Uintah County, Utah Genealogy

United States  Utah  Uintah County

Parent County

 * 1880--Uintah County was created 18 February 1880 from Wasatch County. County seat: Vernal

Neighboring Counties
Carbon | Daggett | Duchesne | Emery | Grand | Colorado counties: Garfield | Moffat | Rio Blanco

Cemeteries
(Utah Genweb Project - Uintah County Cemeteries and Mortuaries)

Link to the Uintah County Cemetery Records. Uintah County Library


 * Deadmans Grave
 * Dry Fork Cemetery
 * Fairview Cemetery
 * Fort Duchesne Cemetery
 * Harms Cemetery
 * Hayden Cemetery
 * Jensen Cemetery
 * Lapoint Cemetery
 * Randlett Cemetery
 * Reeds Cemetery
 * Rock Point Cemetery
 * Tridell Cemetery
 * Uintah and Ouray Indian Cemetery
 * Vernal Memorial Park
 * White Rocks Cemetery

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


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

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Ashley
 * Bonanca
 * Bennett
 * Davis
 * Glines
 * Hayden
 * Jensen
 * Lapoint
 * Leota
 * Maeser
 * Moffatt
 * Mountain Dell
 * Naples
 * Randlett
 * Tridell
 * Union
 * Vernal
 * Vernal 1
 * Vernal 2
 * Vernal 3
 * Whiterocks

Early church records, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, for Uintah 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.

Land
The Uintah County Recorder's office has historical land records for Uintah County from 1894 to the present.

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 Uintah County are included in this digital project, the Uintah Papoose and Vernal Express. Read more... about using Utah newspapers for your family history research.

The following site has Early Uintah County Newspaper-Papoose and Vernal Express. http://www.uintah.lib.ut.us/LocalNewspapers.html

Vital Records
Birth &amp; Death Certificates

133 South 500 East Vernal, Utah 84078

(435) 247-1177

Marriage License Division / County Clerk

147 E Main Vernal, Utah 84078 (435) 781-5361

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 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.

Utah State Burial Index for death before 1904 http://history.utah.gov/burials/execute/searchburials

Societies and Libraries
Western Heritage Museum

328 East 200 South

Vernal, UT 84078

(435) 789-7399

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.
 * Wikipedia - Uintah County, Utah
 * Uintah County, Utah Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Uintah County, Utah Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)