Salt Lake County Civil and Criminal Court Docket Books and Minute Books, 1852-1887. Series PC-304 and PC-305. Includes divorce cases. The corresponding Civil and Criminal Court Case Files will be uploaded as they are digitized.
Salt Lake County Land Claim Record Books, 1871-1894. Series PC-010. Administrative records supporting the process leading to the granting of Land Title Certificates (see below).
Salt Lake County Land Title Certificates, 1851-1895 (bulk 1870s). Series PC-001. Now searchable and viewable online through last names beginning with “R.”
Salt Lake County Planning Commission Meeting Minutes, 1944-2019. Series PD-027.
Salt Lake County Plat Maps, 1962-1963. Series RC-106. Includes some Pioneer Plat Maps, 1852-1892.
Excerpt from the George M. Cannon Plat Book, 1867. Salt Lake County Recorder. Pioneer Plat Maps, 1887-1888. Series RC-106.
Archives staff have been busy digitizing and creating indexes to make Salt Lake County records more accessible. We have four more record series/indexes online and available for research by anyone, anytime, anywhere in our Digital Archives!
The Utah State Historical Records Advisory Board (USHRAB), administered by the Utah Division of Archives and Records Service, awarded Salt Lake County Archives a grant in the amount of $2,240.00 to digitize Salt Lake County Commission Minutes from 1852-1972. We are happy to announce that the records are now digitized and are available in our online Digital Archives! Check out an earlier blog entry that describes the Commission Minutes, the grant process, and the importance of this project.
The USHRAB’s grant program is funded by a State Board Programming Grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) at the National Archives. The USHRAB assists public and private non-profits, as well as non-Federal government entities throughout the State of Utah in the preservation and use of historical records.
Thank you to USHRAB and the NHPRC at the National Archives for the opportunity to provide access to these records to anyone, anywhere, and at anytime.
As mentioned in a previous blog entry, we have been digitizing and uploading the Salt Lake County Land Title Certificates, 1851-1895 (bulk 1871-1873). An ongoing project, we have now made available all Land Title Certificates up through surnames starting with “P,” and are starting to upload records for surnames beginning with “R.”
The collection contains the Land Title Certificates granted to petitioners from 1871 to 1879 which finally provided federally recognized land title to the people of Salt Lake County. Although issued in the 1870s, these records can retroactively document land possession back to the 1850s.
Please check our Digital Archives for continuing online additions to this record series!
Example of record for Abram Allen, Salt Lake County Land Title Certificates, series PC-001.
“Salt Lake County Oaths of Office, including Oaths against Polygamy and Bigamy, 1887-1895” are now browsable on our website! The oaths of office and official bonds were sworn by Salt Lake County government officials in territorial Utah, and were an oath that they were not a polygamist or bigamist (nor had they been convicted of any crime defined by an Act of Congress as “polygamy, bigamy, unlawful cohabitation, incest, adultery and fornication”) and that they will carry out the duties of their office. The name of the official’s wife, used to indicate that they had only one wife and not multiple, is also listed.
Example from “Oaths of Office, including Oaths against Polygamy and Bigamy,” series CL-367. Salt Lake County Archives.
Additional records are also available, either browsable or searchable, on our website!
Salt Lake County Tax Appraisal Photograph, parcel 15-01-107-007, serial 03-1562.
The image above was taken by the Salt Lake County tax assessor in 1936. “Schraven Terrace,” as this uniquely shaped building was named, was constructed in 1905 and located at 623 – 627 West 100 South in Salt Lake City. Below is a plot plan drawing showing the outline and dimensions of this terrace building in 1936.
Plot plan drawing of Schraven Terrace, 1936. Salt Lake County Tax Appraisal Card, serial 03-1562.
Source of images: Salt Lake County Tax Appraisal Cards and Photographs, parcel 15-01-107-007, serial 03-1562. Salt Lake County Archives.
Archives staff continuously work on preparing, scanning, describing, and uploading more and more Salt Lake County records to our website. A quick update about some of the most recent records series made available online include:
Land Title Certificates: Records are now searchable and viewable up to last names starting with “MI.”
Tax Appraisal Cards, 1970s – 1991: Records are being uploaded each week. These cards document assessed values on residential and commercial property located in Salt Lake County, from the 1970s to 1991.
A few views of Copperfield in Upper Bingham Canyon as it existed in 1938. As many of our readers already know, this specific area is located west of Salt Lake City and is now the site of the world’s largest open-pit copper mine. All photographs were taken by the Salt Lake County Assessor. These and thousands more photographs and documentation of Salt Lake County buildings can be found at the Salt Lake County Archives.
205 Copperfield, Upper Bingham Canyon. Photograph taken in 1938. Salt Lake County Tax Appraisal Photographs, serial 19-22. 123 Copperfield, Upper Bingham Canyon. Photograph taken in 1938. Salt Lake County Tax Appraisal Photographs, serial 19-23.123 Copperfield, Upper Bingham Canyon. Photograph taken in 1938. Salt Lake County Tax Appraisal Photographs, serial 19-23.123 Copperfield, Upper Bingham Canyon. Photograph taken in 1938. Salt Lake County Tax Appraisal Photographs, serial 19-23.
The Utah State Historical Records Advisory Board (USHRAB), administered by the Utah Division of Archives and Records Service, has announced that the Salt Lake County Archives is a recipient of its Spring 2021 grant funding to preserve and provide access to Utah’s history. Salt Lake County Archives was awarded $2,240.00 to digitize Salt Lake County Commission Minutes from 1852-1972. The digital records will then be available online in the near future. The minutes that are typewritten will also have OCR applied, enabling users to search by any keyword within the pages.
The Commission Minutes are an invaluable resource for both researchers in the history of Salt Lake County, the state of Utah, and the Western United States; for genealogists researching their families in the county; and for county agencies needing information about decisions made by the county prior to 1973. “Virtually any person living in, or any activity taking place in, unincorporated areas of Salt Lake County (up to and including the incorporation of municipalities) was affected by the actions of the county commission and is reflected in the minutes. They document, record, and describe the structural, economic, and social foundations and development of Utah as a territory, Salt Lake as a county, and the early cities only a few years after the arrival of the Mormon Pioneers. The minutes outline the business mode, ethics, philosophies, and decisions of the county.”
The USHRAB’s grant program is funded by a State Board Programming Grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) at the National Archives. The USHRAB assists public and private non-profits, as well as non-Federal government entities throughout the State of Utah in the preservation and use of historical records.
A huge thank you to USHRAB and the NHPRC at the National Archives for this wonderful opportunity!
Source: Salt Lake County (Utah). County Commission Minutes. Series 3790. Utah State Archives finding aid.
Do you have an ancestor that was involved in mining? Do you enjoy rock hounding? Are you part of the Utah Abandoned Mines group on Facebook? Then you’ll love this! The Salt Lake County Archives has posted its mining records on our website!Staff spent several weeks digitizing the ledgers for various mining records so that there would be public access to the documents. A complete overview, including determining preservation needs and research value, was conducted. The conclusion found a large gap in the free access to mining records online across the state of Utah.
Now you can search many of Salt Lake County’s mining records to your heart’s content, looking for that mining claim, writing your history book, or trying to find that ancestor who claimed to have a mineral vein that made them rich!
An example of an index arranged by owner name. Salt Lake County Recorder, Index to Mining Deed Record Book Q, Series RC-044. Some of the indexes are only accessible through the name of the mining claim. Salt Lake County Recorder, Mining Abstracts Index Book A, Series RC-041.
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