Utah, Birth Certificates - FamilySearch Historical Records

United States Utah

What is in This Collection?
This collection consists of an index and images of 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.

Certificates are available for the following counties:

Sample Record Content
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

How Do I Search the Collection?
If you do not find your ancestor in the name index, look at the collection of images. Many of the image volumes have indexes at the beginning or end. Search these first. If your ancestor is in the index on the images, download a copy or write down the page numbers listed for your ancestor. You can then quickly turn to those pages. Compare the information with what you already know about your ancestors to determine if the image relates to them. You may need to look at several images and compare the information about the individuals listed in those images to your ancestors to make this determination. Keep in mind that there may be more than one person in the records with the same name and your ancestor may have used different names or variations of their name throughout their life.

For tips about searching on-line collections see the wiki article FamilySearch Search Tips and Tricks. To search the collection by name: Fill in the requested information in the boxes on the initial search page. This search will return a list of possible matches. To search collection by image: To search the collection you will need to follow this series of links: ⇒Select "Browse through images" on the initial collection page ⇒Select the appropriate "County" ⇒Select the appropriate "Year of Birth" ⇒Select the appropriate "Month and Day Range" which takes you to the images.

What Do I Do Next?
When you have located your ancestor’s birth record, carefully evaluate each piece of information about them. These pieces of information may give you new biographical details that can lead you to other records about your ancestors. For example:


 * Use the birth date along with the place of birth to find the family in census records which can provide new information about the family.
 * Use the residence and names of the parents to locate church and land records.
 * Request a copy of the birth certificate from the State of Utah or the County Clerk in county of birth.
 * The father’s occupation can lead you to other types of records such as employment or military records.
 * The parents' birth places can tell you former residences and can help to establish a migration pattern for the family.
 * It is often helpful to extract the information on all children with the same parents. If the surname is unusual, you may want to compile birth entries for every person of the same surname and sort them into families based on the names of the parents. Continue to search the birth records to identify siblings, parents, and other relatives in the same or other generations who were born in the same county or nearby.
 * Earlier records may not contain as much information as the records created after the late 1800's.
 * There is some variation in the information given from record to record.

Unable to Find Your Ancestor?

 * Look for variant spellings of the names.
 * Search the indexes and records of nearby counties.

Related Wiki Articles

 * Utah Vital Records
 * Utah Births and Christenings (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Utah, United States Genealogy

Related Websites

 * Utah Department of Health
 * Utah State Archives and Records Service - A division within the Dept. of Administrative Services that manages records created by state and local governmental entities in Utah, and provides access to historical government records.
 * Utah County Clerks

Citations for This Collection
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