Weber County, Utah Genealogy

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County Courthouse
http://www.co.weber.ut.us/ Weber County Clerk/Auditor 2380 Washington Blvd, Ste 320 Ogden, UT 84401 Phone (801) 399-8400

Quick History
Wikipedia

Named after the Weber River, which was in turn named after John Henry Weber, a trapper.

Parent County
3 March 1852: Weber County was officially formed as an original county despite having been created in 1850 for Census purposes.

Town

 * Huntsville

Historical Places
Bingham's Fort

Neighboring Counties
Box Elder | Cache | Davis | Morgan | Rich | Tooele

Cemeteries (Rural)
Cemeteries near or within cities/towns, please refer to the list above.

List of cemeteries in Weber County

Census

 * 1850 (1851)
 * 1856
 * 1860
 * 1870
 * 1880
 * 1890
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930

Church History and Records (Rural)
For all the local church records, please refer to the cities and towns.

The Family History Library Catalog lists several collections of church records for Weber county. Films can be viewed at the Family History Library or sent to family history centers.

Court
The Family History Library Catalog lists several collections of court records for Weber County. Films can be viewed at the Family History Library or sent to family history centers.

Land
The Family History Library Catalog lists several collections for land records of Weber County. It also lists collections of land records indexes and land records maps. Films can be viewed at the Family History Library or sent to family history centers.

Local Histories
The Family History Library Catalog has several histories for Weber County. Films can be viewed at the Family History Library or sent to family history centers. Books can be used at the Family History Library, public libraries or through Interlibrary Loan (check with your public library).

Maps
For historical maps of Utah and Weber County, see:

• David Rumsey Collection for Utah

• Perry-Castaneda Map Collection for Utah

• Historical Maps of Utah has several maps of Utah counties

Newspapers

 * One major resource for newspapers throughout Utah is the University of Utah's Utah Digital Newspapers project "with more than 600,000 pages of digitized Utah historical newspapers." Four newspapers from Weber County are included in this digital project, the Ogden Standard-Examiner predecessors, the Ogden Junction, Ogden Herald, and the Ogden Standard. Read more... about using Utah newspapers for your family history research.

Taxation
The Family History Catalog lists some tax records for Weber County. Films can be viewed at the Family History Library or sent to family history centers.

Vital Records
Historical marriage records for this county are difficult to locate and use. It appears that the original marriage registers beginning in 1887, were microfilmed in the 1950's and then destroyed. Unfortunately, the staff at the clerk's office are unable to locate the microfilm copies either (as of 2007). Researchers must resort to the applications and/or the original marriage license returns (microfilmed) to locate specific marriages. The microfilm is some what confusing to use and is mislabeled.

A considerable number of marriages are listed on the Western States Marriage Index although it is incomplete. The Ogden Family History Center has a continuing project to document and reconstruct Weber County marriages and will often be the only source of marriage data/documentation.

Utah Death Certificates 1904 - 1956 -A free internet access to the 1904-1956 death certificates can be viewed on the Family Search Record Search Pilot. 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.

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog