Daggett County, Utah Genealogy

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Guide to Daggett County, Utah ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Facts
County seat: Manila
Organized: 07 Jan 1918
Parent County(s): Summit, Uintah
Neighboring Counties
DuchesneSummitUintahMoffat (CO)Sweetwater (WY)
See County Maps
Courthouse
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Location Map
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Flaming Gorge Dam, Daggett County, Utah

County Information[edit | edit source]

Description[edit | edit source]

The county was named for Ellsworth Daggett. The county is located in the northeast area of the state. [1]

County Courthouse[edit | edit source]

Daggett County Courthouse
95 N 1st W
Manila, UT 84046
Phone: 435-784-3154
Daggett County Courthouse

County Clerk has marriage, burial, divorce, probate, court and land records from 1918.[2]

Daggett County, Utah Record Dates[edit | edit source]

Known Beginning Dates for Government County Records[3]
Birth* Marriage Death* Court Land Probate Census
1896 (Uintah) 1918 1896 (Uintah) 1918 1918 1918 1851
*Statewide registration for births and deaths began in 1905. General compliance by 1917.

Record Loss[edit | edit source]

  • Land plats before 1878 destroyed in a fire.

For suggestions about research in places that suffered historic record losses, see:

Boundary Changes[edit | edit source]

Populated Places[edit | edit source]

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:[5]

Towns
Census-designated places
Ghost towns


History Timeline[edit | edit source]

NOTE: Unless otherwise mentioned, the events below were gleaned from Wikipedia for Daggett Count

  • 1870 Ranchers and pioneers begin to move to the area.
  • 1918 Daggett County created by Utah Legislature. Named for Ellsworth Daggett, the first surveyor-general of Utah.
  • 1957 Town of Dutch John constructed by U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to house workers working on construction of Flaming Gorge Dam.

Resources[edit | edit source]

Bible Records[edit | edit source]

Biographies[edit | edit source]

Business, Commerce, and Occupations[edit | edit source]

Cemeteries[edit | edit source]

Cemeteries of Daggett County, Utah online and in print
Tombstone Transcriptions Online
Tombstone Transcriptions in Print (Often more complete)
List of Cemeteries in the County
See Utah Cemeteries for more information.

Census Records[edit | edit source]

  • See Utah Census for databases to territorial and federal Censuses.
Historical populations
Census Pop.
1920 400
1930 411 2.8%
1940 564 37.2%
1950 364 −35.5%
1960 1,164 219.8%
1970 666 −42.8%
1980 769 15.5%
1990 690 −10.3%
2000 921 33.5%
2010 1,059 15.0%
Source: "Wikipedia.org".

Church Records[edit | edit source]

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

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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.

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

Stake: Lyman Stake, Wyoming

Places: Manila List of Stakes and Wards of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Daggett to about 1948

List of Churches and Church Parishes

Court Records[edit | edit source]

Directories[edit | edit source]

Emigration and Immigration[edit | edit source]

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups[edit | edit source]

Funeral Homes[edit | edit source]

Genealogies[edit | edit source]

Guardianship[edit | edit source]

Land and Property Records[edit | edit source]

Local Histories[edit | edit source]

Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]

See Utah Gazetteers

Migration[edit | edit source]

Military Records[edit | edit source]

Civil War

World War I

World War II

Naturalization and Citizenship[edit | edit source]

Online Naturalization Indexes and Records

Newspapers[edit | edit source]

Obituaries[edit | edit source]

Other Records[edit | edit source]

Prisons[edit | edit source]

Periodicals[edit | edit source]

Probate Records[edit | edit source]

Online Probate Indexes and Records

School Records[edit | edit source]

Social Security Records[edit | edit source]

Tax Records[edit | edit source]

Vital Records[edit | edit source]

Birth[edit | edit source]

Marriage[edit | edit source]

Death[edit | edit source]

Divorce[edit | edit source]

Voting Records[edit | edit source]

Research Facilities[edit | edit source]

Archives[edit | edit source]

FamilySearch Centers[edit | edit source]

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Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

Libraries[edit | edit source]


Museums[edit | edit source]

Societies[edit | edit source]

LDS Genealogy Daggett County
Website

Websites[edit | edit source]

  • FamilySearch Catalog – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.

Research Guides[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Wikipedia contributors, "Daggett, Utah" in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daggett_County,_Utah accessed 3 Dec 2018
  2. Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Daggett County, Utah Page 686 At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002.
  3. Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Daggett County, Utah . Page 686-688 At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002; Alice Eichholz, ed. Ancestry’s Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources, Third ed. (Provo, Utah: Ancestry, 2004), 676-677.
  4. Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002).At various libraries (WorldCat); FSC Book 973 D27e 2002.
  5. Wikipedia contributors, "Daggett County, Utah," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daggett_County,_Utah, accessed 13 February 2019.