Series 3537

Tooele County (Utah). County Clerk Birth reports, 1898-1905.

0.20 cubic foot

These records are housed in the Utah State Archives' permanent storage room.

Historical Note

See history of the records' creator.

Summary of Records

This series contains report forms submitted to the county clerk in accordance with a law passed in 1898, requiring that "all physicians and professional midwives must keep a register of each birth at which times they assist professionally" and that a certified copy of their registers must be filed quarterly with the county clerk (1898 Utah Revised Statutes, Title 57). The county clerk used the submitted forms to compile a listing of all births in Tooele County in the official "Register of Births" (Series 84240). The forms include such information as the location of births, child's sex, color, race, date and place of birth, parents' names and residence, name of informant, date of report, signature and address of informant, and date filed with the clerk. These forms were no longer used after 1905, when the system of reporting births was revised to place responsibility for registering births with the State Health Department.

Scope and Content

This series contains report forms submitted to the county clerk in accordance with a law passed in 1898, requiring that "all physicians and professional midwives must keep a register of each birth at which times they assist professionally" and that a certified copy of their registers must be filed quarterly with the county clerk (1898 Utah Revised Statutes, Title 57). The county clerk used the submitted forms to compile a listing of all births in Tooele County in the official "Register of Births" (Series 84240). The forms include such information as the location of births, child's sex, color, race, date and place of birth, parents' names and residence, name of informant, date of report, signature and address of informant, and date filed with the clerk. These forms were no longer used after 1905, when the system of reporting births was revised to place responsibility for registering births with the State Health Department.

Arrangement

Chronological by filing date, thereunder alphabetical by name of attending midwife or physician, thereunder chronological by birth date.

Additional Forms

This series is available online as part of the
.

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.

Custody History

The County Clerk transferred the records in this series to the State Archives in 2014.

Acquisition Information

These records were acquired from the creating agency through established retention schedules.

Processing Information

This series was archivally processed by Alan B. Barnett in January 2018.

Related Material

Register of Births from Tooele County (Utah). County Clerk,
, was created using information from this series.

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