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The Garfield County, Utah genealogy guide to find parents, birth, marriage, death, and more since 1852, when the county was formed. This page lists online, published, and original resources, such as cemeteries, censuses, church, court, land, probate, and obituaries.

Garfield County, Utah
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Location in the state of Utah
Location of Utah in the U.S.
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Founded	March 1, 1882
County Seat	Panguitch
Courthouse
Address	Panguitch, UT
Website: garfield.utah.gov
Named for: Pres. James_A._Garfield
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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 2.7  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons) 2.8 Court Records 2.9 Directories 2.10 Ethnic and Other Groups 2.11 Funeral Homes 2.12 Gazetteers 2.13 Genealogy 2.14 History 2.14.1 History Timeline 2.14.2 History Books and Articles 2.15 Land and Property 2.16 Maps 2.17 Migration 2.18 Military 2.19 Naturalization and Citizenship 2.20 Newspapers 2.21 Obituaries 2.22 Periodicals 2.23 Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc. 2.24 Probate Records 2.25 Public Records 2.26 Resource Repositories 2.26.1 Courthouses 2.26.2 Family History Centers 2.26.3 Libraries 2.26.4 Societies 2.27 Taxation 2.28 Vital Records 2.28.1 Birth 2.28.2 Before 1882 2.28.3 1882 -1897 2.28.4 1898-present 2.28.5 Marriage 2.28.6 Death 2.29 Voting Registers 3 Towns and Communities 4 References

Helpful Facts

County Courthouse

Garfield County Courthouse
55 South Main Street
P O Box 77
Panguitch, Ut 84759-0077

County Clerk has marriage records from 1890.
County Recorder has land records from 1882 and divorce records from 1896-1905.^[2]

Parent Counties

Garfield County, Utah was created 9 March 1882^[3] from: Iron | Kane | Washington

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 Garfield County, Utah.

Neighboring Counties

Garfield County, Utah is surrounded by: Beaver | Iron | Kane | Piute | San Juan | Wayne

Resources

Bible Records

Biography

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

Business Records and Commerce

Cemeteries

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

Garfield County Cemeteries at the Utah State Historical site 

Census

The 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 U.S. federal population schedules of Garfield 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.

• 1890
• 1900
• 1910. Also Garfield County, Utah Federal Census, 1910 Ancestry.com ($)
• 1920
• 1930

Churches and Religious Groups

• Church Records. of Garfield 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

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

Stake(s): Garfield Stake, Utah  · Panguitch Stake, Utah Places: Antimony · Boulder · Cannonville · Escalante · Hatch · Henrieville · Panguitch · Tropic · Widtsoe · Church units without place names: Bryce Canyon City · Bryce  · Ticaboo

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Court Records

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

Directories

• Directories. of Garfield 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

Gazetteers

Genealogy

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

History

Reuben C. "Ruby" Syrett built a lodge and cabins at this location in 1916, when the promotion of Bryce Canyon for tourism was just beginning. Syrett's business grew along with the park's popularity, particularly once it was made a National Park in 1928. Ruby's Inn became an important junction; its travelers' services developed into a small community. Syrett donated land to the state for construction of a road (now Utah State Route 63), strategically placing Ruby's Inn right at the entrance to the park.

Bryce Canyon City is a company town, consisting solely of the property of Ruby's Inn and the Syrett family, its third-generation owners.

History Timeline

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

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

Garfield County.

• 1864.  City of Panguitch settled by Mormon pioneers.  Timber and livestock production.  Tourism plays major role.  Located near Bryce Canyon National Park.
• 1875.  City of Escalante settled. Named for Franciscan missionary and first European explorer in the area.  Southern Utah militia passed through area during Black Hawk Indian War.  Members of John Wesley Powell expedition investigated area.
• 1882.  Garfield County created.  Named for James A. Garfield, twentieth President of the United States.

History Books and Articles

• Histories. of Garfield County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries.
• Golden nuggets of pioneer days : a history of Garfield County. Ancestry.com ($)
  

Land and Property

Maps

Google highway map of Garfield County 2012

Migration

Military

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

Naturalization and Citizenship

1896-1906 Declarations of Intentions and 1896-1923 Certificates of Citizenship are included in in the FS digital collection: Utah, State Archives Records, 1848-2001.

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 Garfield County, Utah.
  • Garfield County News 1923-1950 is included
• Existing copies of newspapers. newspapers for Garfield County, Utah] are listed in Chronicling America by Library of Congress (LOC).
  • The list by dates and towns (from Chronicling America)

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

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 Garfield 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

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

Public Records

Resource Repositories

Courthouses

http://garfield.utah.gov/

Garfield County Justice Court
Garfield County Courthouse
Garfield County Fair Building
115 East 800 North
PO Box 77
Panguitch, UT 84759
Phone: 435-676-8826 Fax: 435-676-8239
Note: new location as of Monday, May 16th

County seat: Panguitch

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Boulder Utah Family History Center
• Escalante Utah Ward Family History Center
• Gunnison Utah Correctional Facility Family History Center - Boulder
• Panguitch Utah Family History Center
• Tropic Utah Family History Center
• Utah Correctional Facility - South Point Family History Center

Libraries

Societies

Taxation

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

Vital Records

• Vital Records. of Garfield 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 Garfield 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 1882

Garfield County, Utah was formed on 1 March 1882.

      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.

1882 -1897

No birth records were created for Garfield 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.^[4] 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^[5] are open to the public.

• 1898-1905 Series #84073 at Utah State Archives. Not online, no online index. Names of children ARE in the records.
  • Copies available through FamilySearch Library: film 484621 Item 2 .
• 1906-1910 online images for Garfield 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 Garfield County, PO Box 374, 601 E. Center, Panguitch, UT 84759. Phone (435) 676-8800.

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Marriage

• 1878-1912 - Western States Marriage Index. Includes Garfield County 1878-1912.^[6]

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

Antimony	Boulder	Hatch	Ticaboo
Bryce	Cannonville	Henrieville	Tropic
Bryce Canyon City	Escalante	Panguitch

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. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Garfield County, Utah Page 686 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
3. ↑ Utah Terr. Laws 1882, 25th sess., ch. 52, pp. 98-101
4. ↑ Utah State Archives, Birth Records guide, accessed 28 July 2012.)
5. ↑ State Department of Health Birth, Marriage, and Death Certificates page. Accessed 7/31/2012
6. ↑ "Garfield County, Utah: Family History and Genealogy, Census, Birth, Marriage, Death Vital Records and More," Linkpendium, http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/UT/Garfield/, accessed 1 February 2012.

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