AGENCY: Ogden (Utah). City Recorder

SERIES: 27192
TITLE: Death returns and certificates
DATES: 1900-1957.
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological by reporting date or roughly by death date.

DESCRIPTION: Ogden City began keeping a record called ?Return of a Death? in January 1900. These record books include a full page for each decedent which contains the following information: decedent?s name, color, sex, conjugal condition, date of death, date of birth, age, occupation, birth place, name and birthplace of parents, cause of death, place of death, last residence, length of time at last residence, and place of interment. This record not only includes persons who died in Ogden City, but also persons who died elsewhere but were transported to Ogden for burial. After the state began keeping death certificates the Ogden office substituted copies of death certificates in place of death returns in their record books. Ogden City death certificates are not exact copies of death certificates issued by Vital Records, but they contain the same information.

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

Microfilm master: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

Microfilm duplicate: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

APPRAISAL

Historical

This series has permanent historical value as documentation of deaths that occurred in Ogden.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public. Because the records in this series are over 50 years old, they are considered public under the provisions of Utah Code 26-2-22

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