Carbon County, Utah Genealogy

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Utah

Carbon County

Guide to Carbon County, Utah ancestry, family history, and genealogy. Birth records, marriage and death records, cemeteries, census, church records, probate records, and obituaries—resources to find parents and family history since 1894, when the county was formed.

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Carbon County, Utah
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Location in the state of Utah, United States Genealogy
Location of Utah in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	March 8, 1894
County Seat	Price
Courthouse
Address	County Courthouse 120 East Main Price, UT 84501
Website: www.carbon.utah.gov
Named for: coal deposits found in the area
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County Facts

Description

The County was named for the major coal deposits in the area. The County is located in the center area of the state.

County Courthouse

Carbon County Courthouse
120 East Main Street
Price, Utah 84501-3057
Phone: 435-636-3224

County Clerk has marriage records.
Clerk of the District Court has divorce, probate and court records.
County Recorder has land records.

Carbon County, Utah Record Dates

Known Beginning Dates for Major County Records
Birth*	Marriage	Death*	Court	Land	Probate	Census
1898	1894	1898	1894	1894	1894	1851
Statewide registration for births and deaths began in 1905. General compliance by 1917.

Records Loss

There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Parent Counties

Carbon County, Utah Genealogy was created March 8, 1894 from:Emery County

Boundary Changes

For animated maps illustrating Utah County boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Utah County Boundary Maps" (1849-1960) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

See UT: Index of Counties... from Newberry Library's Utah Atlas of Historical County Boundaries, for a timeline of boundary changes for Carbon County, Utah Genealogy.

Neighboring Counties

Carbon County, Utah Genealogyis surrounded by: Duchesne | Emery | Grand | Sanpete | Uintah | Utah

Populated Places

For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit Hometown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Cities
East Carbon Sunnyside Helper	Price (county seat)	Wellington
Towns
Scofield
Census-designated places
Carbonville Clear Creek	Kenilworth Spring Glen	West Wood
Ghost towns
Castle Gate Coal City Consumers Hale	Hiawatha Kiz National Peerless	Royal Spring Canyon Standardville Winter Quarters

Resources

The types of records that follow are used for genealogy and family history. Most tell what you may learn and how to locate the records. Links to Internet sites usually go directly to Carbon County, Utah Genealogy entries with names, images, or information.

Bible Records

The term "Bible records" refers to the practice of keeping family dates and events in a family Bible. This was a common practice in many European countries and carried over to America. Many of these family Bible records are still in existence and preserved by the descendants of the immigrants. In some cases these family Bibles have found their way into libraries and other repositories.

For an explanation of how to find Bible records and for helpful links see Utah Bible Records. See also United States Bible Records.

Biography

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

Business Records and Commerce

See United States Business Records
See also Utah Occupation and Business Records

Cemeteries

Tombstone Transcriptions Online	Tombstone Transcriptions in Print	List of Cemeteries in the county
FindAGrave	Family History Library	FindAGrave
UTGravestones	WorldCat	Hometown Locator
Billion Graves (name)	Utah Periodicals	Utah Cemeteries and Burials
Billion Graves (cemetery)		Linkpendium
GenWeb Tomstone Project		Genealogy Trails
UTGenWeb		FamilySearch Places
See Utah Cemeteries for more information.

Cemetery records often reveal birth, death, relationship, military, and religious information. The spouse and children who died young are frequently buried nearby.

More than tombstone inscriptions, cemetery records include sextons (caretakers) records and interment (burial) records, each with slightly different information. See Utah Cemeteries.

• To 1966 - Utah, Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah, Territorial to 1966 at FamilySearch — index and images

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

Census

Historical populations
Census	Pop.	%±
1900	5,004	—
1910	8,624	72.3%
1920	15,489	79.6%
1930	17,798	14.9%
1940	18,459	3.7%
1950	24,901	34.9%
1960	21,135	−15.1%
1970	15,647	−26.0%
1980	22,179	41.7%
1990	20,228	−8.8%
2000	20,422	1.0%
2010	21,403	4.8%
Source: "Wikipedia.org".

Census records 1850 and later list names, ages, and places of birth (state or nation) for everyone in the household. Censuses locate the family and have other clues to find more records about them.

• See Utah Census for online indexes and images of US federal censuses. of: 1856, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, and 1940.
• See statewide printed indexes, including 1856.

Churches and Religious Groups

The information given in church records depends upon the practices of each religious group. Most include the names of members, often with ages and birth places. Several give birth, christening, or blessing dates for infants. See Utah Church Records for details about various denominations.

• Church records (microfilmed originals or published transcripts) are listed for Carbon County, Utah Genealogy at the town level (space, then select a town) or county level (select Church topics) in the FamilySearch Library Catalog.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons)

The usage of "Mormon" and "LDS" on this page is approved according to current policy.

• 1877-1918 - Utah LDS Mission Calls and Recommendations 1877-1918 at FamilySearch — index

Historically, most people in Utah were Latter-day Saints. Their records are, therefore, very important for early Utah research. For additional information, see Tracing Latter-day Saint Ancestors and Utah Church Records.

Click a church unit name in the chart below for its history, boundaries, and availability of records, which are often in microfilm format

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Guide to history and records of wards and branches of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Stake(s): Carbon Stake, Utah Castle Gate · Clear Creek  · Columbia  · Helper · Hiawatha · Kenilworth · Price · Scofield · Storrs · Spring Glen · Standardville · Sunnyside · Wellington · Winter Quarters List of Carbon County stakes and wards to about 1948

List of Churches and Church Parishes

• FamilySearch Places
  

Court Records

Many of your ancestors may be found in court records as defendants, plaintiffs, witnesses, or jurors. Court records can establish family relationships and places of residence, occupations, and other family history information. See Utah Court Records for the various courts through the years.

For specialized court records, see Divorce  · Guardianship  · Land  · Naturalization  · Probate

Directories

See Utah Directories

Emigration and Immigration

• 1847-1868 - Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868 at FamilySearch — index

Ethnic and Other Groups

Funeral Homes

Fausett Mortuary
680 East 100 South
Price, UT 84501
Phone: 435-637-1181
Fax: 435-637-6995

Mitchell Funeral Home Inc.
233 East Main St
Price, UT 84501
Phone: 435-637-2668
Fax: 435-637-6963

Gazetteers

See Utah Gazetteers

• FamilySearch Places:Cities and Towns- How to Use FS Places

Genealogy

Community Trees

• FamilySearch Greeks of Carbon County

• Early Utah Families

Guardianship

Guardianship of orphans or adults unable to manage their own affairs were handled by the probate and the Federal District courts. See Utah Court Records.

History

• Watt, Ronald G. A history of Carbon County, Utah Centennial County History Series. Also at Utah State History Digital Collections
• History of the Scofield mine disaster : a concise account of the incidents and scenes that took place at Scofield, Utah, May 1,  Ancestry.com ($)
  

History Timeline

See UT: Index of Counties... from Newberry Library's Utah Atlas of Historical County Boundaries, for a timeline of boundary changes for Carbon County, Utah Genealogy.

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

• 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

Land records (especially deeds) often give the name of a spouse, heir, other relatives, or other clues for further research. They often have other clues for further research, such as witnesses or the other parties who may be relatives or in-laws. See Utah Land and Property for more.

• County Recorder's Office: check deeds, file mining claims, get assistance in finding ownership of a particular property, and obtain copies of county plat maps. This office has county plat records dating back to 1878, prior records having been destroyed in a fire.

Maps

Click a neighboring county
for more resources

Google highway map of Carbon County 2012

• FamilySearch Places:Cities and Towns- How to Use FS Places

Medical Records

Migration

Military

• To 1966 - Utah, Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah, Territorial to 1966 at FamilySearch — index and images

Civil War

• 1861-1865 - Utah, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — index

World War I

• 1914-1918 - Utah, World War I Army Servicemen Records Abstracts, 1914-1918 at FamilySearch — index
• 1914-1918 - Utah, World War I Service Questionnaires, 1914-1918 at FamilySearch — index
• 1917-1918 - Utah, World War I County Draft Board Registers, Name Index, 1917-1918 at FamilySearch — index
• 1917-1918 - Utah, World War I Militia Lists, 1917-1918 at FamilySearch — index

World War II

• 1929-1954 - Utah, World War II Index to Army Veterans of Utah, 1939-1945 at FamilySearch — index
• 1940-1945 - Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947 at FamilySearch — index and images

Naturalization and Citizenship

Declarations of Intent before 1906 often include the nation of origin, his* foreign and "Americanized" names, residence, and date of arrival. See Utah Naturalization and Citizenship for more information.    (*Women were not naturalized until 1922 in the United States.)

• 1906-1930 - Utah Naturalization Records, 1906-1930 at FamilySearch — index and images

Newspapers

Small town newspapers contain obituaries, birth or death notices, community news (such as the visit of someone's relatives), legal notices and provide historical content. See Utah newspapers for tips, resources, and details.

Resources include:

• Utah Digital Newspapers Project presents newspaper images online. Search All Newspapers by name or keywords, or Browse by County to view all newspapers digitized for Carbon County, Utah Genealogy.
  • Carbon County News, Eastern Utah Advocate and News Advocate covering 1892-1932 are included
  • The list by dates and towns (from Chronicling America)

Obituaries

Obituaries may mention birth, marriage, spouse, parents, and living family members. See Utah Obituaries for state level compendiums and United States Obituaries for tips and insights regarding this record type.

Obituaries for residents may be found in:

• 1850 – 2005 Utah, Obituaries from Utah Newspapers, 1850-2005 at FamilySearch — index
• Newspapers of Carbon County, Utah Genealogy
• Local Funeral Homes, Societies, Libraries, or in family records.
• Obituaries of neighboring counties
• Newspapers of major cities: Deseret News and/or The Salt Lake Tribune, both in Salt Lake City.

• 1998-present - Obituaries in Sun Advocate Newspaper Archives UTGenWeb
• On the USGenWeb Archives, Carbon County, Utah Genealogy you will find the Obituary of Luther L. Dunn.
• Many Carbon County obituaries are available in the Cunningham Collection UTGenWeb - free.

Periodicals

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

In Utah, such records may be difficult to find. Try records of the church they may have attended. Realize, however, that such records may have not been preserved, and would not be in the typical records of membership.

It is possible there were records kept by civilian authorities. Ask town or county officials and local librarians and the State Archives. Also try National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (online).

Probate Records

Probate cases include court actions regarding property and estates of individuals who have died. Records may locate relatives, provide death dates, and identify property. See Utah Probate Records for more information. Online Probate Records

• 1800 – 1985 Utah Wills and Probate Records 1800-1985 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
• 1851 – 1961 Utah Probate Records 1851-1961 at FamilySearch — images
• 1896-1925 - Probate Records Index - Carbon County at UTGenWeb

Public Records

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.

Taxation

Vital Records

Vital records of birth, marriage, death, and divorce are created by civil (state, county, or city) officials. See Utah Vital Records for details and history of the records.

See also How to order Utah Vital Records or download an application for Utah Birth Certificate, Marriage or Divorce Certificate, Death Certificate Applications to mail.

Birth

Below are the best sources to find birth information (dates and places of birth and names of parents) for Carbon County, Utah Genealogy. Also available: How to Find Birth Information in Utah.

Follow the suggestions under the year span that matches when your ancestor was born:

Birth before 1894

Carbon County, Utah Genealogy was formed on 8 March 1894.

      If your records show the person was born here before the county was formed,
      search parent counties :

Birth 1894 -1897

No birth records were created for Carbon County, Utah Genealogy by either by county or state civil authorities in this time period.

Follow these suggestions to find birth information for this time period:

• Utah Death Certificates 1904-1961 give birth date and place (recorded at the time of death), names of parents, and name of spouse. Search by names or by exact death date.
• Church records usually give birth date and place and names of parents.
• See also other records that give birth information, such as Death records, Census, Cemeteries, Obituaries
• See also neighboring counties for birth information, due to family members living in that area, religious preferences, convenience, and other reasons.

Birth 1898 - present

County clerks became responsible for recording births beginning in 1898. In 1905, the State Department of Health assumed responsibility and required the counties to forward copies of the records to them.

Records open to the public

Birth records created more than 100 years ago State Department of Health Birth, Marriage, and Death Certificates page. are open to the public.

• 1898 - 1905 - Online index to births 1898–1905 Series 83869 for Carbon County, Utah Genealogy by the Utah State Archives. (Free) Search by names of parents, as many entries do not give the child's name. Each entry includes date of birth, sex, residence, etc.
• 1898 - 1918 - Carbon County, Utah Genealogy birth records at UTGenWeb - free. Transcription of online index to births listed above.

• 1903 - 1914 - Utah, Birth Certificates, 1903-1914 at FamilySearch — index and images
  • FamilySearch Library copy: FHL film 484812 It. 2-3 . There are no names of children in the records. (Census or Churches and Religious Groups records will help.) This collection has been transcribed and is available in the link below hosted by UT GenWeb.
• 1906 - 1910 - 1906-1910 online images for Carbon County, Utah Genealogy at the State Archives. Browse the "not yet indexed" area by year and county. Most entries do have names of children.
  
  • Later records open to the public are housed at the Utah State Archives, but not online.
• Online Utah, Births and Christenings, 1892-1941, a FamilySearch Historical Records Collection. .
• 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.

Restricted records

Access to official birth records within 100 years is restricted to those who meet certain requirements. Order copies:

• Office of Vital Records and Statistics, 288 North 1460 West, Salt Lake City, Utah, Phone: (801) 538-6105. How to order online, by mail, or in person.

• Southeastern Utah District Public Health Department (Carbon County) 28 S. 100 E., Price, Utah, 84501,637-3671.

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Marriage

• 1805-1992 - Utah, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
• 1883-1966 - Marriages: 10,065 marriages from 15 Aug 1883 to 12 Sep 1966 are listed on the [http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/westernStates/search.cfm Western States Marriage Index - free.
• 1887-1940 - Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940 at FamilySearch — index and images

Divorce

Divorce records give the names of the parties and may give the date and place of their marriage. See Utah Vital Records for excellent information.

Death

• 1898-1905 - Carbon County death records 1898-1905 at UTGenWeb - free. FHL Film 484812 Items 2-3. 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
• Before 1904 - Utah State Burial Index
• 1904-1964 - Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964 at FamilySearch — index and images. 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.
• 1921-1937 - Scofield and Winter Quarters Death Certificates Index 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.

Websites

• Carbon County, UT History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
• Utah Genealogy Network Group on Facebook

Links to indexes or images of records:

• See Utah FamilySearch Historical Collections to search items that include Carbon County, Utah Genealogy.

Links to Carbon County, Utah Genealogy collections:

• FamilySearch Library Catalog
  • Carbon County, Utah Genealogy (Select topics)
  • Towns in Carbon County, Utah Genealogy (Space, then select town)

Sites that gather links to the Internet

• Linkpendium
• CyndisList

Archives, Libraries, etc.

Resources for Carbon County, Utah Genealogy are available in repositories (such as libraries and archives) at all levels: the town, the county, the state (including universities), and the nation.

Check websites and catalogs of archives and libraries for items for this county. Examples: Carbon County, Utah Genealogy items in FamilySearch Library (Utah). When you find items you'd like to access, see Get a Copy

See Courthouse · FamilySearch Centers · Libraries · Societies sections.

Courthouse

Carbon County Official Website
County Courthouse
120 East Main
Price, UT 84501
Phone: (435) 636-3201
County seat: Price

FamilySearch Centers

Family History Centers provide one-on-one assistance, free access to center-only databases, and to premium genealogical websites.
FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries have access to most center-only databases, but may not always have full services normally provided by a family history center.

• Family History Center and Affiliate Library Locator

Local Centers and Libraries

• Introduction to Family History Centers

• East Carbon Utah Family History Center
• Price Utah Family History Center
• Wellington Utah Family History Center

Libraries

Local public libraries usually have histories, genealogies, indexes of cemeteries, copies of local newspapers, or other records for the area they serve. Many libraries in Utah have an area dedicated to local collections and manuscripts.

• Price City Library
  159 East Main Street
  Price, UT 84501-3046
  Phone: 435-636-3188.

• Utah State University Eastern Library & Learning Commons
  451 East 400 North
  Price, UT 84501
  
  • The library holds microfilm copies of newspapers from several towns in Carbon and Emery Counties. They are willing to help with research if the exact date of an event is known.
    

See also Utah Public Library Directory, which provides links to library web pages, addresses, phone numbers, hours, and maps. Does not mention holdings.

Societies

See also a List of Utah Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical & Genealogical Societies

Towns and Communities

References

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