Death Records
The purpose of this guide is to provide information on death records that are available at the Utah History Research Center. Staff members can search for records for patrons unable to visit the Research Center if provided with the year and county for an individual. Availability of records is largely determined by the time period, as enumerated in the sections below.
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
- Before 1898
- 1898 - 1905
- 1904 - 1957 (with images online)
- 1958 - present
Death Records, Pre-1898
No governmental agencies were required by law to record deaths prior to 1898. Though not required to do so, some municipalities, such as Salt Lake City and Ogden, 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. Indexes | Sample |
Series 21866 |
| Weber/Morgan District Health Department. Vital Statistics | |
| Death records, 1890-[ongoing] | Contact agency |
Death Records, 1898-1905
County clerks became responsible for recording deaths beginning in 1898 [see sample register entry]. The Utah State Archives has microfilm copies of all county death registers, 1898 to 1905.
A name index to all counties prepared by the Utah Genealogical Society is available in the Research Center.
| Beaver County, 1900-1905 Index | Series 83774 |
| Box Elder County, 1898-1905 | Series 84099 |
| Brigham City, 1898-1941 | Series 23382 |
| Cache County, 1898-1905 | Series 83782 |
| Carbon County, 1898-1905 | Series 83870 |
| Daggett County (see Uintah County) | |
| Davis County, 1898-1905 | Series 84244 |
| Duchesne County (see Wasatch County) | |
| Emery County, 1898-1905 | Series 84040 |
| Garfield County, 1896-1905 | Series 20231 |
| Grand County, 1898-1905 | Series 83887 |
| Iron County, 1898-1905 | Series 83762 |
| Juab County, 1898-1905 | Series 84176 |
| Kane County, 1898-1905 | Series 83802 |
| Millard County (no pre-1905 registrations) | |
| Morgan County, 1897-1905 | Series 83806 |
| Piute County, 1898,1904 | Series 19503 |
| Rich County, 1898-1905 | Series 20948 |
| Salt Lake County, 1897-1905 | Series 3864 |
| San Juan County, 1898-1905 | Series 84246 |
| Sanpete County, 1898-1905 | Series 15842 |
| Sevier County, 1898-1905 | Series 84245 |
| Summit County, 1898-1905 | Series 83863 |
| Tooele County, 1898-1905 | Series 84247 |
| Uintah County, 1900-1901, 1904-1905 | Series 84030 |
| Utah County, 1898-1905 | Series 24144 |
| Wasatch County, 1898-1905 | Series 20903 |
| Washington County, 1898-1905 | Series 23520 |
| Wayne County, 1898-1905 | Series 84085 |
| Weber County [excluding Ogden], 1898-1905 | Series 84248 |
Death Records, 1904-1957
In late 1904, the Utah Dept. of Health assumed responsibility for creating death certificates for all individuals who died in Utah.
| Office of Vital Records and Statistics | |
| Death certificates, 1905-[ongoing] Search Index with Digital Images | Sample Record |
Series 81448 |
Death Records, 1956-present
Death certificates less than 50 years old are classified private. For information on how to access these records, please contact the Office of Vital Records and Statistics.
This page was last updated March 23, 2007.