Cache County, Utah Genealogy

United States Utah Cache County

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Guide to Cache County, Utah genealogy. Birth records, marriage and death records, cemeteries, census, church records, probate records, and obituaries—resources to find parents and family history since 1856, when the county was formed.

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.

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

Parent Counties

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

Boundary Changes

See UT: Index of Counties... from Newberry Library's Utah Atlas of Historical County Boundaries, for a timeline of boundary changes for Cache County, Utah Genealogy.

Neighboring Counties

Cache County, Utah Genealogy is surrounded by: Box Elder | Rich | Weber | Idaho counties: Bear Lake | Franklin | Oneida Template:Cache County, Utah Clickable Neighbors

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.

Bible Records

The term "Bible records" refers to the practice of keeping family dates and events in a family Bible. This was a common practice in many European countries and carried over to America. Many of these family Bible records are still in existence and preserved by the descendants of the immigrants. In some cases these family Bibles have found their way into libraries and other repositories.

For an explanation of how to find Bible records and for helpful links see Utah Bible Records. See also United States Bible Records.

Biography

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

• Cache Valley Diaries, part of Mountain West Digital Library Collection.

Cemeteries

Cemetery records often reveal birth, death, relationship, military, and religious information. The spouse and children who died young are frequently buried nearby.

More than tombstone inscriptions, cemetery records include sextons (caretakers) records and interment (burial) records, each with slightly different information. See Utah Cemeteries.

State and national resources for Cache County, Utah Genealogy cemeteries
Online Transcripts (names) or Images	Published Grave Transcripts	Lists of Cemeteries in the County
FindAGrave	FamilySearch Library	FindAGrave
Interment.net	Early Church Info File	USGenWeb Tombstone Project
Utah Cemeteries and Burial Database (Select the county)	WorldCat	UTGenWeb Cemeteries
Utah Gravestones	Utah Periodicals	Epodunk
UTGenWeb Cemeteries		Utah Hometown Locator Cemeteries
Billion Graves		Utah Cemeteries Search (Select the county)
Linkpendium		Genealogy Trails
Veterans to 1966
See Utah Cemeteries for details about each site.

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

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

Cemetery register 1860-1998 for Hyrum City is included in the FS digital collection: [[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
|Utah, State Archives Records, 1848-2001]]

Mount Sterling

• Findagrave.com

Old Ephraim's Grave

• Findagrave.com

Census

Census records 1850 and later list names, ages, and places of birth (state or nation) for everyone in the household. Censuses locate the family and have other clues to find more records about them.

• See Utah Census for online indexes and images of US federal censuses. of: 1856, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, and 1940.
• See statewide printed indexes, including 1856.

• 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.
  

Churches and Religious Groups

• 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 repositories.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons)

Historically, most people in Utah were Latter-day Saints. Their records are, therefore, very important for early Utah research. For additional information, see Tracing Latter-day Saint Ancestors and Utah Church Records.

Guide to history and records of wards and branches of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Stake(s): Benson Stake, Utah · Cache Stake, Utah · Hyrum Stake, Utah · Logan Stake, Utah Places: Amalga · Clarkston · Cornish · Hyde Park · Hyrum · Lewiston · Logan · Mendon · Millville · Newton · Nibley · North Logan · Paradise · Providence · Richmond · River Heights · Smithfield · Trenton · Wellsville List of Cache County stakes and wards to about 1948

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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 repositories.
• Cache County, Utah Civil Case Files, 1860-1887 Ancestry.com ($)
  

Directories

• Utah Directory, 1890: Salt Lake City, Logan, and Provo  Ancestry.com ($) This collection includes the Utah Gazetteer and Diectory of Logan, Ogden, Prove and Salt Lake City, 1884.
  

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

History

• Peterson, F. Ross. A history of Cache County, Utah Centennial County History Series
• 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 repositories.

History Timeline

See UT: Index of Counties... from Newberry Library's Utah Atlas of Historical County Boundaries, for a timeline of boundary changes for Cache County, Utah Genealogy.

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

• [1892-1920] Deeds. FamilySearch Historical Records Collection.
• 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 repositories.

Maps

• Google highway map of Cache County 2012

Military

• [1942-1955] Cache county, Utah. Military Discharge Records. "Utah, Cache County Records, 1861-1955". FamilySearch Historical Records Collection.

Naturalization and Citizenship

• USGenWeb Archives Cache County, Utah has the military records of Army enlistments 1938-1946
  

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.
• 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
  

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 repositories.

Public Records

County Books of the County of Cache, 1857-1891

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 repositories.

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:

Birth 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

Birth 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.

Birth 1898 - present

Records open to the public

Birth records created more than 100 years ago State Department of Health Birth, Marriage, and Death Certificates page. are open to the public.

• 1898-1905 Series #83781 at Utah State Archives. Not online, no online index. Copies available through FamilySearch Library: FSL film 431094 . There are some names of children in the records. (Census or church records will help.)
• 1906-1910 online images for Cache County, Utah Genealogy at the State Archives. Browse the "not yet indexed" area by year and county. Most entries do have names of children.
  
  • Later records open to the public are housed at the Utah State Archives, but not online.
• Online Utah, Births and Christenings, 1892-1941, a FamilySearch Historical Records Collection. .

Restricted records

Access to official birth records within 100 years is restricted to those who meet certain requirements. Order copies:

• Office of Vital Records and Statistics, 288 North 1460 West, Salt Lake City, Utah, Phone: (801) 538-6105. How to order online, by mail, or in person.

• Bear River Health Department, Logan Main Office, Phone (435) 792-6500, 655 East 1300 North, 84341. Environmental Health Building, Phone (435) 792-6500, 85 East 1800 North, Logan, Utah 84341.

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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.

Repositories

Resources for Cache County, Utah Genealogy are available in repositories (such as libraries and archives) at all levels: the town, the county, the state (including universities), and the nation.

Check websites and catalogs of archives and libraries for items for this county. Examples: Cache County, Utah Genealogy items in FamilySearch Library (Utah) or Allen County Public Library (Indiana).

When you find items you'd like to access, see Get a Copy

See Courthouse · FamilySearch Centers · Libraries · Societies sections.

See also: Websites

Courthouse

Cache County Official Website

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

County seat: Brigham City

FamilySearch 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

Local public libraries usually have histories, genealogies, indexes of cemeteries, copies of local newspapers, or other records for the area they serve. Many libraries in Utah have an area dedicated to local collections and manuscripts.

• Logan Public Library; 255 North Main, Logan, UT 84321. Telephone 435-716-9123.
  • Collections: Special Collections include the former Everton Genealogical Library as well as local history, photos, and more.
• Newton Town Library, 51 S Center St, Newton, Utah 84327-0578 PO Box 578. Phone 435-563-9283.
  • Collections:
• North Logan city Library; 475 East 2500 North, Logan, UT 84341-1523. Phone: 435-755-7169.
  • Collections:
• Providence-River Heights Branch, Cache County Library System; 15 North Main Street, P.O. Box 63, Providence, UT 84332-9694. Phone 435-752-7881.
  • Collections:
• Richfield Public Library; 83 East Center Street, Richfield, UT 84701. Phone: 435-896-5169.
  • Collections:
• Smithfield Public Library; 25 North Main Street, P.O. Box 35, Smithfield, UT 84335. Phone: 435-563-3555.
  • Collections:

See also Utah Public Library Directory, which provides links to library web pages, addresses, phone numbers, hours, and maps. Does not mention holdings.

Societies

Cache Valley Historical Society

Smithfield Utah Historical Society

References

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

Utah, Cache County Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

This website requires a paid subscription for full access. Some subscription websites are available for free at your local FamilySearch Center or Affiliate Library.

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