Series 3864

Salt Lake County (Utah). County Clerk Death registers, i 1898-1905.

0.70 cubic foot and 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

These records contain Salt Lake County death registers for the years 1898-1905.

Scope and Content

These records contain death registers for the years 1898-1905. Each entry the decedent's name, occupation, age, marital status, sex, race, color, residence, term of residence, date of death, cause of death, the name of the informant making the report, and an assigned number.
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 chronological by year but not by month. Entries were recorded in order of report, not by date of death.

Additional Forms

This series is available on microfilm.
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.

Custody History

These records were transferred to the State Archives by the county before the creation of the Salt Lake County Archives. Hard copy (and an extra film copy) was returned to the county archives 26 July 2001.

Acquisition Information

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

Processing Information

This series was processed by M. Call in September 1998. Hard copy and a film copy was transferred to the Salt Lake County Archives in 2001; a film copy was also retained. The register was refilmed in 2002.

Other Finding Aids

Indexes: Series 20900- Alphabetical index based on decedent's surname.

Related Material

Death register index from Salt Lake County (Utah). County Clerk, Series 20900, provides name access to this series.
Death certificates from the Office of Vital Records and Statistics, Series 81448, are death certificates filed with the state after 1904.

Container List

ReelDescription
11898-1905