Series 20231
GARFIELD COUNTY (UTAH). COUNTY CLERK [1527]DEATH REGISTERS, 1896-19051 microfilm reel
DESCRIPTION: These records contain death
registers for the years 1896-1905. Each entry has an assigned number, name of
decedent, age, sex, race, color, term of residence, birthplace, marital status,
occupation, last place of residence, causes of death, date of death, and name
of the party making the report. Many records have incomplete entries.
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 loosely
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.
FINDING AIDS: The register is preceded by
an alphabetical index based on the first letter of the decedent's surname.
PROCESSING NOTE: Processed by M. Call in
September 1998.
