Series 3922

Salt Lake County (Utah). County Clerk


Birth registers, i 1898-1905.

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Schedule Description

These records contain birth registers recorded during the years 1898 through 1905. Each entry has the sex, color, race, date of birth, place, father's name, mother's name, residence, and name of attending physician. Registers between 1904 to 1905 also include information about legitimacy, the number of children born by mother including stillbirths, parent's ages and birthplaces.

Scope and Content

These records contain birth registers recorded during the years 1898 through 1905. Each entry has the sex, color, race, date of birth, place, father's name, mother's name, residence, and attending physician. Registers between 1904-1905 also include information about legitimacy, number of children by mother including stillbirths, parent's ages and birthplaces.
Beginning in 1898, physicians and midwives were required to keep record of each birth at which they assisted professionally. In their absence, parents were required to make a report. They then reported quarterly to the county clerk or in the case of incorporated cities, to the local board of health and they would in turn report to the county clerk. (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.

Notes

This series was processed by M. Call in September 1998. Hard copy was returned to the Salt Lake County Archives 26 July 2001; a microfilm reference copy was retained by the Utah State Archives.