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How to Find Birth Information in Utah (view source)
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===Content of Birth Records=== | ===Content of Birth Records=== | ||
Not all of the alternative sources for birth information are going to contain the same information. Some of the sources, such as U.S. Census records, may contain only an approximate date of birth. But birth records generally give the child's name, sex, date and place of birth, and the names of the parents. Records of the twentieth century or later, may provide additional details, such as the name of the hospital, birthplace of parents, occupation of the parents, marital status of the mother, and the number of other children born to the mother.<br> | Not all of the alternative sources for birth information are going to contain the same information. Some of the sources, such as U.S. Census records, may contain only an approximate date of birth. But birth records generally give the child's name, sex, date and place of birth, and the names of the parents. Records of the twentieth century or later, may provide additional details, such as the name of the hospital, birthplace of parents, occupation of the parents, marital status of the mother, and the number of other children born to the mother.<br> | ||
===Types of information you may find in birth records=== | |||
*An address that would lead to the discovery of the family in a census or city directory | |||
*Ages of parents | |||
*Child’s birth order | |||
*Child's gender | |||
*Church records for the birth | |||
*Date of birth | |||
*Family’s home address | |||
*Full name of child | |||
*Hospital or name a medical attendant | |||
*Maiden name for the mother | |||
*Names of both parents | |||
*Names of the previous generation | |||
*Newspaper birth announcement | |||
*Occupation of parents | |||
*Parents' approximate years of birth | |||
*Parents' birthplaces | |||
*Place of birth | |||
*Race of child | |||
*Religious affiliation | |||
*Which children belong to which mother in the case of multiple marriages | |||
===Delayed or Supplementary Birth Records=== | ===Delayed or Supplementary Birth Records=== | ||