Carbon County, Utah Genealogy

United States Utah Carbon County

Biography

 * On the The USGenWeb Archives Carbon County, Utah there are listed twelve biographies.

Cemeteries
Price City Cemetery Website includes Links to view alphabetical listing by last name of all Cemetery plots.


 * Price City Cemetery Records A - Ma - This is an index of the cemetery records on FHL film 1698115 item 5 and 6. It is not a complete list of the Price City cemetery.
 * Price City Cemetery Records Mc - Z - This is an index of the cemetery records on FHL film 1698115 item 5 and 6. It is not a complete list of the Price City cemetery.

(Found on: CARBON CO., UTAH UTGenWeb )

Carbon County Cemeteries at the Utah State Historical site

Austrian Lodge Cemetery, Carbonville Cemetery, Castle Gate Cemetery, Helper City Mountain View Cemetery, Hiawatha Cemetery, Spring Glen Cemetery, and Haycock Cemetery gravestone transcriptions are available at UTGenWeb - free.


 * public libraries.

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


 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930

Church Records

 * public libraries.

Court Records

 * public libraries.

Genealogy
Community Trees


 * FamilySearch Greeks of Carbon County
 * Early Utah Families

History
A History of Carbon County Utah State History Digital Collections


 * public libraries.

History Timeline

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


 * 1870’s. Clear Creek founded as a logging camp, later for coal mining.
 * 1881-82. Helper developed as a freight terminal and for coal mining.
 * 1894. Carbon County was established. Received name from the coal deposits in the region.
 * 1897. Butch Cassidy and Elzy Lay robbed the Pleasant Valley Coal Company in nearby Castle Gate.
 * 1942. East Carbon City had its beginnings.
 * 1935 – 1957. J. Bracken Lee- a political figure who served as mayor of Price, then governor of the state of Utah.

Land and Property

 * public libraries.

Medical Records

 * public libraries.

Migration

Newspapers

 * [title of newspaper] and [title of newspaper], covering 1881-1929 are included.
 * Existing copies of newspapers
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 * 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 Carbon County are included in this digital project, the Eastern Utah Telegraph, Eastern Utah Advocate, Carbon County News, and the News-Advocate. Read more... about using Utah newspapers for your family history research.


 * public libraries.

Obituaries

 * 1998-present - Obituaries in Sun Advocate Newspaper Archives at UTGenWeb - free.
 * On the USGenWeb Archives, Carbon County, Utah you will find the Obituary of Luther L. Dunn.

Many Carbon County obituaries have are available in the Cunningham Collection at UTGenWeb - free.


 * public libraries.

Probate Records

 * 1896-1925 - Probate Records Index - Carbon County at UTGenWeb - free


 * public libraries.

Public Records

 * public libraries.

Courthouses
Carbon County Official Website

County Courthouse 120 East Main Price, UT 84501

Phone: (435) 636-3201

County seat: Price

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * East Carbon Utah Family History Center
 * Price Utah Family History Center
 * Wellington Utah Family History Center

Libraries

 * public libraries.

Schools
UTGenWeb has indexed Carbon High School Yearbooks for 1914, 1924-1927, 1929-1931, and 1937-1941. In addition, they have located volunteers willing to do lookups in the 1950, 1956 and 1957 yearbooks.

Vital Records

 * public libraries.

Birth

 * 1898-1918 - Carbon County birth records 1898-1918 at UTGenWeb - free. A Free online index at the Utah Archives website..

Birth Record Substitutes


 * 1928-1969 - Pleasant Valley Birth Records. Taken from certificates of Baptism of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints March 23, 1928 - May 3, 1969 at UTGenWeb - free. Includes Scofield, Winter Quarters, Utah Mine, and Clear Creek.

Marriage

 * 1883-1966 - Marriages: 10,065 marriages from 15 Aug 1883 to 12 Sep 1966 are listed on the Western States Marriage Index - free.

Death

 * 1898-1905 - Carbon County death records 1898-1905 at UTGenWeb - free. . The death register contains four pages of about thirty-four entries per page. Information included in a death entry includes: Name, Occupation, Age, Term of Residence,Single or Married, Widow or Widower, Sex, Race, Color, Last Place of Residence, Cause of Death, Date of Death, Name of Party Making Report, Number. In the earlier entries the "Race" field usually provides nationality such as Italian, English, Welsh, Danish.


 * 1904-1956 - Utah Death Certificates 1904 - 1956 -A free internet access to the 1904-1956 death certificates can be viewed at the Family Search Historical Records site. 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. For deaths before 1904 you can search the Utah State Burial Index.


 * 1921-1937 - Scofield and Winter Quarters Death Certificates Index at UTGenWeb - free.

Death Record Substitutes


 * 1919-1963 - Other Mining Fatalities at UTGenWeb - free.


 * 1926-1962 - Death Certificate Index, Wallace Mortuary, Price, Utah at UTGenWeb - free.

Towns and Communities
The following link Carbon County, UTGenWeb containes extensive information on:Currnat Towns, Ghost Towns, Post Offices &amp; Postmasters, Coal Mines, and Information on other Servers.