Series 84247
Tooele County (Utah). County Clerk Register of Deaths, 1898-1905.
0.50 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
Scope and Content
This series contains a register used to record deaths in the county for the years 1898-1905. Each entry may include such information as the decedent's name, date and place of death, length of residence in the county, sex, color, race or nativity, age, occupation, cause of death, marital status, birth place, last place of residence, the name of the informant making the report, and an assigned reporting number.
Beginning in 1898, state law required that physicians, clergymen, justices of the peace, and undertakers to report deaths they attended or with which they dealt. 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each county to file uniform death certificates with the State Bureau of Vital Statistics and that reporting system superseded the maintenance of the death register.
Arrangement
Chronological by reporting date and roughly chronological by death date.
Additional Forms
This series is available on microfilm.
This series is available online as part of the Utah State Archives Digital Archives.
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
This series was transferred from the County Clerk to the State Archives for preservation following microfilming in May 2014.
Acquisition Information
These records were acquired from the creating agency through established retention schedules.
Processing Information
This series was originally processed by M. Call in September 1998. The series was reprocessed by Alan Barnett in June 2014 when the series was re-microfilmed and the original book was transferred to the State Archives.
Related Material
Death certificates from the Office of Vital Records and Statistics,
, This series contains death certificates filed with the Bureau of Vital Records beginning in 1904.
Container List
| Reel | Box | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1898 Jan-1905 Jul | Register of Deaths, 1966 microfilming |
| Disc | Box | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1898 Jan-1905 Jul | Register of Deaths, 2014 microfilming |