Series 19502

DESCRIPTION: These records contain birth registers recorded during the year 1898. Each entry has the child' s name, the date of birth, sex, race, color, parents' names, residence, party making the report, and assigned number.

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.

ARRANGEMENT: These records are chronological by date.

RESEARCH NOTE: The years 1899 through 1905 should have been recorded in this register. It is unknown whether these dates were not included because there were no births to record, the county clerk failed to record them, or the records themselves are missing.

RELATED RECORDS: Series 81443, Birth certificates of the Bureau of Vital Records, record this information after 1904 but do not become public until 100 years after birth. The researcher should contact the agency.

FINDING AIDS: An electronic index is available.

PROCESSING NOTE: Processed by M. Call in September 1998.