Kane County, Utah Genealogy

United States Utah  Kane County

County Courthouse
76 North Main St. Kanab, UT 84741

Quick History
Wikipedia

Named for Col. Thomas L. Kane

Parent County
16 January 1864: Kane County was created from Washington County.

Boundary Changes
When Kane County was created in 1864 the town of Toquerville was designated as the County seat. In 1883 the County seat was moved to Kanab and Toquerville was moved back into Washington County.

City
Kanab

Towns
Alton | Big Water | Glendale | Orderville

Unincorporated communities
Duck Creek Village | Mount Carmel Junction

Ghost town
Paria

Neighboring Counties
Garfield | Iron | San Juan | Washington | Arizona counties: Coconino | Mohave

Cemeteries
Kane County Cemeteries at the Utah State Historical site

Census
The 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 U.S. federal population schedules of Kane 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.


 * 1870
 * 1880
 * 1890
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930

Church Records
Early church records, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, for Kane County Wards and Branches can be found on film and are located at the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City. The film numbers, for each ward, can be locate through the Family History Library Catalog at https://www.familysearch.org/. Or by refering to Jaussi, Laureen R., and Gloria D. Chaston. Register of Genealogical Society Call Numbers. 2 vols. Provo, Utah: Genealogy Tree, 1982. (FHL book 979.2258 A3j; fiche 6031507). These volumes contain the film numbers for many (but not all) membership and temple record films.

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." Two newspapers from Kane County are included in this digital project, the Kane County Independent and the Kane County Standard. Read more... about using Utah newspapers for your family history research.

Vital Records
'''Kane County (Utah). County Clerk Birth Register1900-1905'''

http://archives.utah.gov/research/indexes/83801.htm

Kane County Marriage license records 1887-1966 and applications 1920-1966 are on film at the LDS Family History Library, films numbers 484815 &amp; 484816.

BYU Western States Marriage Index

http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/westernStates/search.cfm

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 Data Base at: http://history.utah.gov/burials/execute/searchburials  This site includes information on many Utah residents, who died before death certicates were issued.

Societies and Libraries

 * The Kane County UTGenWeb Project, a member of The UTGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Kane County.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Kane County. (Backup site)
 * Family History Library Catalog for Kane County.