Research Death Records
Information in death records may include name, date and place of birth, cause of death, parent's names and birthplaces, spouse and burial location.
Related subjects: Birth records, Cemetery records, Family History, Miltary records (overseas death certificates), Probate records
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Death Records, Pre-1898
No governmental agencies were required by law to record deaths prior to 1898. Though not required to do so, some cities registered deaths prior to 1898. For other areas of Utah, try cemetery and burial records, newspaper obituaries, or private family and church records.
Salt Lake City (Utah). City Recorder | ||
Death and burial register, 1848-1933. |
Index | Series 21866 |
Bear River Health Department | ||
[Logan City, 1863-] | Contact Agency | |
Beaver County Clerk | ||
Death record, 1881-1949. | Series 27396 | |
Ogden City Recorder | ||
Death register, 1890-1905. | Series 27191 |
Death Records, 1898-1905
County clerks became responsible for recording deaths beginning in 1898.
A name index to all counties prepared by the Utah Genealogical Society is available in the Reference Room.
Beaver County | ||
Death register, 1900-1905 | Index | Series 83774 |
Box Elder County | ||
Death register, 1898-1905 | Series 84099 | |
Brigham City | ||
Death register, 1898-1941 | Series 23382 | |
Cache County | ||
Death register, 1898-1905 | Series 83782 | |
Carbon County | ||
Death register, 1898-1905 | Online | Series 83870 |
Daggett County | ||
(see Uintah County) | ||
Davis County | ||
Bountiful Precinct Register of Deaths, 1904-1905 | Online | Series 29759 |
Death register, 1898-1905 | Online | Series 84244 |
Duchesne County | ||
(see Wasatch County) | ||
Emery County | ||
Death register, 1898-1905 | Series 84040 | |
Garfield County | ||
Death register, 1896-1905 | Series 20231 | |
Grand County | ||
Death register, 1898-1905 | Series 83887 | |
Iron County | ||
Death register, 1898-1905 | Series 83762 | |
Juab County | ||
Death register, 1898-1905 | Series 84176 | |
Kane County | ||
Death register, 1898-1905 | Series 83802 | |
Millard County | ||
(no pre-1905 registrations) | ||
Morgan County | ||
Death register, 1897-1905 | Online | Series 83806 |
Piute County | ||
Death register, 1898,1904 | Series 19503 | |
Rich County | ||
Death register, 1898-1905 | Online | Series 20948 |
Salt Lake County | ||
Death register, 1897-1905 | Series 3864 | |
San Juan County | ||
Death register, 1898-1905 | Series 84246 | |
Sanpete County | ||
Death register, 1898-1905 | Index Online |
Series 15842 |
Sevier County | ||
Death register, 1898-1905 | Series 84245 | |
Summit County | ||
Death register, 1898-1905 | Series 83863 | |
Tooele County | ||
Death register, 1898-1905 | Online | Series 84247 |
Uintah County | ||
Death register, 1900-1901, 1904-1905 | Series 84030 | |
Utah County | ||
Death register, 1898-1905 | Online | Series 24144 |
Wasatch County | ||
Death register, 1898-1905 | Series 20903 | |
Washington County | ||
Death register, 1898-1905 | Series 23520 | |
Wayne County | ||
Death register, 1898-1905 | Series 84085 | |
Weber County [excluding Ogden] | ||
Death register, 1898-1905 | Series 84248 |
Death Records, 1904-1972
In late 1904, the Utah Deptment of Health assumed responsibility for creating death certificates for all individuals who died in Utah.
Office of Vital Records and Statistics | ||
Death certificates, 1905-1972 | Index Online |
Series 81448 |
Fetal death certificates, 1964-1968 | Online | Series 7172 |
Division of Archives and Records Service | ||
Military death certificates, 1941-1953. | Online | Series 3769 |
Death Records, 1973-present
See Obtaining Death Records Research Guide for records less than 50 years old.
Page Last Updated November 21, 2022.