History and Genealogy for Morgan County, Utah Volunteers Dedicated to Free Genealogy Our goal at Genealogy Trails is to transcribe and post genealogical source data so that family researchers can track their ancestors through time, throughout the country. This county site needs a dedicated host to make this site the best that it can be! If you think that you may be interested in volunteering to host a county or state please view our Volunteer Information page and email Kim. (A desire to transcribe data and the know-how to make a basic webpage is required) Join our mailing lists for researchers looking to connect and share information. You never know who you might meet and what family data they may share with you -- it could start a whole new branch of the family! We also use the mailing lists to announce our website updates. Remember to look around at the other states we have online and consider donating your source information -- every little bit helps someone. We accept transcribed data contributions of: Biographies Birth Records Cemetery Transcriptions Death Records Land Deed Records Marriage Records Military - Veterans, Casualty Lists, etc. Obituaries Wills Please email Kim if you have any questions or comments.

Established in 1862, Morgan County was named for Jedediah Morgan Grant, father of Heber J. Grant, who served as president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Its county seat and largest city is Morgan An early route of the Hastings Cutoff ran through the Morgan Valley and down through a narrow gorge in Weber Canyon. The Donner Party avoided going through the Morgan Valley in order to speed up their journey. However, their alternate route proved more time-consuming. In 1855, Charles Shreeve Peterson and his family became the first white settlers to take up permanent residence in the Morgan Valley after cutting a road through Weber Canyon. Cities and towns Croydon -- Morgan -- Mountain Green -- Petersen Richville -- Stoddard -- Monte Verde ONLINE DATA BIRTHS CEMETERIES CENSUS DATA HISTORY MARRIAGES MILITARY DATA NEWSPAPER DATA OBITUARIES DEATHS Updates: Aug 2009: complete PETERSON Cemetery Burials; partial Enterprise Cem. burials Mar. 2009 - CEMETERY Index; NORTH MORGAN Cemetery Records; PETERSON Cemetery Records; MOUNTAIN GREEN Cemetery Records; WWII CASUALTIES; NEWS: OBITS/DEATHS; Neighboring Counties Weber County, Utah - (north) Summit County, Utah - (east) Salt Lake County, Utah - (southwest) Davis County, Utah - (west) Rich County, Utah - (northeast)   Back to our Utah State Site   Subscribe to our Genealogy Trails Western Mailing List to get email notices when our county sites are updated. Our Western Mailing List covers the states of Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Utah,Wyoming Visit our National Site © 2006 Genealogy Trails Contributors retain all copyrights