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June 16, 2023

Court Indexes Now Online for Weber County and Iron County

“Start your search—but don’t finish it—online.” Sunny Jane Morton and Judy G. Russell, “Researching Courthouse Records In-Person and Online” The Utah State Archives has a lot of court records. Before computer systems and databases, access tools were needed and created to locate a specific record. It was common from the 1800s to the late 1900s to use either bound index
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June 5, 2023

New Finding Aids at the Archives: May 2023

Our archivists write inventories as finding aids to describe records. Here is the newest one created during May 2023: Inventory of Eastonia (yearbook) from Salt Lake City School District (Utah). East High School, 1926- Inventory of Records of business transacted from Tooele County (Utah). County Commission, 1867-1888 Inventory of Declaration of Intention record books from District Court (First District :
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May 3, 2023

New Finding Aids at the Archives: April 2023

Our archivists write inventories as finding aids to describe records. Here is the newest one created during April 2023: Inventory of Council minutes from North Ogden (Utah), 1934-1999 Inventory of Building plans from Provo City School District (Utah), ca. 1930- Inventory of Registers of deaths from Huntington (Utah), 1905-1921 Inventory of Board meeting agendas from Morgan County School District (Utah),
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April 10, 2023

New Finding Aids at the Archives: March 2023

Our archivists write inventories as finding aids to describe records. Here is the newest one created during March 2023: Inventory of Resolutions from Provo (Utah). City Council, 1949- Inventory of Student tracking cards from Salt Lake City School District (Utah), 1954-1990 Inventory of Draft case transcripts from District Court (Fourth District : Uintah County), 1902-1947 Inventory of Information Practices Act
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March 13, 2023

Top Baby Names in Utah 1911 Edition

The most popular baby names that were given in 1911 according to Utah birth certificates.
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March 7, 2023

New Finding Aids at the Archives: February 2023

Our archivists write inventories as finding aids to describe records. Here is the newest one created during February 2023: Inventory of Board minutes from South Summit School District (Utah), 1915- Inventory of Class registers from South Summit School District (Utah), 1910-1915; 1921-1924; 1931-1932; 1942-1943. Inventory of Business license applications and bonds from Spanish Fork (Utah), 1882-1895; 1904-1909. Inventory of Mayor’s
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February 8, 2023

New Finding Aids at the Archives: January 2023

Our archivists write inventories as finding aids to describe records. Here is the newest one created during January 2023: The following series inventories were also updated:
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January 6, 2023

New Finding Aids at the Archives: December 2022

Our archivists write inventories as finding aids to describe records. Here is the newest one created during September 2022: In addition, the following were updated:
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December 5, 2022

New Finding Aids at the Archives: November 2022

Our archivists write inventories as finding aids to describe records. Here is the newest one created during November 2022:
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November 8, 2022

Top Baby Names in Utah 1910 Edition

The most popular baby names that were given in 1909 according to Utah birth certificates.