Birth Records
Information in birth records may include name, date and place of birth, parent's names and birthplaces. Often the individual's name is not included so the parent's names may need to be known.
Related subjects: Death records, Family History, Probate records (guardianships), Adoptions
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Birth Records, Pre-1898
No governmental agencies were required by law to record births prior to 1898. Though not required to do so, Salt Lake City and Ogden began registering births in 1890 and Park City began registering births in 1892.
| Salt Lake Valley Health Department | |
| [Salt Lake City, 1890-1950.] | Contact Agency |
| Ogden City Recorder | |
| Birth register, 1890-1905. | online index | view book online | Series 27190 |
| Park, City (Utah) | |
| Birth registers, 1892-1897. | Series 85147 |
Birth Records, 1898-1905
County clerks became responsible for recording births beginning in 1898. View sample register entry.
| Beaver County | |
| Birth registers, 1897-1905 | online index | Series 83773 |
| Box Elder County | |
| Birth registers, 1898-1905 | Series 84098 |
| Cache County | |
| Birth registers, 1898-1905 | Series 83781 |
| Carbon County | |
| Birth registers, 1898-1905 | online index | Series 83869 |
| Daggett County | |
| (see Uintah County) | |
| Davis County | |
| Birth registers, 1898-1905 | online index | Series 11802 |
| Duchesne County | |
| (see Wasatch County) | |
| Emery County | |
| Birth registers, 1898-1905 | online index | Series 84038 |
| Garfield County | |
| Birth registers, 1898-1905 | Series 84073 |
| Grand County | |
| Birth registers, 1898-1905 | Series 83886 |
| Iron County | |
| Birth registers, 1898-1905 | online index | Series 83761 |
| Juab County | |
| Birth registers, 1898-1905 | Series 84175 |
| Kane County | |
| Birth registers, 1900-1905 | online index | Series 83801 |
| Millard County | |
| None | |
| Morgan County | |
| Birth registers, 1897-1905 | Series 83806 |
| Piute County | |
| Birth registers, 1898 | online index | Series 19502 |
| Rich County | |
| Birth registers, 1898-1905 | online index | Series 20947 |
| Salt Lake County | |
| Birth registers, 1898-1905 | online index | Series 3922 |
| San Juan County | |
| Birth registers, 1898-1905 | Series 84239 |
| Sanpete County | |
| Birth registers, 1898-1905 | online index | view book online | Series 84106 |
| Sevier County | |
| Birth registers, 1898-1905 | Series 84238 |
| Summit County | |
| Birth registers, 1898-1905 | Series 83862 |
| Tooele County | |
| Birth registers, 1898-1905 | Series 84240 |
| Uintah County | |
| Birth registers, 1895-1904 | online index | Series 84029 |
| Utah County | |
| Birth registers, 1898-1905 | Series 84185 |
| Wasatch County | |
| Birth registers, 1898-1905 | Series 83881 |
| Washington County | |
| Birth registers, 1898-1905 | Series 3166 |
| Wayne County | |
| Birth registers, 1898-1905 | Series 84084 |
| Weber County [excluding Ogden] | |
| Birth registers, 1898-1905 | online index | Series 5107 |
Birth Records, 1905-1911
In late 1904, the Utah Dept. of Health assumed responsibility for creating birth certificates for all individuals who were born in Utah. View a sample certificate.
| Office of Vital Records and Statistics | |
Birth certificates | online index |
Series 81443 |
Birth Records, 1912-present
See Obtaining Birth Records Research Guide for records less than 100 years old. .