Genealogy
These resources include relevant Pioneer databases, Utah Internet resources, and national Internet resources.
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Pioneer Databases
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HeritageQuest Online
HeritageQuest Online combines digital, searchable images of U.S. federal census records with the digitized version of the popular UMI Genealogy & Local History collection and other valuable content. From ProQuest.
Utah Resources
Index Search
Search death certificates, death registers, birth registers, divorce registers, incorporation case files, mining records, citizenship/naturalization records, prisoner' pardons application files, civil case files, Indian War service affidavits, court case files and other records for specific Utah counties. Indexes provided by the Utah Division of Archives & Records Services.
Utah Burials
Find information on more than 556,000 people buried in Utah cemeteries. From Utah State History.
Utah Death Certificate Index, 1904-1956
Search death certificates from the Office of Vital Records & Statistics by name or browse by date and county. Results include name, death date, sex, age, county, and a digital image of the death certificate when available. Database provided by the Utah Division of Archives & Records Services.
Utah Digital Newspapers
This digital collection contains more than 50 newspapers from Utah. Titles range in date from the 1850s to the 1960s. The digitized newspapers in this website may be browsed by issue or searched by keywords, article titles, weddings, deaths, and births. Search all newspapers, select a specific newspaper or browse by county. This project was funded by the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) and digitized at the University of Utah.
National Resources
Ancestry.com
A very popular genealogy portal, some free information, other information is fee-based.
Archival Research Catalog (ARC)
ARC is a searchable database of government manuscripts, photographs, maps, drawings and other documents. The ARC Guide for Genealogists and Family Historians provides an introduction on how to conduct genealogical research in the ARC.
CastleGarden.org
Free access to a database of information on 10 million immigrants from 1830 through 1892, the year Ellis Island opened. The Castle was the primary port of entry for the east coast for this time period. Passenger records show name, occupation, age, gender, literacy, ship of arrival, date of arrival, origin, and destination. From The Battery Conservancy.
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
A free portal to genealogical resources on the Internet.
Ellis Island Records
The Passenger Record Archive provides passenger records (name, date of arrival, ship of travel, & age on arrival), ship manifests, and ship information (ship image and background). Find immigrants that entered the United States through Ellis Island and the Port of New York between 1892 and 1924. Free service, but you must register.
Family Search
Free family history, family tree, and genealogy records and resources from around the world. Search for ancestors through online birth, marriage, death, census, church and other indexes. Download the Personal Ancestral File (PAF), a free genealogy and family history software. Service of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
Find My Past
Fee-based family history search from England allows users to research UK ancestry. Search census records and trace births, marriages and deaths.
Genealogists/Family Historians
Find research information and resources for genealogists and family historians from the National Archives. Search the Access to Archival Databases for military casualties, civilian records, military personnel, passenger lists, and prisoners of war.
Genealogy Home Page
A comprehensive collection of links to help and guides, North American, worldwide and religious resources, newsgroups & mailing lists, libraries, software, societies and more.
Interment.net: Cemetery Transcription Library
Interment.net contains thousands of transcriptions of cemetery records and tombstone inscriptions, from cemeteries in the USA, Canada, England, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and other countries.
Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation
A nonprofit organization that was founded to build a correlated genetic and genealogical database. The database maintains strict confidentiality of participants' information while linking individuals together in "relationship trees" based on their DNA.
United States Genealogy Sleuth
A metasite of links to free and fee-based U.S. genealogy research as well as research worldwide, including USGenWeb sites, cemetery and census sites, place names and maps, military information, vital records and more. From ProGenealogists.
USGenWeb Project
Consists of a group of volunteers working together to provide Internet websites for genealogical research in every county and every state of the United States. The Project is non-commercial and fully committed to free access for everyone. Organization is by county and state, and has links to all the state websites which, in turn, provide gateways to the counties.