Series 19957

United States. Department of the Interior Census of the United States (1870). Mortality. Utah

Dates: s 1870.

0.50 cubic foot and 1 microfilm reel

These records are housed in the Utah State Archives' permanent storage room.

Scope and Content

These sheets are the mortality schedules (schedule 2 ) from the 1870 federal census for Utah. For each county they show those who have died during the year ending 1 June 1870. Columns record the number of the family as given in schedule 1, name of deceased, age, sex, color (race), marital status, place of birth, parentage (mother or father foreign born), month of death, occupation, and cause of death. The information was recorded and certified by assistant marshals; the information was required to be submitted by the territorial marshal to the U.S. Department of the Interior.

Research Note

Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, are available for Utah, and other states and territories, from the National Archives.

Research Note

Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, are available for Utah, and other states and territories, from the National Archives.

Images Available

This series is available on microfilm.

Access Restrictions

This series is designated as Public.

Reproduction and Use

These records are available for reproduction and use.

Finding Aids

Indexes: A published book, "Utah 1870 Mortality Schedule" edited and compiled by Ronald Vern Jackson, Wylma Winmill, and Shirley P. Zachrison, indexes these schedules. The Archives does not hold a copy, but other repositories may; the Lee Library at Brigham Young University lists this publication in its catalog.

Indexing Terms

Mortality--Utah--Statistics

Utah--Census

Utah--Statistics, Vital.

REEL	DESCRIPTION
1	1870