Logan County, Ohio Genealogy

Guide to Logan County Ohio genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

United States Ohio Logan County

Historical Facts

 * Parent Counties: Formed from Champaign County 30 December 187.
 * County Seat: Bellefontaine
 * Neighboring Counties: residents may also have records in Hardin (north)·Champaign (south)·Auglaize (northwest)·Union (east)·Shelby (west)

Boundary Changes
See an interactive map of Logan County boundary changes.

Cemeteries
Cemetery records often reveal birth, marriage, death, relationship, military, and religious information.

See Ohio Cemeteries for more information.

Military

 * Civil War Civil War service men from Logan County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Logan County.


 * -96th Regiment, Ohio Infantry
 * Company H, roster
 * Company I, roster
 * -113th Regiment, Ohio Infantry, Company G

Courthouse
Logan County Courthouse 101 S Main Street Courthouse Bellefontaine, OH 43311 Phone: 937.599.7275 Probate Court has birth and death records 1867-1909, marriage records from 1818 and probate records from 1820; County Recorder has land, military and burial records; Common Pleas Court has divorce and court records

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Taxation

 * Duplicate tax records : 1818-1838. FHL film. Also Ohio State Archives film.

Birth
Online Birth Indexes and Records Original Birth Records on Microfilm

Marriage
Online Marriage Indexes and Records Original Marriage Records on Microfilm

Death
Online Death Indexes and Records

Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953 Free name indexes and images at FamilySearch. Records include such information as birth date of deceased, city, county, and state of death, name of spouse if married, names of parents, maiden name of mother, name of informant, if deceased was single, married, windowed or divorced, occupation of deceased.

Original Death Records on Microfilm

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.