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Goal 4: Learn about Utah church and cemetery records.
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ALearn about Utah church records.
Summary
- Find Utah church information by denomination.
- Search Utah church records at the county level.
- Get an overview of Utah church records in these articles.
FS—Utah Church Records
AC—Vermont Church Records - Explore additional links for Utah church records on the
LDSGenealogy site. - Explore church record resources on the Ancestor Hunt site.
Exercises
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for church records. Then use the learnings for searches for a U.S. ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
Record Search Practice |
John Patrick Henry was married in the Catholic Church in Utah. Use the "AC: Utah, US Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City Sacramental Records, 1860-1998" QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- When was John Patrick Henry married?
- What is his mother's name?
- According to Similar Records, what was the cause of his death?
- Click the QUIKLink mentioned above.
- In the search screen, enter "John Patrick" as the first name and "Henry" as the last name.
- In the search results screen, click View Record for John Patrick Henry for the first two answers.
- Click on Suggested Records to the right - Idaho, US, Death Records, 1890-1971 - for cause of death.
- John was married on 30 June 1933.
- He married Emma Kelly.
- He died of a coronary occlusion.
Record Search Practice |
Jane Truman was an early member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Use the "FS: Utah, FamilySearch, Early Church Information file, 1830-1900" QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- When and where was Jane born?
- Who are her parents?
- Who gave her a patriarchal blessing?
- Click the QUIKLink mentioned above.
- In the search screen, enter "Jane" as the first name and "Truman" as the last name.
- In the search results screen, click View Original Document for Jane Truman.
- Jane was born on 27 Oct 1827 in Castleton, Wiltshire, England.
- Her parents are John and Mary Herbot.
- Isaac Morley.
QUIKLinks
BExplore Utah cemetery records.
Summary
- Find cemetery records for Utah ancestors from a number of sources.
- Explore Utah cemetery records in this article.
FS—Utah Cemetery Records - Browse the
Interment.net site for Utah cemetery records. - Search for Utah cemetery records online.
- Explore Utah cemetery records on the AccessGenealogy site.
- Explore the Tombstone Transcription Project on the U.S. GenWeb site.
- Search the Find A Grave site for cemetery records.
- Search the BillionGraves site for cemetery records.
- See additional cemetery resources on the Utah Linkpendium site.
- Explore additional links for Utah cemetery records on the LDSGenealogy site.
Exercises
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for cemetery records. Then use the learnings for searches for a U.S. ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
QUIKLinks
Utah Counties
Name = FamilySearch; A = Ancestry; L = Linkpendium; G = Genealogy Inc; U = USGenWeb; T = GenealogyTrails
Get a printable map of counties.
Get an interactive map of counties.