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February 16, 2024

New Finding Aids at the Archives: January 2024

Our archivists write inventories as finding aids to describe records. Here are the newest ones created during January 2024: Inventory of Lester Wire collection from Dept. of Transportation. Central Records Section, 1888-1982 Inventory of Records from Dern, George Henry, 1872-1936 Inventory of Naturalization Record from District Court (Second District : Morgan County), 1903- Inventory of Civil registers of actions from
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August 9, 2023

New Finding Aids at the Archives: July 2023

Our archivists write inventories as finding aids to describe records. Here is the newest one created during July 2023: Inventory of Minute Books from District Court (Sixth District : Sanpete County), 1896- The following series inventories were also updated: Inventory of Death certificates from Office of Vital Records and Statistics, i 1904-
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June 16, 2023

Court Indexes Now Online for Weber County and Iron County

“Start your search—but don’t finish it—online.” Sunny Jane Morton and Judy G. Russell, “Researching Courthouse Records In-Person and Online” The Utah State Archives has a lot of court records. Before computer systems and databases, access tools were needed and created to locate a specific record. It was common from the 1800s to the late 1900s to use either bound index
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June 28, 2021

Highlights with Heidi: Ogden Court Book

Heidi found this absolutely stunning page of marble inside the Ogden City Court Judgement Book, which is part of Series 5332. Having never seen colors quite like these before, we’re so glad she shared with us! She also gave us a glimpse inside the book: this page from 1937 shows the records of fines paid to the Ogden City Court