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Death Records

The purpose of this guide is to provide information on death records that are available at the Utah History Research Center. Staff members can search for records for patrons unable to visit the Research Center if provided with the year and county for an individual. Availability of records is largely determined by the time period, as enumerated in the sections below.

Information in death records may include name, date and place of birth, cause of death, parent's names and birthplaces, spouse and burial location.

Related subjects: Birth records, Cemetery records, Family History, Miltary records (overseas death certificates), Probate records

Death Records, Pre-1898

No governmental agencies were required by law to record deaths prior to 1898. Though not required to do so, some municipalities, such as Salt Lake City and Ogden, registered deaths prior to 1898. For other areas of Utah, try cemetery and burial records, newspaper obituaries, or private family and church records.

Salt Lake City (Utah). City Recorder  
Death and burial register, 1848-1933.
Indexes | Sample
 Series 21866
Weber/Morgan District Health Department. Vital Statistics  
Death records, 1890-[ongoing] Contact agency

Death Records, 1898-1905

County clerks became responsible for recording deaths beginning in 1898 [see sample register entry]. The Utah State Archives has microfilm copies of all county death registers, 1898 to 1905.

A name index to all counties prepared by the Utah Genealogical Society is available in the Research Center.

Beaver County, 1900-1905 Index Series 83774
Box Elder County, 1898-1905 Series 84099
Brigham City, 1898-1941 Series 23382
Cache County, 1898-1905 Series 83782
Carbon County, 1898-1905 Series 83870
Daggett County (see Uintah County)  
Davis County, 1898-1905 Series 84244
Duchesne County (see Wasatch County)  
Emery County, 1898-1905 Series 84040
Garfield County, 1896-1905 Series 20231
Grand County, 1898-1905 Series 83887
Iron County, 1898-1905 Series 83762
Juab County, 1898-1905 Series 84176
Kane County, 1898-1905 Series 83802
Millard County (no pre-1905 registrations)  
Morgan County, 1897-1905 Series 83806
Piute County, 1898,1904 Series 19503
Rich County, 1898-1905 Series 20948
Salt Lake County, 1897-1905 Series 3864
San Juan County, 1898-1905 Series 84246
Sanpete County, 1898-1905 Series 15842
Sevier County, 1898-1905 Series 84245
Summit County, 1898-1905 Series 83863
Tooele County, 1898-1905 Series 84247
Uintah County, 1900-1901, 1904-1905 Series 84030
Utah County, 1898-1905 Series 24144
Wasatch County, 1898-1905 Series 20903
Washington County, 1898-1905 Series 23520
Wayne County, 1898-1905 Series 84085
Weber County [excluding Ogden], 1898-1905 Series 84248

Death Records, 1905-1955

In late 1904, the Utah Dept. of Health assumed responsibility for creating death certificates for all individuals who died in Utah.

Office of Vital Records and Statistics  
Death certificates, 1905-[ongoing]
Index | Sample		 Series 81448

Death Records, 1956-present

Death certificates less than 50 years old are classified private. For information on how to access these records, please contact the Office of Vital Records and Statistics.

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