.
• Records for Beaver County, Utah in the genealogical collection at Allen County Public Library, Ft. Wayne, Indiana

Lists of cemeteries, no names

• Beaver County Cemeteries at the Utah State Historical Site. Location, etc. of each cemetery. No names of people buried.
• Beaver County Cemeteries Locations at Utah Genealogy Trails website.

Census

The following hopefully shows the idea of providing context to users when they are sent from another heading (such as Birth) to the Census area. Much needs to be done to select the best ideas and to make it speak clearly and at a glance to users.

Census records for Utah give the names, ages, and birth places (state or country only) of every person in each household.

Censuses give information and clues about:

1. Birth: age (can calculate year of birth); place (at least the state or the country where born)
2. Migration or immigration: dates (based upon when the children were born); places (to the state level)
3. Second marriages: When the wife seems too young to be the mother of the older children
4. More... (Link for those who want to read more about it)

• 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
• The Family History Library Catalog lists some census records in Beaver County, Utah. Some of the books – and others – may be on Google Books, on WorldCat, or available at public libraries.

 Church Records

• The Family History Library Catalog lists some church records in Beaver County, Utah. Some of the books – and others – may be on Google Books, on WorldCat, or available at public libraries.

Catholic

Episcopal

Mormon (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

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

• The Family History Library Catalog lists some court records in Beaver County, Utah. Some of the books – and others – may be on Google Books, on WorldCat, or available at public libraries.

Directories

• The Family History Library Catalog lists some directories in Beaver County, Utah. Some of the books – and others – may be on Google Books, on WorldCat, or available at public libraries.

Ethnic and Other Groups

Gazetteers

Genealogy

History

• Bradley, Martha Sonntag. A History of Beaver County available at Marriott Library Digital Collections. Searchable.
• The Family History Library Catalog lists some Histories in Beaver County, Utah Some of the books – and others – may be on Google Books, on WorldCat, or available at public libraries.

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 Beaver, Utah.

• 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 a section of Iron County.
• 1856. Mormon settlers (from Parawan?) 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. The fort was abandoned after World War I (1914-1918).
• 1880. Arrival of the Utah Southern Railroad increased development.
• 1880s. Mining increased development, then declined after World War I (1914-1918).

Land and Property

• The Family History Library Catalog lists some Land and property records in Beaver County, Utah Some of the books – and others – may be on Google Books, on WorldCat, or available at public libraries.

Original records

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

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^[1]
• Mormon Trail to Southern California 1847 from Salt Lake City, Utah to Los Angeles, California^[2]
• Union Pacific Railroad 1869 Ogden, Utah (among others) to Omaha, Nebraska^[3]

• The Family History Library Catalog lists some migration or emigration to Beaver County, Utah. Some of the books – and others – may be on Google Books, on WorldCat, or available at public libraries.

Military

• World War II (1941–1945) army enlistments at the county GenWeb site About 400 names with year and state of birth. Mostly Beaver and Salt Lake Counties. Key to codes and columns at end of name list. Free.
• The Family History Library Catalog lists some military records in Beaver County, Utah. Some of the books – and others – may be on Google Books, on WorldCat, or available at public libraries.

Naturalization and Citizenship

• The Family History Library Catalog lists some Naturalization records in Beaver County, Utah Some of the books – and others – may be on Google Books, on WorldCat, or available at public libraries.

Newspapers

Newspapers usually contain local news, obituaries, legal notices, and historical content that document and enrich family history. Read more at Utah newspapers.

Online, digital newspapers are name- and word-searchable.

If quality of print is low, the searches will be incomplete.

• University of Utah's Utah Digital Newspapers Project includes newspapers for Beaver County, Utah: the Southern Utonian and Beaver City Press, covering 1881-1929.

Lists of newspapers

• Library of Congress Chronicling America lists newspapers for Beaver County, Utah. Click All Digitized Newspapers 1836-1922 for any that have been digitized since this writing.
  • List by towns (from Chronicling America)

Obituaries

Obituaries for residents may be published in:

• Newspapers of Beaver County, Utah
• Neighboring counties: Garfield | Iron | Millard | Piute | Sevier ; in Nevada: Lincoln
• Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
• The Salt Lake Tribune (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

• The Family History Library Catalog lists some Probate records in Beaver County, Utah. Some of the books – and others – may be on Google Books, on WorldCat, or available at public libraries.

Public Records

• The Family History Library Catalog lists some Public records in Beaver County, Utah. Some of the books – and others – may be on Google Books, on WorldCat, or available at public libraries.

Taxation

Vital Records

• Some birth, marriage, death and Divorce records are at the FHL for Beaver County, Utah. These and other books may be on Google Books, on WorldCat, or available at other libraries.

Birth

Birth

Birth records for Beaver County, Utah were kept by the County Clerk, starting in 1897. [This needs editing, and more informative to the user.]

[Finger with string] Remember: record of their children (BMD) may tell about their parents [Pot of gold]

For births in earlier years, use:

Church | Obituaries | Death | Census | Cemeteries

• (To do: should people get bmd's from the county clerk or the state?)

[Finger with string] Remember: record of their children (BMD) may tell about their parents [Pot of gold]

From 8 Feb meeting:
Listing gaps, etc. in records

From Pat Griffin 11 Feb 2012: More clear explanation of what the numbers represent in PEI marriage records. Only lists brides alpha. Someone needs to make a groom list also.

Marriage

Marriage

• Western States Marriage Index

See also Statewide collections.

Death

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.

• 1904 deaths This county GenWeb site contains about 45 entries and may not be complete. Click on a filename to see details entered from state death certificates. Free.
• FamilySearch Historical Collections Utah Death Certificates 1904 - 1956 free internet access.
  

Death records give:

Birth information: Date, place, names of parents, maiden name of mother

Substitutes for death records

• Utah State Burial Index for death before 1904

Voting Registers

Find Records

Archives

• The Family History Library Catalog lists inventories of holdings, etc. in Beaver County, Utah. Some of the books – and others – may be on Google Books, on WorldCat, or available at public libraries.

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. ^[4]

Family History Centers

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

Libraries

Beaver County, Utah resources: online catalogs of well-known genealogical collections:

(Suggestions from 1 Feb community meeting) Put a link to these under the state page)

• WorldCat. Locate books near your zip code (About) Unless there is a good explanation, people can't really use it easily
• FHL Utah, BeaverFamilySearch Library, Salt Lake City, UT (About)
• Allen County Public Library, Ft. Wayne, IN (About)
• U, Special collections, BYU, Utah State, DUP (in each county), SUP, Church History Library, State Archives, State Historical Society

Museums

Societies

Guides to Using Records

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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