Salt Lake County, Utah Genealogy Records

Listed record inventories

Selected holdings and indexes for Salt Lake County, checked against the repository descriptions linked below. Date spans may contain gaps; an index is not a complete set of original records.

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Repository access note: Selected Utah State Archives county series whose catalog primary classification is Public, excluding nonpublic secondary classifications. Classification does not certify unrestricted access to every item. Dates and creating offices come from the catalog; open ends do not establish current coverage. Confirm holdings, restrictions and formats with the Archives.

Sources: the catalogs and repository descriptions linked on the entries above. Selected inventories do not establish complete coverage of every record type or online access to original documents. Read the repository access note for source dates and limitations.

Where to find the records

• Find Salt Lake County's official website

  We haven't checked this county's website yet, so this opens a web search. Look for an address ending in .gov, then find the county recorder, the county clerk and the district court.

• The county recorder

  Deeds and other land records.

• The county clerk

  Marriage licenses.

• The district court

  Probate (wills and estates), divorces and court cases.

• The Utah State Archives

  In Salt Lake City: county and territorial records, including probate and court records.

• Utah State Archivesfree

  The state archives in Salt Lake City, with county and territorial records and online indexes.

• FamilySearch Catalogfree

  Search by place for "Utah, Salt Lake" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.

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Boundaries and parent counties

Formed from: Created by the provisional State of Deseret in 1850 as Great Salt Lake County (renamed Salt Lake on January 29, 1868)

Later formed partly from Salt Lake County: Davis County, Morgan County, Summit County, Wasatch County

Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1850, search the parent county. The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries shows each boundary change.