Price City Library, 159 East Main, Price - phone 801-637-3188. The library has many books about Carbon County and its surrounding area. They also have an inter-library loan program to order in films and books.
Utah State University Eastern Price Library located on the campus of the college at 451 East 400 North, Price. They have a microfilm collection of all the newspapers for the surrounding areas. They have readers and copy machines available for patron use.
Family History Center, 85 East 400 North, Price phone 801-637-2071

Records Available at Family History Center

Birth records for 1898-1918

Death records for 1898-1905

Marriage record Index for 1894-1966

Marriage Licenses for 1894-1966

Draft Registration records for WWI

Early Probate records

Church records for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Cemetery Records

The Family History Libraries in Price and Emery County conducted a survey of all the cemeteries in the area. They created a data base of the cemetery and all individuals buried therein. This project was completed in 1991 and lists all individuals buried in the following cemeteries.

Carbon Cemeteries	Emery Cemeteries
Austrian in Spring Glen Castle Gate Grames-Powell located south of overpass, west Price Helper Hiawatha Kiz located in Clark's Valley Mead (Old Peterson) located in south east Price Price City located in north east Price Scofield Spring Glen Sunnyside Wellington Whitmore	Castle Dale Clawson Cleveland Elmo Emery Ferron Huntington Molen Orangeville Victor Woodside

The following cemeteries are found in Spanish Fork Canyon, Utah County and included in cemetery survey.

Tucker - Access to cemetery is on a dirt road south of the Tucker Rest Area.
Milfork

If you are looking for information in the following cemeteries please contact Patty Axelsen. She has surveyed these cemeteries and has many photographs of headstones and information you may be looking for. Special thanks to Patty for offering her assistance.

Swasey Family Cemetery (Mona Juab Co.)
Molen Cemetery (Emery Co.)
Kiz Cemetery (Carbon Co.)
Victor Cemetery(Emery Co)
Pioneer/Desert Lake Cemetery (Emery Co.)
Central Solvenian/Austrian Central Cemetery (Carbon Co.)
Grames/Powell Cemetery (Carbon Co.)
Whitmore Cemetery (Carbon Co.)
Carbonville Cemetery (Carbon Co.)
Mead/Peterson Cemetery (Carbon Co.)

Obituaries

Another project was also completed in December 1985. The obituaries from the Carbon county newspapers, Emery county newspapers and the Salt Lake Tribune were indexed and filmed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This index and copies of the obituaries run from November of 1952 to December 1985 and are available at the Family History Center.

The following is a list of the film numbers and the contents of each film. You can order these films to be sent to your local Family Histoy Libraries.

Book #	Contents	Year
	FHL film 1421804
1	Nov '52-Dec '53 A-F
2	Nov '52-Dec '53 G-L
	FHL film 1421805
3	Nov '52-Dec '53 M-S
4	Nov '52-Dec '53 T-Z
5	Surnames A-C	1954
6	Surnames A-G	1955
7	Surnames N-Z	1954
8	Surnames K-Z	1956
9	Surnames A-J	1956
10	Surnames T-Z	1957
	FHL film 1421806
11	Surnames H-S	1955
12	Miscellaneous
13	Miscellaneous
14	Sep, Oct, Nov	1955
15	Jan, Feb, Mar	1966
16	Apr, May, Jun	1966
17	Jul, Aug, Sep	1966
18	Oct, Nov, Dec	1966
19	Jan, Feb, Mar	1967
20	Apr, May, Jun	1967
21	Jul, Aug, Sep	1967
22	Oct, Nov, Dec	1967
23	Jan, Feb, Mar	1967
24	Apr, May, Jun	1968
25	Jul, Aug, Sep	1968
26	Oct, Nov, Dec	1968
27	Jan, Feb, Mar	1969
28	Apr, May, Jun	1969
29	Jul, Aug, Sep	1969
30	Oct, Nov, Dec	1969
	FHL film 1421807
31	Jan, Feb, Mar	1970
32	Apr, May, Jun	1970
33	Jul, Aug, Sep	1970
34	Oct, Nov, Dec	1970
35	Jan, Feb, Mar	1971
36	Apr, May, Jun	1971
37	Jul, Aug, Sep	1971
38	Oct, Nov, Dec	1971
39	Jan, Feb, Mar	1972
40	Apr, May, Jun	1972
41	Jul, Aug, Sep	1972
42	Oct, Nov, Dec	1972
43	Jan, Feb, Mar	1973
44	Apr, May, Jun	1973
45	Jul, Aug, Sep	1973
46	Oct, Nov, Dec	1973
47	Jan, Feb, Mar	1974
48	Apr, May, Jun	1974
	FHL film 1421808
49	Jul, Aug, Sep	1974
50	Oct, Nov, Dec	1974
51	Jan, Feb, Mar	1975
52	Apr, May, Jun	1975
53	Jul, Aug, Sep	1975
54	Oct, Nov, Dec	1976
55	Dec	1975
56	Jan, Feb	1976
57	Mar, Apr	1976
58	May, Jun	1976
59	Jul, Aug	1976
60	Sep, Oct	1976
61	Nov, Dec	1976
62	Jan, Feb	1977
63	Mar, Apr	1977
64	May to Sep	1977
65	Oct, Nov, Dec	1977
66	Jan to Apr	1978
67	May to Sep	1978
68	Oct, Nov, Dec	1978
69	Jan to Apr	1979
70	May to Aug	1979
71	Sep to Dec	1979
	FHL film 1421809
72	Jan, Feb	1980
73	Mar, Apr, May	1980
74	Jun, Jul, Aug	1980
75	Sep, Oct	1980
76	Nov, Dec	1980
77	Jan, Feb, Mar	1981
78	Apr, May, Jun	1981
79	Jul, Aug, Sep	1981
80	Oct, Nov, Dec	1981
81	Jan, Feb, Mar	1982
82	Apr, May, Jun	1982
83	Jul, Aug, Sep	1982
84	Oct, Nov, Dec	1982
85	Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr	1983
86	May, Jun, Jul, Aug	1983
87	Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec	1983
88	Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr	1984
89	May, Jun, Jul Aug	1984
90	Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec	1984
91	Jan, Feb	1985
92	Mar, Apr, May, Jun	1985
93	Jul, Aug	1985
94	Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec	1985

There is an on-going project of social news such as; marriage announcements, birth announcements, missionary calls and obituaries, being made. This project begins in 1985 to the present.

The obituaries that have appeared in the 1999 and 2000 Sun Advocate newspapers online have been indexed. A copy of the indexes are available on this webpage. Click these links for the indexes.

1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006
2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015

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Naturalization Records

Naturalization records are available from the Carbon County Courthouse for $2.00 per sheet plus a possible $1.00 search fee. You can contact the courthouse to see if records are available. There is also an index available at the Family History Library in Price. You may e-mail Kathy Hamaker and I'll be happy to check the index for you. Some of the records that are available are: Petition for naturalization, Declaration of Intent, certificate of arrival, application to become citizen, some include photos, and other letters and documents. Not all records are available for all individuals. The address is: Carbon County Courthouse, 120 East Main Street, Price, Utah 84501

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Carbon County Courthouse

Copies of marriage applications and marriage certificates are available for $3.00 from the courthouse. Carbon County Courthouse, 120 East Main Street, Price, Utah 84501

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Western Mining and Railroad Museum

296 South Main, Helper, Utah 801-472-3009

The museum has many histories, pictures, and artifacts from the Carbon County area. They are happy to help with any item of research you have a question about. The museum is now online. If you click on their name above, you will leave and go to their webpage. Please, be sure to come back!

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Utah State Vital Records Information

Where to write for: Utah birth, death, and divorce records.

National Register of Historical Places

This page lists all the homes and buildings in Carbon County that are on the
National Register of Historical Places.

Population

This information comes from the Appendix of the book "History of the Sun Advocate". The book is at the Price City Library.

Year	Price, Utah	Carbon County
1890	209
1900	539	5,004
1910	1,021	8,624
1920	2,364	15,489
1930	4,084	17,798
1940	5,214	18,459
1950	6,010	24,901
1960	6,802	21,135

To see the population for the years 1970-2005 click here. Be sure to come back!

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