AGENCY: Sterling (Utah)
SERIES: 11521
TITLE: Death registers
DATES: 1908-1944.
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological.
DESCRIPTION: Deaths in each registration district in the state were recorded by the local vital statistics registrar, as required by state statute ("Laws of Utah, 1905," chapter 120).
Holdings: (1) 8 January 1908 to 26 November 1919, and (2) 25 February 1920 to 31 December 1944.
The certificate of death contains the following information: (1) place of death, (2) full name of decedent, (3) sex, (4) color, (5) conjugal condition (single, married, widowed, or divorced), (6) date of birth, (7) age in years, months, and days, (8) place of birth, (9) name of father, (10) father's birthplace, (11) mother's maiden name, (12) mother's birthplace, (13) occupation, (14) signature and address of informant, (15) date of death, (16) statement of medical attendance of decedent, fact and time of death, including the time last seen alive, (17) cause of death, including the primary and immediate causes, and contributory causes or complications, if any, and the duration of each, (18) signature and address of the physician or official making the medical certificate, (19) special information concerning death in hospitals and institutions and persons dying away from home, including the former or usual residence, length of time at place of death, and place where disease was contracted, (20) place of burial or removal, (21) date of burial or removal, (22) signature and address of the undertaker or person in charge of the funeral, and (23) official signature of the registrar with date when certificate was filed and registered number.
Certificates were to be written legibly in unfading ink.
RETENTION
DISPOSITION
RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION
These records are in Archives' permanent custody.
FORMAT MANAGEMENT
Paper: Retain in State Records Center until reviewed and then destroy.
APPRAISAL
Historical
These records are duplicated in series 81448 and therefore have been destroyed.
PRIMARY DESIGNATION
Public