Series 84030
Uintah County (Utah). County Clerk Death registers, i 1900-1901, 1904-1905.
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
These records contain death registers for the years 1900-1901 and 1904-1905. Each entry has the decedent's name, occupation, age, marital status, sex, race, color, residence, term of residence, cause of death, the name of the informant making the report, and an assigned number. There are no dates of death for the years 1900-1901.
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 state passed a law requiring each county to file a uniform certificate with the State Bureau of Vital Statistics.
Research Note
The years 1902-1903 are not included in the register. It is unknown whether these dates were not included because the county clerk failed to record them, or the records themselves are missing.
Arrangement
Chronological by year but not by month. 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.
Related Material
Vernal Memorial Park Cemetery burial book from Uintah County Cemeteries Department (Utah), Series 25360, contains death information for the Uintah region between 1900 and 1905.
Death certificates from the Office of Vital Records and Statistics, Series 81448, contains death certificates filed with the Bureau of Vital Records beginning in 1904.
Container List
| Reel | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | 1900-1901, 1904-1905 |