Series 20231
Garfield County (Utah). County Clerk Death register, 1896-1905.
1 microfilm reel
These records are housed in the Utah State Archives' permanent storage room.
Historical Note
See history of the records' creator.
Summary of Records
Scope and Content
These records contain death registers for the years 1896-1905. Each entry has an assigned number, name of decedent, age, sex, race, color, term of residence, birthplace, marital status, occupation, last place of residence, causes of death, date of death, and name of the party making the report. Many records have incomplete entries.
Beginning in 1898, each physician, clergyman, justice of the peace, and undertaker was required to keep a registry of the name, age, residence, and time of death of the decedent. Each person registering deaths filed quarterly with the county clerk or the local board of health in the case of incorporated cities. (Revised Statutes of Utah 1898, Title 57, p. 474-475)
In 1905, the state passed a law requiring each county to file a uniform certificate with the State Bureau of Vital Statistics.
Arrangement
These records are loosely chronological by year but not month. Entries were recorded in order reported to the clerk, not by date of death.
Additional Forms
This series is available on microfilm.
Copies of these records are located at Ancestry.com View Online.
Copies of these records are located at Ancestry.com View Online.
Access Restrictions
This series is classified as Public.
Use Restrictions
These records are available for reproduction and use.
Preferred Citation
Cite the Utah State Archives and Records Service, the creating agency name, the series title, and the series number.
Acquisition Information
These records were acquired from the creating agency through established retention schedules.
Processing Information
This series was processed by M. Call in 1998.
Other Finding Aids
Indexes: The register is preceded by an index based on the first letter of the decedent's surname.
Related Material
Death certificates from the Office of Vital Records and Statistics,
, This series, Death certificates of the Bureau of Vital Statistics, contains death records after 1904.
Container List
| Reel | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | 1896-1905 |