Series 23382
Brigham City (Utah). City Recorder Register of deaths, 1898-1941.
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
The Brigham City recorder kept a register of deaths. In it he recorded the decedent's name, age, gender, race, occupation, marital status, place of residence, and date and cause of death. The recorder began this register in compliance with an 1898 law which required each physician, clergyman, justice of the peace and undertaker to keep such a register and to quarterly file the same with the county clerk or the board of health in incorporated cities (Revised Statutes of Utah 1898, Title 57, p. 474-475). In 1904, the Utah legislature passed a law requiring uniform death certificates to be kept by the state, and at that time most county and municipal officials stopped keeping death registers. However, the Brigham City recorder continued to keep this record for 36 more years.
Arrangement
Chronological in the order reported, which is only roughly chronological by date of death.
Additional Forms
This series is available on microfilm.
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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.
Acquisition Information
These records were acquired from the creating agency through established retention schedules.
Processing Information
The Brigham City death register was microfilmed by Utah State Archives in December 2000 and processed by Rosemary Cundiff in August 2001.
Related Material
Death certificates from the Office of Vital Records and Statistics, Series 81448, provide more complete and easily accessible information for deaths beginning in 1904.
Death registers from Box Elder County (Utah). County Clerk, Series 84099, may contain duplicate entries for deaths in Brigham City.
Container List
Reel | Description |
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1 | 1898-1941 |