Logan, Cache County, Utah Genealogy
United States 
Utah Cache County Logan
Quick History
Cemeteries
Logan City Cemetery - 1000 N. 1200 E., Logan, Utah 84321
Church History and Records
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) - 89 S. 200 W., Logan, Utah 84321
- Law, Craig. Logan Temple. Logan, UT: Logan Temple Centennial Commemoration Committee, 1984.
- Olsen, Nolan Porter. Logan temple : first 100 years. Logan, UT: 1978.
First Presbyterian Church of Logan - 178 W. Center, Logan, Utah, 84321
- Hult, Christine, ed. The Presbyterian experience in Cache Valley: one-hundred thirty years of faith and service 1878 - 2008. Logan, UT: 2009.
St. John's Episcopal Church - 85 E. 100 N., Logan, Utah 84321
St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Parish - 725 S. 250 E., Logan, Utah 84321
Other Churches - Directory of Churches in Logan
- Simmonds, A.J. The Gentile comes to Cache Valley. Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, 1976.
Contacts
Archives
- Utah State Archives and Records Service - 300 S. Rio Grande St., Salt Lake City, Utah 84101
- Utah State University Special Collections and Archives - 3000 Old Main Hill, Logan, Utah 84322
Digital Libraries
- BYU Idaho Special Collection & Family History
- Cache County GenWeb
- J. Williard Marriot Library - Digital Collections
- Logan Library Special Collections - Digital Projects
- Mountain West Digital Library
- Utah State Archives and Record Service - Digital Archives
- Utah State History - Online Sources
- Utah State University Digital Initiatives
Libraries
- Logan Public Library (Family History Library Affiliate) - 255 N. Main, Logan, Utah 84321
- Logan Utah Regional Family History Center (Family History Library Branch) - 50 N. Main (rear basement), Logan, Utah 84321
Message Boards
- Cache County Message Board
- Cache Family History 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 County Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Museum - 160 N. Main, Logan, Utah 84321
Societies and Groups
Directories
- Polk, R.L. Polk Directory for Logan, Utah. 1904-present. (some earlier issues are on microfilm)
- Sloan, Robert W. 1884 Utah Gazeteer and directory of Logan, Ogden, Provo, and Salt Lake Cities. Salt Lake City, UT: Herald Printing and Publishign Co., 1884.
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)
- The Journal (1892-1931)
- The Logan Journal (1888-1891)
- The Logan Leader (1879-1882)
- The Utah Journal (1882-1889)
Abstracts
- Vital Records of Cache County (1860-? newspaper clippings with births, deaths, etc.)
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
- 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)