Series 84073
GARFIELD COUNTY (UTAH). COUNTY CLERK [1527]BIRTH REGISTERS, 1898-19051 microfilm reel
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.
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 year but not by month. Entries were recorded in order of
report, not by date of birth.
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: The register is preceded by
an index which is alphabetical based on the first letter of the surname.
PROCESSING NOTE: Processed by M. Call in
September 1998.
