Harrisville, Weber County, Utah Genealogy

United States Utah Weber County Harrisville

Quick History
1851: Martin Henderson Harris, for whom Harrisville was named, and a nephew of Martin Harris of Book of Mormon fame, built a log home west of Four Mile Creek.

City Hall
http://www.cityofharrisville.com/

Harrisville City Office 363 West Independance Blvd. Harrisville, Utah 84404 Phone: 801.782.9648

Neighboring Communities
North Ogden | Ogden | Pleasant View | Marriott-Slaterville | Plain City

Biography & Genealogies

 * Early Latter Day Saints - An Mormon Trail Pioneer Database
 * Daughters of Utah Pioneers
 * Sons of Utah Pioneers Stories
 * Pioneers and prominent men of Utah: comprised of photographs, genealogies, biographies, the early history of the LDS Church

Cemeteries
Most of the settlers of Harrisville are buried at the Ben Lomond Cemetery in North Ogden.

Church History and Records

 * Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints


 * 1) Harrisville (created in 1877, formerly known as Harrisville Branch)


 * Record of members, 1863-1941
 * Form E, 1907-1948 (annual genealogical report)
 * Minutes of meeting, 1850-1907

History

 * 1) OnlineUtah.com for Harrisville (taken from Utah History Encyclopedia)
 * 2) State History Finding Aids (Utah State History)

Maps

 * 1) USGS GNIS FID 1441617
 * 2) Google
 * 3) Hometown Locator
 * 4) City Street maps (Utah Dept of Archives and History)

Newspapers

 * Standard-Examiner
 * Weber Sentinel News

Historical Newspapers

 * Ogden Standard Examiner Archives is available at Ancestry.com $ The data base is searchable from 1920 to 1977.
 * Utah Digital Newspapers for the Ogden Standard 1879 - 1927

Societies and Libraries

 * Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum 2148 Grant Avenue Ogden, UT 84401 ph: (801) 393-4460
 * Ogden Regional Family History Center 539 24th St. Ogden, UT 84401 Phone: 801-626-1132 E-mail: UT_OGDEN@ldsmail.net

Marriages

 * Marriage information may be located at the Western States Marriage Database searchable by bride or groom.

Death

 * Utah Department of Archives 1903 to 50 years ago Choices of search types - name, date of death (year, month, day, or any combination) and county. Images of actual death certificates.
 * Utah Death Certificates 1904 - 1956 -A free internet access to the 1904-1956 death certificates can be viewed on the Family Search Historical Records. 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 information on death prior to 1904 you can search the Utah State Burial Index.
 * Ancestry.com $ Utah Death Index 1905-1951 Hint Keyword: enter the year of death and enter the name of county if known.
 * Social Security Death Index, begins about 1962.

Web Sites

 * Webtree.com, listing individuals who born or died in Harrisville. Submitters of gedcoms may add, update or remove contents.