Rich County (Utah). County Clerk

These records document "birth, death, fetal death, marriage, divorce, dissolution of marriage, or annulment." (Utah Code 26-2-2(20)(2014)) Documents may include registered certification or reports, applications, official registers and other similar records.

This series contains a register recording deaths from 1898 to 1905. Each entry includes such information as decedent's name, occupation, age, marital status, sex, race, color, residence, date of death, cause of death, and name of informant.

Beginning in 1898, "physicians who attend deceased persons in their last sickness, clergymen who officiate at funerals, justices of the peace who hold inquests, and sextons and undertakers who bury deceased persons" were required to "keep a registry of the name, age, residence, and time of death of such person." 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) Despite these requirements, not all deaths were recorded.

In 1905, the state passed a law requiring each county to file a uniform certificate with the State Bureau of Vital Statistics.