Beaver County (Utah). County Clerk Death registers, i 1900-1905.

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 death registers created by the Beaver County Clerk for the years 1900 to 1905. Each entry has information regarding the decedent's name, occupation, age, term of residence in the county, marital status, sex, race, color, last place of residence, cause of death, date of death, name of party making report, and the entry's assigned number.

Scope and Content

These records contain death registers for Beaver County for the years 1900 to 1905. Each entry has information regarding the decedent's name, occupation, age, term of residence in the county, marital status, sex, race, color, last place of residence, cause of death, date of death, name of party making report, and the entry's 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 Utah legislature passed a law that required uniform death certificates to be filed with the local registrar who in turn filed with the State Bureau of Vital Statistics.

Arrangement

Chronological by year

Entries are chronological by year but not by month as 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.

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.

Other Finding Aids

Indexes: An electronic name index has been created and is available online, covering from 1900 thru 1905. View index.

Related Material

Death record from Beaver County (Utah). County Clerk, Series 27396, is a record of deaths of Beaver County residents.

Death certificates from the Office of Vital Records and Statistics, Series 81448, This series contains death certificates filed with the Bureau of Vital Records beginning in 1904.

Indexing Terms

Death--Proof and certification--Beaver County (Utah).

Beaver County (Utah)--Statistics, Vital.

Container List

Reel	Description
1	1900-1905