3,602
edits
How to Find Birth Information in Utah (view source)
Revision as of 08:12, 13 September 2012
, 13 September 2012→Introduction: Edited Formatting
Jamestanner (talk | contribs) (Edited Text) |
Jamestanner (talk | contribs) (→Introduction: Edited Formatting) |
||
| Line 4: | Line 4: | ||
Looking for a birth certificate might seem like the first place to start your genealogical research, but no government agencies in Utah were required by law to record birth before 1898. Though not required to do so, Salt Lake City and Ogden began registering births in 1890 and Park City began registering births in 1892. <ref name="Utah Government Services">Utah Government Services, Division of Archives and Records Service, Birth Records at http://archives.utah.gov/research/guides/birth.htm (accessed 13 September 2012).</ref> | Looking for a birth certificate might seem like the first place to start your genealogical research, but no government agencies in Utah were required by law to record birth before 1898. Though not required to do so, Salt Lake City and Ogden began registering births in 1890 and Park City began registering births in 1892. <ref name="Utah Government Services">Utah Government Services, Division of Archives and Records Service, Birth Records at http://archives.utah.gov/research/guides/birth.htm (accessed 13 September 2012).</ref> | ||
===Sources for Birth Records=== | |||
*[[United States Genealogy|Family records]] including [[United States Bible Records|Family Bibles]] and personal histories | *[[United States Genealogy|Family records]] including [[United States Bible Records|Family Bibles]] and personal histories | ||