Note: Only authorized representatives of cemeteries may submit burial data for inclusion in the Utah Cemeteries and Burials database.
Do you have a correction to the database?
Would you like to survey a public or private cemetery? Follow these steps:
Download and use a template Microsoft Excel file.
contact usif you have any questions.
Cemeteries my export to the Utah Burials Database all or part of their records, including updates (usually new burials since the last update).
Data must be submitted in comma-separated value (CSV) format or in a Microsoft Excel file. The data must be submitted in the following order:
| Column Header | Type and (Maximum number of characters) |
| BURIAL_ID | NUMBER (7) REQUIRED |
| LAST_NAME | TEXT (25) REQUIRED |
| FIRST_NAME | TEXT (40) |
| BIRTH_MONTH | NUMBER (2) |
| BIRTH_DAY | NUMBER (2) |
| BIRTH_YEAR | NUMBER (4) |
| BIRTH_PLACE | TEXT (75) |
| DEATH_MONTH | NUMBER (2) |
| DEATH_DAY | NUMBER (2) |
| DEATH_YEAR | NUMBER (4) |
| DEATH_PLACE | TEXT (75) |
| BURIAL_MONTH | NUMBER (2) |
| BURIAL_DAY | NUMBER (2) |
| BURIAL_YEAR | NUMBER (4) |
| SOURCE | TEXT (100) |
| CAUSE | TEXT (75) |
| GRAVE_LOCATION | TEXT (30) |
| COMMENTS | TEXT (100) |
| GENDER | TEXT (1) |
| GRAVEMARKER_MATERIAL | TEXT (15) |
| GRAVEMARKER_TYPE_OF_MARKER | TEXT (20) |
| GRAVEMARKER_IMAGERY | TEXT (100) |
| GRAVEMARKER_ARTISAN | TEXT (40) |
| GRAVEMARKER_EPITAPH | TEXT (2000) |
| GRAVEMARKER_COMMENTS | TEXT (100) |
| RELATIVE1_NAME | TEXT (40) |
| RELATIVE1_RELATIONSHIP | NUMBER (1) |
| RELATIVE2_NAME | TEXT (40) |
| RELATIVE2_RELATIONSHIP | NUMBER (1) |
| RELATIVE3_NAME | TEXT (40) |
| RELATIVE3_RELATIONSHIP | NUMBER (1) |
| RELATIVE4_NAME | TEXT (40) |
| RELATIVE4_RELATIONSHIP | NUMBER (1) |
| RELATIVE5_NAME | TEXT (40) |
| RELATIVE5_RELATIONSHIP | NUMBER (1) |
Make sure the required fields contain data.
Make sure you keep text fields within the required maximum number of characters.
If you don't have any data for any field, do not delete that column on your Excel spreadsheet! Leave that field blank. Exception: for dates, put in a 0 (zero).
Please don't add any additional categories or columns. Our database won't accept them.
If the day or month is unknown, put in a 0 (zero).
Otherwise, use a one-digit number:
If the year is unknown, put in a 0 (zero)
For a known year, use four digits (any year between 1700 and the current year).
Gender should either be blank, F, or M.
You can include up to five relatives in the database.
Either fill in both the name and relationship, or leave both empty.
To fill in the relationship field, use these numbers:
Note that these numbers do not have to correspond with the Column Headers. For instance, RELATIVE1_RELATIONSHIP does not have to be Mother. Or, for instance, RELATIVE3, RELATIVE4, AND RELATIVE5 could all be children.
This is fine, but again, you cannot include more than five relatives at this time.
Corrections of individual burial records must be coordinated through the local cemetery records keeper, where the master record is kept.
If you see an error, please contact the records keeper at the cemetery. That person will make the change in the master record, who will then notify our office. At that point, we will make the change in the statewide burials database.
Contact Amy Oliver at 801-245-7247 or Doug Misner at 801-245-7250.
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