Rich County, Utah

Places: Garden City · Laketown · Randolph · Woodruff ·

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Court Records

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

Directories

• Directories. of Rich 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

A FamilySearch Community Tree is available for this place.

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

History

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

History Timeline

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

• 1811 - The belief was that the county was first visited by European descendent explorers
• 1811 - Joseph Miller discovered the Bear River.
• 1827 - First annual rendevous of trappers on the south shore of Bear Lake.  Tradition continues today.
• 1863 - First permanent settlement in Round Valley.
• 1864. January 16: County created.
• 1864 - Laketown settled (now a ghost town).
• 1870 - Randolph settled.
• 1868 - County created. 

•   1811.  Joseph Miller, a trapper, dicovered the Bear River. 
•   1827.  First annual Rendevouz occured on the South Shore of Bear Lake. celebrated each year.      
•   1863.  First permanant settlement in County at Round Valley.
•   1864.  Town of Laketown settked.
•   1868.   Rich County created.
•   1870.   Town of Randolph settled.  County seat of Rich County. 
•   1872.   Last county size alteration occured.
•   1877.   Garden City settled.  LDS branch organized.
•   1879.   Branch in Garden City reorganized as a ward.
•   1969-1971. David M. Kennedy served as Secretary of the U.S. Treasury.  Born 1905 in Randolf.

Land and Property

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

Maps

• Maps. of Rich County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries.
• Google highway map of Rich County 2012

Migration

Military

USGenWeb Archives, Rich County, Utah. you will find transcribed information of the following:

• Draft Cards - Birth Information 1917-18 - Rich County, Utah

Naturalization and Citizenship

Newspapers

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• 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 Rich County, Utah.
  • The Round-Up, Rich Co. News and Rich Co. Reaper, covering 1896-1898, 1907-1923, 1928-1945 respectively are included.
• Existing copies of newspapers. newspapers for Rich 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 Rich 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 Rich County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries.

Public Records

Resource Repositories

Courthouses

  www.richcountyut.org/
Rich County Justice Court
P.O. Box 218
Randolph, UT 84064
Phone: (435) 793-2415
Fax:(435) 793-2410

County seat: Randolph

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Laketown Utah Family History Center
• Woodruff Utah Family History Center

Libraries

Societies

Taxation

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

Vital Records

• Vital Records. of Rich 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 Rich 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 1864

Rich County, Utah was formed on 16 January 1864.

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

1864 - 1897

No birth records were created for Rich 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.^[3] 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^[4] are open to the public.

• Online index to births 1898–1905 Series 20947  for Rich 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.
  • Inventory of originals, Series 20947 at Utah State Archives
  • FamilySearch Library copy: FHL film 480878 . There are no names of children in the records. The film actually covers 1898-1905 and 1912. The 1912 register has child's names.
  • Idea: use censuses and church records to learn those missing children's names.
• 1906-1910 online images for Rich 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.

• Bear River Health Department, Garden City, 115 South Bear Lake Blvd., 84028, Phone (435) 881-3383. Randolph, 275 North Main Street, 84064, Phone (435)793-2445.

Marriage

• 1887-1934 - Western States Marriage Index. Includes Rich County 1887-1934.^[5]

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

Death Record Substitutes

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

Voting Registers

Towns and Communities

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), Rich County, Utah Page 687 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
3. ↑ Utah State Archives, Birth Records guide, accessed 28 July 2012.)
4. ↑ State Department of Health Birth, Marriage, and Death Certificates page. Accessed 7/31/2012
5. ↑ "Rich County, Utah: Family History and Genealogy, Census, Birth, Marriage, Death Vital Records and More," Linkpendium, http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/UT/Rich/, accessed 1 February 2012.