The Knowles Collection: Utah State Death Certificates 1904-1960

28 August 2012

Utah State Death Certificates 1904-1960

For some years now the State of Utah has had the death certificates for the years 1904-1960 online. A free database, I have used it many times to find the death certificates of my family. It has always been very convenient for researches to be able to download those documents instead of waiting for the mail to find you. That website archive.utah.gov, is very easy to access and a great resource for those with Jewish families in Utah.

In addition, the certificates for the years up to 1956 are now available at www.familysearch.org.

The certificates themselves are very high quality and a wonderful resource. The certificate below for Gussie Block wife of Louis L. Block. One of the things I really enjoy about the certificates from this time frame is the fact that the Doctor of record is Milton Pepper, a prominent member of the Utah Jewish community. I have always felt I would love a certificate signed by "Dr. Pepper".

3 comments:

UnknownAugust 30, 2012 at 10:47 PM
This is very old format of death certificate of Utah State. Please can you share latest death certificates because I want to use in death records.
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W. Todd KnowlesAugust 31, 2012 at 8:06 AM
These are the ones that are available, the newer format is not available at this time.
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UnknownAugust 31, 2012 at 8:12 AM
I am glad that you were able to find some of your ancestor's certificates by looking through the Utah collections. I have been looking through these records as well. So far I have found two certificates, but I hope to find some more in the coming weeks.
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Growth and Change

In the 12 years since the Knowles Collection was first published, the numbers have climbed from 7,500 to over 1,4000,000. So many of our ancestors left their native lands for new homes. Because of that movement the collection will now be in 6 different databases. All of them will be under the Knowles Collection umbrella. They are Jews of The British Isles; Jews of the North America; Jews of Europe; Jews of South America and the Caribbean; and Jews of Africa and the Orient and the newest one, Jews of the Southern Pacific.. This is a great indication of how universal our families are, and of how much still needs to be done.