Archives News

Our archivists write inventories as finding aids to describe records. Here is the newest one created during October 2022: Inventory of Affidavits of kinship and indemnification agreements from Spanish Fork (Utah), 1995-2022 Inventory of Cemetery financial records from Spanish Fork (Utah), 1906-2022 Inventory of Justice court dockets from Spanish Fork (Utah), 1866-2022

Our archivists write inventories as finding aids to describe records. Here is the newest one created during September 2022: Inventory of Superintendent’s monthly reports from Utah State Industrial School, 1898-1919 In addition, the following was updated: Inventory of Interment registers from Spanish Fork (Utah), 1853-

The following were updated by archivists with new records or more description: Inventory of Cemetery maps from Spring City (Utah), 1891-1957 Inventory of Election registration records from Spring City (Utah), 1936-1952. Inventory of Public utilities payment records from Spring City (Utah), 1921-1998

All public records at the Utah State Archives are accessible through the Research Center. However, once processed the records are easier to use with proper storage and descriptions, including online series inventories. The following list includes record series that were processed by archivists during the month of August 2016: Benjamin Cemetery Maintenance District (Utah) Sexton’s records, ca. 1878-1996. Cedar Hills

Three proposed general retention schedules were heard by the State Records Committee today. Each of these general schedules were previously posted on this blog for your input. The Cemetery Records schedule was approved, with the change in title to “Cemetery Management Records”. Burial Records was approved with no changes. Transitory Tracking Records was approved with the understanding that Appointed Records

As part of the General Schedule Update Project, the Utah State Archives is proposing two new schedules for your consideration. We would like these to be submitted to the State Records Committee’s March 12th meeting. These are for cemetery records. The records kept to document historical information varies from cemetery to cemetery. The goal is to clearly define what information

All public records at the Utah State Archives are accessible through the Research Center. However, once processed the records are easier to use with proper storage and fuller descriptions, including online series inventories. The following list includes record series that were processed during the month of September 2013: Cedar City (Utah) Cemetery burial card file, 1858-1992 Cemetery burial records, ca.