Series 83773
Beaver County (Utah). County Clerk Birth registers
Dates: i 1897-1905.
These records are housed in the Utah State Archives' permanent storage room.
Historical Note
An agency history is available.
Scope and Content
This reel contains birth registers for Beaver County between the years 1897 and 1905. Each entry includes the date of birth, sex, race, color, names of parents, residence, name of party making the report, and number (assigned sequentially).
Beginning in 1898, physicians and midwives were required to keep record of each birth in which they assisted professionally. In their absence, parents were required to complete a report. They then reported quarterly to the county clerk or in the case of incorporated cities, to the local board of health who would forward the report to the county clerk (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.
Arrangement
Chronological by year but not by month. Entries were recorded in order of report, not by date of birth.
Related Records
Birth certificates from the Department of Health. Office of Vital Records and Statistics, Series 81443, This series contains birth certificates filed with the Bureau of Vital Records beginning in 1904.
Access Restrictions
This series is classified as Public.
Preferred Citation
Cite the Utah State Archives and Records Service, the creating agency name, the series title, and the series number.
Processing Note
Processed by M. Call in September 1998.
Finding Aids
Indexes: An electronic index to the names of the parents, gender of child, date of birth, and entry number is available, covering from 1897 thru 1905.
Indexing Terms
- Registers of births, etc.—Beaver County (Utah).
Page Last Updated October 18, 2012.