Salt Lake County UT Genealogy

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Salt Lake Records by Type

Birth Records (17)
Cemetery Records (212)
Census Records (34)
Church Records (212)
City Directories (192)
Court Records (33)
Death Records (33)
Histories and Genealogies (57)
Immigration Records (11)
Land Records (16)
Map Records (103)
Marriage Records (24)
Military Records (17)
Minority Records (2)
Miscellaneous Records (18)
Newspapers and Obituaries (417)
Probate Records (14)
School Records (74)
Tax Records (11)

Salt Lake County Records by City/Town

Alta Genealogy (5)
Bingham Canyon Genealogy (39)
Bluffdale Genealogy (10)
Camp Douglas Genealogy (5)
Copperton Genealogy (7)
Draper Genealogy (11)
Garfield Genealogy (8)
Holladay Genealogy (8)
Magna Genealogy (19)

Midvale Genealogy (42)
Murray Genealogy (38)
Riverton Genealogy (9)
Salt Lake City Genealogy (914)
Sandy Genealogy (38)
South Jordan Genealogy (10)
Taylorsville Genealogy (8)
West Jordan Genealogy (18)
West Valley City Genealogy (7)

Overview of Salt Lake County Records

Salt Lake County was created in 1849.
Birth and death records from 1905 to the present can be obtained from the Utah Department of Health.
The Salt Lake County Clerk has marriage records starting in 1887, divorce and court records starting in 1896, and probate records starting in 1852.
The Salt Lake County Recorder has land records starting in 1852.
Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.