Series 23382

Brigham City (Utah). City Recorder Register of deaths

Dates: 1898-1941.

1 microfilm reel

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

Historical Note

An agency history is available.

Scope and Content

The Brigham City recorder kept a register of deaths. In it he recorded the decedent's name, age, gender, race, occupation, marital status, place of residence, and date and cause of death. The recorder began this register in compliance with an 1898 law which required each physician, clergyman, justice of the peace and undertaker to keep such a register and to quarterly file the same with the county clerk or the board of health in incorporated cities (Revised Statutes of Utah 1898, Title 57, p. 474-475). In 1904, the Utah legislature passed a law requiring uniform death certificates to be kept by the state, and at that time most county and municipal officials stopped keeping death registers. However, the Brigham City recorder continued to keep this record for 36 more years.

Images Available

This series is available on microfilm.

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Access Restrictions

This series is designated as Public.

Reproduction and Use

These records are available for reproduction and use.

Related Records

Death certificates from the Office of Vital Records and Statistics, Series 81448, provide more complete and easily accessible information for deaths beginning in 1904.

Death registers from Box Elder County (Utah). County Clerk, Series 84099, may contain duplicate entries for deaths in Brigham City.

Indexing Terms

Death--Proof and certification--Brigham City (Utah).

Brigham City (Utah)--Statistics, Vital.

REEL	DESCRIPTION
1	1898 - 1941