Series 15842
SANPETE COUNTY (UTAH). COUNTY CLERK [856]DEATH REGISTERS, 1898-19051 microfilm reel
DESCRIPTION: These records contain death
registers for the years 1898-1905. Each entry has the decedent' s name, date of
death, place of death, term of residence, sex, color, race, age, occupation,
cause of death, marital status, birthplace, residence, and name of informant.
Beginning in 1898, each physician, clergyman, justice of the peace,
and undertaker was required to keep a registry of the name, age, residence, and
time of death of the decedent. Each person registering deaths filed quarterly
with the county clerk or the local board of health in the case of incorporated
cities. (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 year but not by month. Entries were recorded in order of
report, not by date of death.
RELATED RECORDS:Series
81448, Death certificates of the Bureau of Vital Statistics, contains
death records after 1904.
PROCESSING NOTE: Processed by M. Call in
September 1998.
