Series 83886

A separate agency history is available.

DESCRIPTION: These records contain birth registers recorded during the years 1898 through 1905. Each entry has the date of birth, name of child, place of birth, sex, race color, parents' names, residence, name of informant making the report, and an assigned number. Also recorded are anomalous entries dated 1905 to 1939 which were entered long after the fact.

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: The records dated 1898 to 1905 are loosely arranged chronologically by year. The records which follow have no logical arrangement. The register is followed by individual notices.

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 to the names of the parents, date of birth, and gender of child is available.

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

PREFERRED CITATION: Cite the Utah State Archives and Records Service, the creating agency name, the series title, and the series number.