Series 84106

Sanpete County (Utah). County Clerk Birth registers

Dates: i 1898-1905.

1.25 cubic feet and 1 microfilm reel

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

Historical Note

Scope and Content

These records contain birth registers recorded from 1898 through 1905. Each entry includes an assigned number, sex, color, race, date and place of birth, parent's names and residence, attending physician , and remarks.

Beginning in 1898, physicians and midwives were required to keep record of each birth for which they assisted. In their absence, the parents were required to complete a report. They then reported quarterly to the county clerk or in the case of incorporated cities, to the local board of health and they would in turn report to the county clerk (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 birth.

Research Note

An index was transferred from the agency and is available in electronic format (CD with Elizabeth Perkes, pending addition to other series indexes [2008]).

Related Records

Birth certificates from the Department of Health. Office of Vital Records and Statistics, Series 81443, This series contains birth certificates filed with the Bureau of Vital Records beginning in 1904, but are not public until 100 years after birth. The researcher should contact the agency.

Access Restrictions

This series is classified as Public.

Preferred Citation

Cite the Utah State Archives and Records Service, the creating agency name, the series title, and the series number.

Processing Note

This series was processed by M. Call in September 1998

Indexing Terms

Registers of births, etc.—Sanpete County (Utah).
Sanpete County (Utah)—Statistics, Vital.

Container List

REEL	DESCRIPTION
1	1898 - 1905