Genealogy and Local History in Logan County, Ohio

A Guide and Resource for Researchers

Part of the USGenWeb Project and its OHGenWeb Project, the American History & Genealogy Project and its Ohio History & Genealogy Network, and the American Local History Network and its Ohio American Local History Network

Information

Ohio Map Showing Location of Logan County

This site is designed to provide information useful in researching family history, genealogy, and local history related to Logan County, Ohio. It includes information on archives and libraries, published and unpublished sources of information, and, whenever possible, indexes and online transcriptions of source material. There are also pages which include researchers' surname interests related to Logan County families. Anything that relates to genealogy or history in Logan County is a candidate for inclusion or mention.

If you know of any Logan County resources that should be included, please let me know. You can also address any other comments or questions to Robert Bremer.

Good luck with your genealogical and historical research in Logan County, Ohio.

Logan County

Logan County is located in west central Ohio and is named after Benjamin Logan (ca. 1742-1802) who fought Native Americans in the area. The county was formed in 1818 with territory taken from the northern portion of Champaign County. Hardin County was formed in 1820 with territory taken from the northern portion of Logan County. However, Hardin County did not become administratively separate from Logan County until 1833.

In 2000, the population of Logan County was 46,005. The seat of county government is located in Bellefontaine.

[Some of the following links are currently unavailable but should be back by mid-November]

African Americans
Archives and Libraries
Atlases see Geography
Bible Records
Bibliography see a specific subject category
Biography
Birth Records see Vital Records
Business Records
Catalogs, Inventories, Registers, etc.
Cemeteries
Census Records
Church Records
Citizenship Records see Naturalization Records
Collections, Indexes, Periodicals, etc.
Court Records
Death Records see Vital Records
Deeds see Land Records
Directories
Discussion Lists see Mailing Lists
Estate Records see Probate Records
Family Histories, Genealogies, etc.
Funeral Records
Geography
Guardianship and Orphans' Records
History
Indexes see Collections, Indexes, Periodicals, etc.
Inventories see Catalogs, Inventories, Registers, etc.
Land Records
Libraries see Archives and Libraries
Look-ups and Researchers for Hire

Mailing Lists
Manuscripts see a specific subject category
Maps see Geography
Marriage Records see Vital Records
Microfilmed Records see a specific subject category
Military Records
Native Americans
Naturalization Records
Newspapers
Obituaries
Online Sources see a specific subject category
Periodicals see Collections, Indexes, Periodicals, etc.
Pictures, Postcards, etc.
Poll Records see Voting Records
Probate Records
Property Records see Land Records
Queries, Surnames, and Researchers
Real Estate Records see Land Records
Registers see Catalogs, Inventories, Registers, etc.
Researchers see Queries, Surnames, and Researchers
School Records
Social Welfare Records
Societies
Surnames see Queries, Surnames, and Researchers
Tax Records
Telephone Directories see Directories
Transcripts see a specific subject category
Vital Records
Voting Records
Wills see Probate Records

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Selected Links

The following is a list of other websites related to Logan County.

Genealogy and History

Linkpendium Logan County – Contains links to websites related to Logan County
Logan County Genealogical Society
Logan County Historical Society and Logan County Museum
Logan County Ohio Genealogy Trails
Midwest Ohio Genealogy on the Web – Genealogical website covering the Miami Valley
Ohio Genealogy Express - Logan County
RootsWeb.com - Logan Co., OH – Contains links to websites related to Logan County
USGenWeb Archives - Ohio - Logan County - Table of Contents – Contains transcripts of records related to Logan County

Note that the websites listed above are unrelated to this website. If you recommend links or contribute data to these projects, please consider recommending those links or contributing data to this site as well.

Government

City of Bellefontaine, Ohio – Official site for the government of Bellefontaine
Logan County, Ohio – Official site for the government of Logan County

Other

Bellefontaine Examiner Online – Contains news and information about Bellefontaine and Logan County
Indian Lake, Ohio – Chamber of commerce site which includes information on local attractions, businesses, lodging, etc.
Logan County Area Chamber of Commerce – Chamber of commerce site which includes information on local attractions, businesses, lodging, etc.

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Neighboring Counties

Logan County is bordered by Hardin County to the north, Union County to the east, Champaign County to the south, Shelby County to the west, and Auglaize County to the northeast. The following is a list of OHGenWeb Project websites for counties which border Logan County.

Created Nov. 4, 1996

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