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Places: Grantsville · Lake Point · Ophir · Stockton · Tooele · Vernon ·

Church units without above place names: [Dugway, Utah LDS Wards and Branches|Dugway]] · Erda · Ibapah · Rush Valley · Stansbury Park · Wendover

Court Records

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

Directories

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

Emigration and Immigration

• Emigration and Immigration. of Tooele 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

Tate Mortuary^[3]
110 South Main
Tooele, UT 84074
Phone: 435-882-0676
Fax: 435-882-7814

Gazetteers

Genealogy

A FamilySearch Community Tree is available for this place.

Guardianship

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

History

Interesting facts
This county was originally spelled "Tuilla" and is still pronounced that way by locals.

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

Wendover Air Force Base, now closed, was the training base of the Enola Gay crew which dropped the first atomic weapon in 1945.

History Timeline

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

• 1849. Mormons established the first white settlement in the area.
• 1850 January. Tooele County formed as one of six original counties in Deseret, later called Utah Territory
• 1850's–1860's. Troubles between white settlers and Goshute Indians.
• 1852. March 3 - Tooele County was created as an original county.
• 1852. By this year, Grantsville, Batesville, and Pine Canyon (later called Lincoln) were settled by Mormons.
• 1855. Richville named as county seat.
• 1861. Territory of Nevada created, establishing the permanent western border of Tooele County.
• 1861. County seat moved to Tooele City.
• 1864. Gold, silver, lead, and zinc were discovered in Tooele County, spurring an influx of non-Mormons to the area.
• Before 1874. The county courthouse was built.
• 1874–1879. The Republic of Tooele was established by non-Mormon politicians. Only taxpayers were allowed to vote, and there were complaints of fraud. The recorder's office was even jeopardized!
• 1876. Territorial legislature passed a bill requiring voter registration and women's suffrage. Tooele County and it's political problems earlier were likely the spur to this law.

A History of Tooele County available online at Marriott Library Digital Collections.

Land and Property

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

Maps

Google highway map of Tooele County 2012

Migration

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

• California Trail 1846 to 1869 from western Missouri to northern California^[4]
• 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]
• Central Overland Trail 1859-1869 from Salt Lake City, Utah to Carson City, Nevada (and usually on to northern California)^[7]

Military

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

Minorities - History

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

Native Races - Genealogy

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

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 Tooele County, Utah.
  • Tooele County Chronicle and Tooele Transcript-Bulletin, covering 1947-1948 and 1894-1924 respectively are included.
• Existing copies of newspapers. newspapers for Tooele 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 Tooele 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

Officials and Employees

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

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).

Population

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

Probate Records

• Utah, State Archives a collection digitized by FamilySearch (free), includes probate court minutes, 1859-1888. 
• Probate Records . of Tooele County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries.

Public Records

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

Resource Repositories

Courthouses

www.co.tooele.ut.us/
County Clerk, 47 South Main
Tooele, UT 84074
Telephone: (435) 843-3140
Fax: (435) 882-7317

County seat: Tooele

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Grantsville Utah Family History Center
• Tooele Valley Utah Family History Center
• Wendover Utah Family History Center

Libraries

• Archives and libraries - Inventories, registers, catalogs. of Tooele County, Utah are listed in the FamilySearch Library. To obtain closer-to-home access to resources, see. public libraries.

Societies

Taxation

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

Vital Records

• Vital Records . of Tooele 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 Tooele 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 1852

Tooele County, Utah was formed on 3 March 1852.

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

1852-1897

No birth records were created for Tooele 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.^[8] 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^[9] are open to the public.

• 1898-1905 Series #83862 at Utah State Archives. Not online, no online index. There are no names of children in the records.
  • FamilySearch Library copy: FSL film 482524 It. 2-3.
  • Idea: use censuses and church records to learn those missing children's names.
• 1906-1910 online images for Tooele 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.

• Tooele County Health Department, 151 North Main Street, Tooele, UT 84074, Phone (435) 277-2301.

Marriage

• 1855-1929 - Western States Marriage Index. Includes Tooele County 1855-1929.^[10]

Death

Utah Death Certificates 1904 - 1956 -A free internet access to the 1904-1956 death certificates can be viewed on the 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. More infomation at Utah Death Certificates (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Utah State Burial Index for death before 1904

Tooele Genweb site has further information on Births, Marriages, Deaths record sources.

Death Record Substitutes

• 1870 - U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885 at Ancestry ($). Includes 1870 Tooele 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), Tooele, Utah Page 688 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
3. ↑ Funeral Home and Cemetery Directory.(Youngstown, OH: Nomis Publications, Inc., c2009,941.
4. ↑ "Oregon California Trails Association" at http://octatrails.micromaps.com/ (accessed 18 July 2011).
5. ↑ "The Pioneer Story: The Mormon Pioneer Trail" in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at http://lds.org/gospellibrary/pioneer/pioneerstory.htm (accessed 18 July 2011).
6. ↑ "Jefferson Hunt" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Hunt (accessed 6 September 2011).
7. ↑ "Central Overland Route" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Overland_Route (accessed 13 September 2011).
8. ↑ Utah State Archives, Birth Records guide, accessed 28 July 2012.)
9. ↑ State Department of Health Birth, Marriage, and Death Certificates page. Accessed 7/31/2012
10. ↑ "Tooele County, Utah: Family History and Genealogy, Census, Birth, Marriage, Death Vital Records and More," Linkpendium, http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/UT/Tooele/, accessed 1 February 2012.