Logan, Cache County, Utah Genealogy
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Quick History
An Early History of Cache County on Mendon.net
Cemeteries
Logan City Cemetery
Church History and Records
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons)
Olsen, Nolan Porter. Logan temple : first 100 years. Logan, UT: 1978.
Presbyterian
Hult, Christine, ed. The Presbyterian experience in Cache Valley: one-hundred thirty years of faith and service 1878 - 2008. 2009.
Other
Simmonds, A.J. The Gentile comes to Cache Valley. Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, 1976.
Contacts
Archives
Utah State Archives and Records Service
Mon. - Thurs. 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
- 300 South Rio Grande, Salt Lake City, Utah 84101-1106
- 801-533-3535
- Research Center Question Form
Utah State University Special Collections and Archives
Mon. - Fri. 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. & some Saturdays (call to confirm)
- 3000 Old Main Hill, Logan UT 84322
- 435-797-2663
- scweb@usu.edu
Digital Libraries
BYU Idaho Special Collection & Family History
J. Williard Marriot Library - Digital Collections
Logan Library Special Collections - Digital Projects
Utah State Archives and Record Service - Digital Archives
Utah State History - Online Sources
Utah State University Digital Initiatives
Libraries
Logan Library (Family History Library Affiliate)
- contact : Jason Cornelius
- Mon. - Thurs. 10:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. & Fri. - Sat. 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
- 255 N Main, Logan UT 84321
- 435-716-9143
- jason.cornelius@loganutah.org
Logan Utah Regional Family History Center (Family History Library Branch)
- Mon, Fri, Sat - 9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. and Tue, Wed, Thu - 9:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
- Physical Address : 50 North Main, Logan, Utah 84321 (in the rear of the tabernacle building)
- Mailing Address : P.O. Box 3397, Logan, UT 84323
- 435-755-5594
- ut_cache@ldsmail.net
List Serves
Cache Family History List List
- to subscribe email ut-cache-fhc-l-request@rootsweb.com (mail mode) or ut-cache-fhc-d-request@rootsweb.com (digest mode).
Museums
Cache Museum - Daughters of the Utah Pioneers
- 10 a.m.-4 p.m. June 1-Labor Day, or by appointment
- Chamber of Commerce Building, 160 North Main, Logan, UT 84321
- 435-752-5139 (June-Sept.) or 435-753-1635 (Tues.-Fri.)
- General email : info@dupinternational.org
- Check website for hours of operation
- 4025 S Hwy 89-91, Wellsville, UT 84339
- 435-245-6050
- Online contact form
Societies and Groups
Cache Valley Historical Society
- contact : Bernice McCowin - President
- 435-752-1800
- cachevalleyhistory@gmail.com
- meetings are every first Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. in the historic courthouse in Logan
Directories
1884 Utah Gazeteer and directory of Logan, Ogden, Provo, and Salt Lake cities by Robert W. Sloan
- Google Books
- Logan Library [call number Special 917.92 Sloan]
- Family History Library [call number US/CAN Film # 1004522 Item 1]
Polk city directory for Logan
- Logan Library (1904-present) [call number Special 917.9212 Logan]
- Family History Library (various years on film or fiche)
Histories
Godfrey, Kenneth W. Logan, Utah : a one hundred fifty year history. Exemplar Press, 2010.
Hovey, M.R. A history of Cache County : as printed in Logan Journal beginning August 4th, 1923.
Peterson, F. Ross. A history of Cache County. Salt Lake City, UT : Utah State Historical Society, 1997.
Ricks, Joel E. The history of a valley : Cache Valley, Utah-Idaho. Logan, Utah : Cache Valley Centennial Commission, 1956.
Simmonds, A.J. In 'God's Lap' : Cache Valley history as told in the newspaper columns of A.J. Simmonds. Canada : Pediment Publishing, 2004.
Somers, Ray. History of Logan. Logan, UT : Somers Historical Press, 1993.
Newspapers
Titles
The Cache American (1931-1947?)
The Herald Journal (1931-present)
Abstracts
Vital Records of Cache County (1860-? newspaper clippings with births, deaths, etc.)
- Family History Library [call number US/CAN Film 1033684 Item 4]
Vital Records
Notes
- Reliable birth and death records in Logan date back to 1898. In that year the Utah state legislature provided for central county records and the Cache County Clerk began to keep a vital record register or ledger. This practice continued until 1905 when a state-wide registration of both births and deaths began.
- Marriages were seen as a religious sacrament early in the history of Cache County. With the passage of the Edmund’s-Tucker Act, federal regulators outlawed polygamy, a common practice among pioneer members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons). The act also mandated a territorial registration of marriages which began in 1887.
- Settlers began to enter Cache County in 1859. Vital records from that time until civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths began may be found in alternative sources: newspapers, church records, family records, cemetery records, etc.
Birth and Death Records
1898-1905 Birth and Death Records
- Family History Library [call number US/CAN Film 431094]
- Utah State Archives and Record Service [call number Series 83781]
1905-present Birth and Death Records
- Utah Office of Vital Records and Statistics (order online)
1905 Birth Certificate Index
- Utah State Archives and Record Service (database)
Utah Death Certificate Index
- Utah State Archives and Record Service (database)
Marriage Records
1887-1966 Marriage Records
- Family History Library [call number US/CAN films 430301-17]
Western States Marriage Database
- Brigham Young University-Idaho (database)