Series 23520
Washington County (Utah). County Clerk Death registers
Dates: 1898-1905.
0.50 cubic foot and 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
These death registers record the decedent's name, age, sex, race, color, term of residence in city or county, birth place, marital status, last place of residence, cause of death, and date of death. By 1904, occupation, parents' birth places, contributory as well as chief cause of death, attending physician, place of death, burial place and date, and filing date are also included. Each physician, clergyman, justice of the peace, and undertaker was required to keep a registry of the name, age, residence, and time of death of the decedent. Each person registering deaths filed quarterly with the county clerk or the local board of health in the case of incorporated cities (Revised Statutes of Utah 1898, Title 57, p. 474-475). In 1905, the state passed a law requiring each county to file a uniform certificate with the State Bureau of Vital Statistics.
The first volume is actually a combined Record of Births and Deaths. Pages 121-123 record deaths while pages 1-10 record births (series3166). The segments were filmed separately for clarity and research convenience.
Gaps in Series
Apparently no deaths were recorded in 1899 or 1902 for Washington County.
Images Available
This series is available on microfilm.
Copies of these records are located at Ancestry.com View Online.
Access Restrictions
This series is designated as Public.
Reproduction and Use
These records are available for reproduction and use.
Related Records
Birth registers from Washington County (Utah). County Clerk, Series 3166, contains birth entries from the first volume, Record of Births and Deaths.
Death certificates from the Office of Vital Records and Statistics, Series 81448, record deaths after 1904.
Indexing Terms
Death--Proof and certification--Washington County (Utah).
Washington County (Utah)--Statistics, Vital.
| REEL | BOX | DESCRIPTION |
| 1 | 1 | 1898 Jan - 1904 Apr: (p. 121-123 in Record of Births and Deaths) |
| 1 | 2 | 1904 Jan - 1905 Jun: (Register of Deaths) |