Fairview (Utah) Registers of Births, 1947-1949

This series contains the local registrar's copy of birth certificates for the Fairview registration district. In 1905 the State Legislature adopted a law providing for the registration of births. Registration districts were created and local registrars for each district were appointed. Local registrars were required to see that complete and accurate birth certificates were submitted for all births in the precinct. The registrar was to make a copy of each certificate "to be filed and permanently preserved in his office as the local record" and to submit the originals to the State Registrar once a month ("Laws of Utah, 1905," chapter 120). The registrar's copies were recorded on forms identical to the originals and, like the originals, included such information as the place of birth, full name of child, sex, whether a twin, triplet, or multiple birth, whether legitimate or illegitimate, full name of father, father's residence, father's color or race, father's birthplace, father's age at last birthday, father's occupation, mother's maiden name, mother's residence, mother's color or race, mother's birthplace, mother's age at last birthday, mother's occupation, number of child of this mother and number of children of this mother now living, certificate of attending physician or midwife, date of filing with the local registrar, and registrar's signature.