Cache County, Utah Genealogy

United States Utah Cache County

Dates for major county records
Birth	Marriage	Death	Census	Land	Probate
1898-present	1887-present	1898-present	1856, 1860...	1857-present	1860-present
For earlier dates, try Church | Obituaries | Cemeteries | Parent counties

Cache County, Utah
Map
Location in the state of Utah
Location of Utah in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	January 5, 1856
County Seat	Logan
Courthouse
Address	County Courthouse<br>179 North Main St.<br>Suite 102<br>Logan, UT 84321
Website: www.cachecounty.org
Named for: caches of furs made by Rocky Mountain Fur Company trappers
Template:Adoption Utah Genealogical Association

Helpful Facts

County Courthouse

Cache County Courthouse
170 North Main Street
Logan, Ut 84321-4541
Phone 435-716-7150

County Clerk has marriage records from 1888;
Clerk District Court has divorce, probate and court records
County recorder has land records

Parent Counties

Cache County, Utah Genealogy was created January 5, 1856 from: Green River (old) | Utah Territory

Neighboring Counties

Counties that surround Cache County, Utah Genealogy are: Box Elder | Rich | Weber | Idaho counties: Bear Lake | Franklin | Oneida 

Resources

Cache County Reference Books and Lookup Volunteers at the county GenWeb site.

Cache county Links at the county GenWeb site.  Includes links to various types of information including court records, personal histories, newspapers, libraries, general Utah sites, etc.

Biography

USGenWeb Archives Cache County, Utah lists bios of 13 individuals of Cache County

• Biographies(microfilmed originals or published transcripts) are listed in the FamilySearch LibraryCatalog for Cache County, Utah Genealogy. For other libraries (local and national) or to gain access to items of interest, see public libraries.

Cemeteries

For the cemeteries within or just outside the cities or towns, please refer to the listing of populated places above.

Mount Sterling

• Findagrave.com

Old Ephraim's Grave

• Findagrave.com

Cache County Cemeteries at the Utah Historical site

Cache County Cemeteries at the county GenWeb site

USGenWeb Archives Cache County, Utah provides a list of burials in Wellsville Cemetery and the Woodmen burials

Census

For information and tips on accessing census records online, see Utah Census

The 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 U.S. federal population schedules of Cache County are available online. If you're having trouble finding your ancestors in national indexes, try checking local indexes. Created by experts familiar with the area's families, these indexes are often transcribed more accurately than nationwide indexes.

See Utah Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book for more information about statewide printed indexes.

• 1856
• 1860
• 1870
• 1880
• 1890
• 1900
• 1910
• 1920
• 1930
  

Cache county Utah Census at county GenWeb site includes links to territorial as well as federal census.

USGenWeb Archives Cache County, Utah provides the 1920 Census of Paradise, Avon, Hyde Park, North Logan and Benson.

• Censuses(microfilmed originals or published transcripts) are listed in the FamilySearch LibraryCatalog for Cache County, Utah Genealogy. For other libraries (local and national) or to gain access to items of interest, see public libraries.

Church Records

Early church records, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, for Cache County Wards and Branches can be found on film and are located at the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City. The film numbers, for each ward, can be locate through the Family History Library Catalog at https://www.familysearch.org/. Or by refering to Jaussi, Laureen R., and Gloria D. Chaston. Register of Genealogical Society Call Numbers. 2 vols. Provo, Utah: Genealogy Tree, 1982. (FHL book 979.2258 A3j; fiche 6031507). These volumes contain the film numbers for many (but not all) membership and temple record films.

• Church Records(microfilmed originals or published transcripts) are listed in the FamilySearch LibraryCatalog for Cache County, Utah Genealogy. For other libraries (local and national) or to gain access to items of interest, see public libraries.

Court Records

• Court Records(microfilmed originals or published transcripts) are listed in the FamilySearch LibraryCatalog for Cache County, Utah Genealogy. For other libraries (local and national) or to gain access to items of interest, see public libraries.

Description and travel

• Description and travel records(microfilmed originals or published transcripts) are listed in the FamilySearch LibraryCatalog for Cache County, Utah Genealogy. For other libraries (local and national) or to gain access to items of interest, see public libraries.

Directories

• Directories(microfilmed originals or published transcripts) are listed in the FamilySearch LibraryCatalog for Cache County, Utah Genealogy. For other libraries (local and national) or to gain access to items of interest, see public libraries.

Dwellings

• Information about Dwelllings(microfilmed originals or published transcripts) are listed in the FamilySearch LibraryCatalog for Cache County, Utah Genealogy. For other libraries (local and national) or to gain access to items of interest, see public libraries.

 Funeral Homes

Allen-Hall Mortuary
34 East Center St.
Logan, UT 84321
Phone: 435-752-3245
Fax: 435-755-0979

Nelson Funeral Homes
162 East 400 North
Logan, UT 84321
Phone: 435-752-3261
Fax: 435-752-2353

85 South Main
Smithfield, UT 84335
Phone: 435-563-5621

Allen-Cranney Mortuary
420 East 2800 North
North Logan, UT 84341
Phone: 435-753-3049
Fax: 435-753-6443

• Funeral Home records(microfilmed originals or published transcripts) are listed in the FamilySearch LibraryCatalog for Cache County, Utah Genealogy. For other libraries (local and national) or to gain access to items of interest, see public libraries.

Genealogy

• Genealogies(microfilmed originals or published transcripts) are listed in the FamilySearch LibraryCatalog for Cache County, Utah Genealogy. For other libraries (local and national) or to gain access to items of interest, see public libraries.

History

• A Brief History of Cache County at the county GenWeb site was written by Larry D. Christiansen.  It contains basic information about the county, statistics, and additional links to significant events, interesting features and individual histories.
• A History of Cache Valley at the county GenWeb site compiled and written by M.R. Hovey in 1923 with a detailed table of contents.
• Automobile History of Cache County, Utah at the county GenWeb site includes background information as well as an alphabetical listing of automobile owners from May 1909 through 1915.
• Ghost towns in Cache County, Utah includes an interactive map.  Click on the ghost town for a history of the area.
• Cache County, Utah Towns at the county GenWeb site includes short historical sketches of existing towns as well as some old places.
• Untraveled Road Cache County Photo tour includes a brief history of Cache County and a virtual tour of several interesting areas in the county as well as several towns.
• Histories(microfilmed originals or published transcripts) are listed in the FamilySearch LibraryCatalog for Cache County, Utah Genealogy. For other libraries (local and national) or to gain access to items of interest, see public libraries.

History Timeline

NOTE: Unless otherwise mentioned, the events below were gleaned from Wikipedia for Cache County.

• 1830. Jim Bridger and several other trappers bought out William Ashley and established the Rocky Mountain Fur Company, competing for the lucrative beaver pelt trade.
• 1830s. Cache Valley was named for the fur stashes made by many of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company trappers.
• 1852. Mormon William Gardner became the first settler in Cache Valley.
• 1856. Cache County was formed by the territorial legislature.
• 1857. Smithfield was founded by Robert Thornley and Seth Langdon. Early name was Summit Creek.
• 1859. The town of Logan was founded by Mormon settlers sent by Brigham Young.
• 1859-60. Providence settled, mostly by Swiss LDS converts.
• 1860.  Hyrum was founded by Danish immigrants of sons of Ezra T. Benson.
• 1864. Logan became the county seat, (and the principal city of the Logan, UT-ID Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Cache County and Franklin County, Idaho).
• 1864. Clarkston was laid out. It was named for Israel J. Clark.
• 1869. Amalga was settled by Mormon settler Hans Jorgensen.
• 1884. Logan Utah Temple dedicated.
• 1888. Utah State University was founded in Logan.
• 1891. Logan Tabernacle dedicated.in 1891.
• 1907. Cornish City emerged as a town on the Oregon Short Line Railroad.
• 1916. In Amalga, Amalgamated Sugar Company started making sugar from sugar beets.
• 1941. Cache Valley Dairy Association  in Amalga started to process milk into Swiss cheese.

Land and Property

• Land and Property records(microfilmed originals or published transcripts) are listed in the FamilySearch LibraryCatalog for Cache County, Utah Genealogy. For other libraries (local and national) or to gain access to items of interest, see public libraries.

Maps

• Maps(microfilmed originals or published transcripts) are listed in the FamilySearch LibraryCatalog for Cache County, Utah Genealogy. For other libraries (local and national) or to gain access to items of interest, see public libraries.

Naturalization and Citizenship

• USGenWeb Archives Cache County, Utah has the military records of Army enlistments 1938-1946
  
• Naturalization and Citizenship(microfilmed originals or published transcripts) are listed in the FamilySearch LibraryCatalog for Cache County, Utah Genealogy. For other libraries (local and national) or to gain access to items of interest, see public libraries.

Newspapers

• Utah Digital Newspapers Project presents newspaper images online. Search All Newspapers by name or keywords, or Browse by County to view all newspapers digitized for Cache County, Utah Genealogy.
  • Utah Journal, covering 1879-1898 is included.
• Newspapers(microfilmed originals or published transcripts) are listed in the FamilySearch LibraryCatalog for Cache County, Utah Genealogy. For other libraries (local and national) or to gain access to items of interest, see public libraries.
• Existing copies of newspapers. newspapers for Cache County, Utah Genealogy] are listed in Chronicling America by Library of Congress (LOC).
  • The list by dates and towns (from Chronicling America)

Obituaries

Obituaries may mention birth, marriage, spouse, parents, and living family members. See Utah Obituaries for state level compendiums and United States Obituaries for tips and insights regarding this record type.

Obituaries for residents may be found in:

• Newspapers of Cache County, Utah Genealogy
• Local Funeral Homes, Societies, Libraries, or in family records.
• Obituaries of neighboring counties: Box Elder | Weber | Rich | in Idaho: Franklin | Oneida
• Newspapers of major cities: Deseret News and/or The Salt Lake Tribune both in Salt Lake City
• USGenWeb Archives Cache County, Utah provides obituaries for 2005
  
• Obituaries(microfilmed originals or published transcripts) are listed in the FamilySearch LibraryCatalog for Cache County, Utah Genealogy. For other libraries (local and national) or to gain access to items of interest, see public libraries.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

In Utah, such records may be difficult to find. Try records of the church they may have attended. Realize, however, that such records may have not been preserved, and would not be in the typical records of membership.

It is possible there were records kept by civilian authorities. Ask town or county officials and local librarians and the State Archives. Also try National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (online).

Probate Records

• Probate Records(microfilmed originals or published transcripts) are listed in the FamilySearch LibraryCatalog for Cache County, Utah Genealogy. For other libraries (local and national) or to gain access to items of interest, see public libraries.

Public Records

• Public Records(microfilmed originals or published transcripts) are listed in the FamilySearch LibraryCatalog for Cache County, Utah Genealogy. For other libraries (local and national) or to gain access to items of interest, see public libraries.

County Books of the County of Cache, 1857-1891

Religion and Religious Life

• Records of Religion and Religious Life(microfilmed originals or published transcripts) are listed in the FamilySearch LibraryCatalog for Cache County, Utah Genealogy. For other libraries (local and national) or to gain access to items of interest, see public libraries.

Resource Repositories

Courthouses

Cache County Official Website

179 North Main St.
Suite 102
Logan, UT 84321
435-755-1460

County seat: Brigham City

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Hyrum Utah North Family History Center
• Logan Utah Family History Center
• Logan Utah YSA 3rd Family History Center
• Logan Utah YSA 4th Family History Center

Logan Utah Family History Center

Libraries

Logan Library

255 North Main
Logan, UT 84321

Telephone: 435-716-9123

Special Collections include the former Everton Genealogical Library as well as local history, photos, and more.

• Records at Archives and libraries(microfilmed originals or published transcripts) are listed in the FamilySearch LibraryCatalog for Cache County, Utah Genealogy. For other libraries (local and national) or to gain access to items of interest, see public libraries.

Societies

Cache Valley Historical Society

Smithfield Utah Historical Society

Schools

• School records(microfilmed originals or published transcripts) are listed in the FamilySearch LibraryCatalog for Cache County, Utah Genealogy. For other libraries (local and national) or to gain access to items of interest, see public libraries.

Taxation

• Taxation records(microfilmed originals or published transcripts) are listed in the FamilySearch LibraryCatalog for Cache County, Utah Genealogy. For other libraries (local and national) or to gain access to items of interest, see public libraries.

Vital Records

Bear River District Health Department
655 East 1300 North Street
Logan, UT 84341
Telephone: 801-752-3730

• Vital Records(microfilmed originals or published transcripts) are listed in the FamilySearch LibraryCatalog for Cache County, Utah Genealogy. For other libraries (local and national) or to gain access to items of interest, see public libraries.

The Family History Library does not have Logan City vital records.

Birth

Below are the best sources to find birth information (dates and places of birth and names of parents) for Cache County, Utah Genealogy. Also available: How to Find Birth Information in Utah.

Follow the suggestions under the year span that matches when your ancestor was born:

Before 1856

Cache County, Utah Genealogy was formed in 5 January 1856.

     If your records show the person was born here before the county was formed, 
      search parent counties

1856 - 1897

No birth records were created for Cache County, Utah Genealogy by either by county or state civil authorities in this time period.

Follow these suggestions to find birth information for this time period:

• Utah Death Certificates 1904-1961 give birth date and place (recorded at the time of death), names of parents, and name of spouse. Search by names or by exact death date.
• Church records usually give birth date and place and names of parents.
• See also other records that give birth information, such as Death records, Census, Cemeteries, Obituaries
• See also neighboring counties for birth information, due to family members living in that area, religious preferences, convenience, and other reasons.

• Utah Births and Christenings, 1892-1941 at FamilySearch. This is an index only. Microfilm copies of the records are available at the Family History Library and Family History Centers.

Marriage

• 1887–1966 — 33,211 marriages from 11 Apr 1859 to 7 Mar 1966 are listed on the Western States Marriage Index. Index is incomplete as there are no civil government recorded marriages prior to 1887 in Utah.
• 1887–1966 — Cache County (Utah). County Clerk. Marriage Records, 1887–1966 FHL Films 430301–36. Marriages up to 1914 are indexed in the Early Church Information File.

Death

Utah Death Certificates 1904 - 1956  A free internet access to the 1904-1956 death certificates at FamilySearch. Utah requires a death certificate before a burial is completed. A death certificate may contain information as to the name of the deceased, date of death, and place of death, as well as the age, birthdate, parents, gender, marital status, spouse and place of residence.

References

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

Utah, Cache County Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Family History Library (FHL); now called, FamilySearch Library (FSL)

A national directory from the Library of Congress that lists of libraries around the country that have the newspapers in their collections.