Newly Processed: August 2011

Gina Strack Finding Aids

All public records at the Utah State Archives are accessible through the Research Center. However, once processed the records are easier to use with proper storage and fuller descriptions, including online series inventories. The following list includes record series that were processed during the month of August 2011: Bear River (Utah) Interment registers, 1895- Centerfield (Utah) Cemetery lot books, 1909- …

Newly Processed: October 2010

Gina Strack Finding Aids

All public records at the Utah State Archives are accessible through the Research Center. However, once processed the records are easier to use with proper storage and fuller descriptions, including online series inventories. The following list includes record series that were processed during the month of October 2010: District Court (First District : Cache County) Criminal case files, 1896- District …

Mysterious 1880 U.S. Census records solved

Alan Barnett History

A researcher recently requested to look at an obscure record series described simply as “Census records, 1880” (Series 5269).  After retrieving the records, Archives staff became curious and set about trying to figure out what the records really were.  The records include five booklets that were clearly standard forms (form 7-392) printed for the 1880 Federal Census and have notes …

Newly Processed: March 2010

Gina Strack Finding Aids

All public records at the Utah State Archives are accessible through the Research Center. However, once processed the records are easier to use with proper storage and fuller descriptions, including online series inventories. The following list includes record series that were processed during the month of March 2010:* Lieutenant Governor City and town information files (incorporation papers), 1888-[ongoing] Murray (Utah) …

Marriage Records Research Guide updated

Gina Strack Research Guides

The Research Guide to Marriage Records at the Utah State Archives has been updated. Historical background has been added to the introductory text related to how civil registration of marriage came to be in Utah, which helps explain why there are generally no government records of marriage before about 1888. The list of record series has not been comprehensively updated, …

Newly processed: January 2010

Gina Strack Finding Aids

All public records at the Utah State Archives are accessible through the Research Center. However, once processed the records are easier to use with proper storage and fuller descriptions, including online series inventories. The following list includes record series that were processed during the month of January 2010: Duchesne (Utah) Council minutes, 1917-[ongoing] Naples (Utah) Council minutes, 1982-[ongoing] Salt Lake …

Newly processed: November 2009

Gina Strack Finding Aids

All public records at the Utah State Archives are accessible through the Research Center. However, once processed the records are easier to use with proper storage and fuller descriptions, including online series inventories. The following list includes record series that were processed during the month of November 2009: Governor Leavitt First Lady audiovisual materials, 1993-2003 Gunnison (Utah) Council minutes, 1894-[ongoing]