Carbon County, Utah Genealogy

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Biography

 * On the The &lt;a href="http://www.usgwarchives.net/ut/carbon/carbon.htm"&gt;USGenWeb Archives Carbon County, Utah &lt;/a&gt; there are listed twelve biographies.

Cemeteries
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&lt;a href="http://city1.price.lib.ut.us/City_Dir/Cemetery/Cemetery.asp"&gt;Price City Cemetery&lt;/a&gt; Website includes Links to view alphabetical listing by last name of all Cemetery plots.


 * Price City Cemetery Records &lt;a href="http://www.carbon-utgenweb.com/pricecemeteryA-L.html"&gt;A - Ma&lt;/a&gt; - 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 &lt;a href="http://www.carbon-utgenweb.com/pricecemeteryM-Z.html"&gt;Mc - Z&lt;/a&gt; - 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: &lt;a href="http://www.carbon-utgenweb.com/"&gt;CARBON CO., UTAH UTGenWeb&lt;/a&gt; )

&lt;a href="http://history.utah.gov/burials/execute/cemeteryresults"&gt;Carbon County Cemeteries&lt;/a&gt; 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 &lt;a href="http://www.carbon-utgenweb.com/databases.html#cemeteries"&gt;UTGenWeb&lt;/a&gt; - free.


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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 &lt;a href="Utah Census"&gt;Utah Census&lt;/a&gt;. 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 &lt;a _fcknotitle="true" href="Utah Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book"&gt;Utah Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book&lt;/a&gt; for more information about statewide printed indexes.


 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930

Church Records

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Court Records

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Genealogy
Community Trees


 * &lt;a href="http://histfam.familysearch.org/search.php?%20nr=50&amp;tree=Greeks"&gt;FamilySearch Greeks of Carbon County&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="http://histfam.familysearch.org/surnames.php?tree=earyutah"&gt;Early Utah Families&lt;/a&gt;

History
&lt;a href="http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/USHSArchPub&amp;CISOPTR=5371&amp;REC=20"&gt;A History of Carbon County&lt;/a&gt; Utah State History Digital Collections


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History Timeline

NOTE: Unless otherwise mentioned, the events below were gleaned from Wikipedia for &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_County,_Utah"&gt;Carbon County&lt;/a&gt;


 * 1870’s. &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clear_Creek,_Utah"&gt;Clear Creek&lt;/a&gt; founded as a logging camp, later for coal mining.
 * 1881-82. &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helper,_Utah"&gt;Helper&lt;/a&gt; developed as a freight terminal and for coal mining.
 * 1894. &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_County,_Utah"&gt;Carbon County&lt;/a&gt; was established. Received name from the coal deposits in the region.
 * 1897. &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Cassidy"&gt;Butch Cassidy&lt;/a&gt; and Elzy Lay robbed the Pleasant Valley Coal Company in nearby Castle Gate.
 * 1942. &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Carbon,_Utah"&gt;East Carbon&lt;/a&gt; City had its beginnings.
 * 1935 – 1957. &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Bracken_Lee"&gt;J. Bracken Lee &lt;/a&gt;- a political figure who served as mayor of Price, then governor of the state of Utah.

Land and Property

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Medical Records

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Migration

Newspapers
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 * Carbon County News, Eastern Utah Advocate and News Advocate covering 1892-1932 are included
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 * &lt;a href="http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/titles/results/?state=Utah&amp;county=Carbon&amp;city=&amp;year1=1690&amp;year2=2012&amp;terms=&amp;frequency=&amp;language=&amp;ethnicity=&amp;labor=&amp;material_type=&amp;lccn=&amp;rows=20"&gt;Existing copies of newspapers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;IMG class=FCK__MWTemplate src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" width=1 height=1 _fckfakelement="true" _fckrealelement="0" _fck_mw_template="true"&gt;
 * [[Carbon County, Utah

Obituaries
1998-present - &lt;a href="http://www.carbon-utgenweb.com/databases.html#obituaries"&gt;Obituaries in Sun Advocate Newspaper Archives&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~utgenweb/"&gt;UTGenWeb&lt;/a&gt; - free.


 * On the &lt;a href="http://www.usgwarchives.net/ut/carbon/carbon.htm"&gt;USGenWeb Archives, Carbon County, Utah&lt;/a&gt; you will find the Obituary of Luther L. Dunn.

Many Carbon County obituaries have are available in the &lt;a href="http://www.carbon-utgenweb.com/cunningham1.html"&gt;Cunningham Collection&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~utgenweb/"&gt;UTGenWeb&lt;/a&gt; - free.


 * &lt;a href="Carbon County, Utah#Libraries"&gt;public libraries&lt;/a&gt;.

Probate Records

 * 1896-1925 - &lt;a href="http://www.carbon-utgenweb.com/probateA-I.html"&gt;Probate Records Index - Carbon County&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~utgenweb/"&gt;UTGenWeb&lt;/a&gt; - free


 * &lt;a href="Carbon County, Utah#Libraries"&gt;public libraries&lt;/a&gt;.

Public Records

 * &lt;a href="Carbon County, Utah#Libraries"&gt;public libraries&lt;/a&gt;.

Courthouses
&lt;a href="http://www.carbon.utah.gov/"&gt;Carbon County Official Website&lt;/a&gt;

County Courthouse 120 East Main Price, UT 84501

Phone: (435) 636-3201

County seat: Price

Family History Centers

 * &lt;a _fcknotitle="true" href="Introduction to LDS Family History Centers"&gt;Introduction to LDS Family History Centers&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a _fcknotitle="true" href="East Carbon Utah Family History Center"&gt;East Carbon Utah Family History Center&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a _fcknotitle="true" href="Price Utah Family History Center"&gt;Price Utah Family History Center&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a _fcknotitle="true" href="Wellington Utah Family History Center"&gt;Wellington Utah Family History Center&lt;/a&gt;

Libraries

 * public libraries.

Schools
&lt;a href="http://www.carbon-utgenweb.com/databases.html#yearbooks"&gt;UTGenWeb&lt;/a&gt; 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

 * &lt;a href="Carbon County, Utah#Libraries"&gt;public libraries&lt;/a&gt;.

Birth

 * 1898-1918 - &lt;a href="http://www.carbon-utgenweb.com/databases.html#birth"&gt;Carbon County birth records 1898-1918&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~utgenweb/"&gt;UTGenWeb&lt;/a&gt; - free. A &lt;a href="http://archives.utah.gov/research/indexes/83869.htm"&gt;Free online index&lt;/a&gt; at the Utah Archives website..

Birth Record Substitutes


 * 1928-1969 - &lt;a href="http://www.carbon-utgenweb.com/births3.html"&gt;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&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~utgenweb/"&gt;UTGenWeb&lt;/a&gt; - 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 &lt;a href="http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/westernStates/search.cfm"&gt;Western States Marriage Index&lt;/a&gt; - free.

Death

 * 1898-1905 - &lt;a href="http://www.carbon-utgenweb.com/deaths1.html"&gt;Carbon County death records 1898-1905&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~utgenweb/"&gt;UTGenWeb&lt;/a&gt; - 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 &lt;a href="https://www.familysearch.org/"&gt;Family Search Historical Records&lt;/a&gt; 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 &lt;a href="http://history.utah.gov/burials/execute/searchburials"&gt;Utah State Burial Index&lt;/a&gt;.


 * 1921-1937 - &lt;a href="http://www.carbon-utgenweb.com/ScofieldDeathCerts.html"&gt;Scofield and Winter Quarters Death Certificates Index&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~utgenweb/"&gt;UTGenWeb&lt;/a&gt; - free.

Death Record Substitutes


 * 1919-1963 - &lt;a href="http://www.carbon-utgenweb.com/others.html"&gt;Other Mining Fatalities&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~utgenweb/"&gt;UTGenWeb&lt;/a&gt; - free.


 * 1926-1962 - &lt;a href="http://www.carbon-utgenweb.com/databases.html#cemeteries"&gt;Death Certificate Index, Wallace Mortuary, Price, Utah&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~utgenweb/"&gt;UTGenWeb&lt;/a&gt; - 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.