Utah, Cache County Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

What Is in This Collection?
The collection consists of images to deeds and soldier discharges acquired from the Cache County courthouse in Logan for the years 1861 to 1955.
 * Deeds, 1861-1940
 * Military Discharges,1942-1955

What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records: • 3

How Do I Search This Collection?
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 * Name of the person
 * The name of a parent or date of the event

How Do I Analyze the Results?
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I Found the Person I was Looking for, What Now?

 * Add any new information to your records
 * Use the age or estimated birth date to find church and vital records such as birth, baptism, marriage, and death records
 * Use the information found in the record to find land, probate and immigration records
 * Use the information found in the record to find additional family members in censuses. Witnesses were usually family members
 * Repeat this process with additional family members found, to find more generations of the family
 * Utah Church Records were kept years before counties began keeping records. They are a good source for finding ancestors before 1900

I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now?

 * If your ancestor does not have a common name, collect entries for every person who has the same surname. This list can help you find possible relatives
 * If you cannot locate your ancestor in the locality in which you believe they lived, then try searching records of a nearby town or county
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Research Helps
The following articles will help you in your research for your family in the state of Utah.
 * Utah Guided Research
 * Utah Record Finder
 * Utah Research Tips and Strategies
 * Step-by-Step Research: 1850-1905 | 1900-Present

Family History Library Holdings

 * F. Ross Peterson. A History of Cache County. Salt Lake City, Utah : Utah State Historical Society, Cache County Council, c1997 FHL 979.212 H2p
 * Cache County. Deed records, 1861-1940
 * Cache County. Military records, 1942-1955
 * Cache County. Civil case files, 1860-1887
 * Cache County. Probate case files, 1864-1930
 * Cache County. Probate records, 1860-1965; probate index, 1880-1965;probate docket or register, 1883-May 1966
 * Cache County. Wills, bonds and letters, 1885-1906
 * Cache County. Assessment rolls, 1869-1893
 * Cache County. Naturalization records, 1884-1929
 * Cache County. Oath records, 1887-1894
 * Cache County. Board of County Commissioners. Minutes, 1857-1939
 * Cache County. Marriage records, 1887-1966
 * Cache County. Births, 1915

Related FamilySearch Historical Record Collections

 * Utah, State Archives Records, 1848-2001

FamilySearch Digital Library

 * Joel E. Ricks, editor ; associate editor: Everett L. Cooley, The history of a valley, Cache Valley, Utah-Idaho. Logan, Utah : Cache Valley Centennial Commission, c1956

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