Carbon County (Utah) Vital Records

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Utah State Archives

These are records that were created and maintained in the Carbon County Clerk's office prior to the advent of birth and death certificates from the State of Utah. Records may include birth registers, birth reports, death registers, and death reports.

Birth Reports, 1898-1904 Series 29770

This series contains various reports of births submitted to the county clerk. An 1898 law enacted by the State Legislature required physicians and midwives to record each birth at which they assisted professionally. They reported quarterly to the county clerk or in the case of incorporated cities, to the local board of health, which would in turn report to the county clerk. In their absence, parents were required to make a report. (Revised Statutes of Utah 1898, Title 57, p. 474-475)

Finding Aids: A series inventory is available.

Register of Births, 1898-1905, 1918 Series 83869

These records contain birth registers recorded during the years 1898 through 1905. Each entry has the date of birth, sex, race, color, parents, residence, name of informant making the report, and an assigned number. Anomalous entries for the years 1918 and 1919 have also been recorded.

Finding Aids: A series inventory is available.

Register of Deaths, 1898-1905 Series 83870

This series contains a register of deaths reported to the county clerk. Each entry in the register typically 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 the name of the party making the report.

Finding Aids: A series inventory is available.