Utah, Birth Certificates - FamilySearch Historical Records

What Is in This Collection?
This collection consists of an index and images to birth certificates acquired from the Utah State Archives for the years 1903 to 1914. The records are arranged by year, county,and month within a numerical arrangement by box and folder number. Many of these volumes have indexes at the beginning or end. This collection is from Utah State Archives Series 81443.

In 1905 state registration of births and deaths began and was generally complied with by 1917. Registration of births prior to 1905 is irregular. No government agencies in Utah were required by law to record births before 1898. Salt Lake City and Ogden began registering births in 1890 and Park City began registering births in 1892. The information in birth records is usually reliable, but depends upon the reliability of the informant. For more information on how to locate birth records in Utah, read the article How to Find Utah Birth Records.

What Can These Records Tell Me?
Birth records may include the following genealogical information:


 * Birth date
 * Birth place
 * Parents' names (usually includes the mother’s maiden name)
 * Sex
 * Residence or address of parents
 * Parents' birth dates
 * Parents' birth places
 * Parents' ages
 * Parents' occupation
 * Race
 * Attending physician or midwife

Certificates are available for the following counties:

How Do I Search the Collection?
You can search the index or view the images or both. To begin your search, it is helpful to know:
 * The name of the individual
 * The date of the event or the name of a parent

View the Images
View images in this collection by visiting the Browse Page.
 * 1) Select County
 * 2) Select Year

How Do I Analyze the Results?
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images.

I Found Who I Was Looking For, What Now?

 * Cite the record just in case you need to find it later. See below for help citing this collection.
 * Use the age or estimated birth date to find other church and vital records such as baptism, marriage, and death records.
 * Use the information found in the record to find land, probate and immigration records.
 * Use the information found in the record to find additional family members in censuses. Witnesses were usually family members.
 * Repeat this process with additional family members found, to find more generations of the family.
 * Church Records were kept years before counties began keeping records. They are a good source for finding ancestors before 1900.

I Can’t Find Who I’m Looking For, What Now?

 * Indexes and transcriptions may not include all the data found in the original records. You could get a copy of the original record from the State Archives. Salt Lake City, Utah.
 * If your ancestor does not have a common name, collect entries for every person who has the same surname. This list can help you find possible relatives.
 * If you cannot locate your ancestor in the locality in which you believe they lived, then try searching records of a nearby town or county.
 * Try different spellings of your ancestor’s name.
 * Remember that sometimes individuals went by nicknames or alternated between using first and middle names. Try searching for these names as well.
 * Check the info box above for additional FamilySearch websites and related websites that may assist you in finding similar records.

Citing This Collection
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