Cache County, Utah Genealogy

United States Utah  Cache County

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

Parent County
5 January 1856: Cache County was created from part of the area of old Green River County of the former Utah Territory and unorganized territory.

Cities
Hyde Park | Hyrum | Lewiston | Logan | Mendon | Millville | Nibley | North Logan | Providence | Richmond | River Heights | Smithfield | Wellsville

Towns
Amalga | Clarkston | Cornish | Newton | Paradise | Trenton

Communities
Avon | Benson | Cache Junction | Cove | Petersboro

Ghost town
La Plata

Neighboring Counties
Box Elder | Rich | Weber | Idaho counties: Bear Lake | Franklin | Oneida

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

Mount Sterling Cemetery


 * Findagrave.com

Old Ephraim's Grave


 * Findagrave.com

Census
The 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 U.S. federal population schedules of Cache County are available online. For tips on accessing census records online, see Utah Census. If you're having trouble finding your ancestors in national indexes, try checking local indexes. Created by experts familiar with the area's families, these indexes are often transcribed more accurately than nationwide indexes.

See Utah Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book for more information about statewide printed indexes.


 * 1856
 * 1860
 * 1870
 * 1880
 * 1890
 * 1900
 * 1910
 * 1920
 * 1930

Church Records
Early church records, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, for Cache County Wards and Branches can be found on film and are located at the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City. The film numbers, for each ward, can be locate through the Family History Library Catalog at https://www.familysearch.org/. Or by refering to Jaussi, Laureen R., and Gloria D. Chaston. Register of Genealogical Society Call Numbers. 2 vols. Provo, Utah: Genealogy Tree, 1982. (FHL book 979.2258 A3j; fiche 6031507). These volumes contain the film numbers for many (but not all) membership and temple record films.

Genealogy
Logan Utah Family History Center

Newspapers

 * One major resource for newspapers throughout Utah is the University of Utah's Utah Digital Newspapers project "with more than 600,000 pages of digitized Utah historical newspapers." The Utah Logan Journal from Cache County is included in this digital project. Read more... about using Utah newspapers for your family history research.

Vital Records
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.

Utah Death Certificates 1904 - 1956 -A free internet access to the 1904-1956 death certificates can be viewed at https://www.familysearch.org/. 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.

Utah State Burial Index for death before 1904 http://history.utah.gov/burials/execute/searchburials

Societies and Libraries
Logan Utah Family History Center


 * Physical Address: 50 North Main, Logan Utah
 * Mailing Address: P.O. Box 3397, Logan, Utah 84323
 * Open to the public: M,F,S 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; T,W,TH 9:30 a.m. tp 9:00 p.m.

Web Sites

 * The Cache County UTGenWeb Project, a member of The UTGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Cache County.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Cache County. (Backup site)
 * Family History Library Catalog for Cache County
 * Cache County, Utah Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * sites.google.com/site/mhfamorg/home