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January 3, 2012

Browse Death Certificates Online, 1961

Although fully searchable name indexes are not yet available for all the latest death certificates, we are now able to offer digital images online that may be browsed by date and county, similar to the process when visiting the Research Center. 1961 Narrow results by choosing both year and county. Within a folder, certificates are chronological by date. Links will
November 4, 2011

Newly Processed: October 2011

All public records at the Utah State Archives are accessible through the Research Center. However, once processed the records are easier to use with proper storage and fuller descriptions, including online series inventories. The following list includes record series that were processed during the month of October 2011: Department of Natural Resources. Division of Parks and Recreation Administrative records, 1948-1979
November 1, 2011

Historians Seeking Utah Law Enforcement Memorabilia

Thank you to the Salt Lake Tribune for covering the final Archives Month presentation featuring Robert Kirby. By Janelle Stecklein The Salt Lake Tribune State historians on Friday launched an effort to collect law enforcement memorabilia Utahns might have stored away. “It’s important to save our law enforcement history because it’s something being lost every second,” said Melissa Coy Ferguson,
October 5, 2011

Updated: September 2011

Processors continuously update series inventories to reflect current holdings, new information and more. The following Legislative records in particular were updated during September 2011: Senate Journals House of Representatives Journals Senate Working bills Utah code unannotated
October 4, 2011

Newly Processed: September 2011

All public records at the Utah State Archives are accessible through the Research Center. However, once processed the records are easier to use with proper storage and fuller descriptions, including online series inventories. The following list includes record series that were processed during the month of September 2011: Department of Human Services Community service council reports Employee training guidebook District
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September 8, 2011

Utah State Archives Posts Bill Files from the Utah State Senate

The Utah State Senate bill files from the first one hundred years of statehood are now available online from the Utah State Archives and Records Service. These working bill files may include multiple drafts, committee assignments or other revisions made during the legislative process. The Senate’s Working bill files from 1896 to 1989 are the newest additions the Utah State
August 31, 2011

Newly Processed: August 2011

All public records at the Utah State Archives are accessible through the Research Center. However, once processed the records are easier to use with proper storage and fuller descriptions, including online series inventories. The following list includes record series that were processed during the month of August 2011: Bear River (Utah) Interment registers, 1895- Centerfield (Utah) Cemetery lot books, 1909-
August 9, 2011

Browse Birth Certificates Online: 1909-1910

As an update to an earlier post, birth certificate images for 1909 and 1910 are now online at archives.utah.gov/digital/81443.htm. Although they are not indexed by name yet, if one knows the birth date and county it should not be difficult to locate the correct location and browse through a few dozen images in chronological order for the time being.
August 3, 2011

Newly Processed: July 2011

The usual list of new series inventories is not particularly feasible this month. This is due mostly to the end stages of the microfiche backlog project which added or updated somewhere around 600 finding aids! Perhaps with final reports we will be able to compile a complete list in the coming months. Another project progressing well–and which also added many
July 6, 2011

Newly Processed: June 2011

All public records at the Utah State Archives are accessible through the Research Center. However, once processed the records are easier to use with proper storage and fuller descriptions, including online series inventories. The following list includes record series that were processed during the month of June 2011: Legislature Little Hoover Commission administrative records, 1965-1966. Salt Lake City (Utah). Division