Genealogy in Logan County, Ohio

Census Records

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Information

The United States has conducted a census of its population every ten years since 1790. The resulting records are useful in identifying family members. Censuses before 1850 only include the name of the head of the household with other family members represented by statistics broken down by age and gender. Beginning in 1850, the name of each member of the household was recorded along with ages and places of birth. Each subsequent census included more detailed information. Of particular note is the 1900 census which included the actual month and year of birth of each person enumerated. Records for each census are currently made available to the public 72 years after the census was taken. The most recent available census records are for 1920.

There was no 1790 census taken in the Northwest Territory area that was to later become the state of Ohio. Censuses for 1800 and 1810 were conducted in Ohio, but only records for Washington County survive. Presumably any individuals living in 1800 in the area that was to later become Logan County would have been counted in Hamilton or Ross County. In 1810, people living in the area that was to later become Logan County would have been enumerated in Champaign County from which Logan County was formed in 1818. Census records for Logan County exist for the period from 1820 to 1920 with the exception of 1890 which was destroyed by fire in 1921.

Original Records on Microfilm

The surviving census records have been microfilmed by the National Archives and are available for sale. Most libraries with larger genealogical collections have copies of the census microfilms for their areas of interest. Census records covering Logan County can be found at the Allen County Public Library, the LDS Family History Library, the Logan County District Library, the Logan County Genealogical Society Library, the Ohio Historical Society Library, and the State Library of Ohio as well as many other libraries. In addition, microfilmed census records can be ordered via interlibrary loan through the LDS family history centers.

The following table provides the National Archives and LDS Family History Library microfilm numbers for Logan County census records. Indexes which can help you locate a family on a specific page within the microfilmed census records are also noted in the table.

Year National Archives
microfilm number		 LDS FHL
microfilm number		 Indexed in
1820
M33 reel 90
0181396
 Ohio 1820 census index / editors, Ronald Vern Jackson, Gary Ronald Teeples. -- Bountiful, Utah : Accelerated Indexing Systems, c1977.
Genealogy in Logan County, Ohio--Census--1820 Census Transcript--Alphabetical Order
1830
M19 reel 135
0337946
 Ohio 1830 census index / editors, Ronald Vern Jackson, Gary Ronald Teeples. -- Bountiful, Utah : Accelerated Indexing Systems, c1976.
Genealogy in Logan County, Ohio--Census--1830 Census Index
1840
M704 reel 409
0020171
 Moore, James E.
1840 census index, Logan County, Ohio / compiled by James E. Moore. -- Bellefontaine, OH : Logan County Genealogical Society, [1995]
Ohio 1840 census index / editors, Ronald Vern Jackson, Gary Ronald Teeples. -- Bountiful, Utah : Accelerated Indexing Systems, c1978.
1850
M432 reel 704
0444697
 Henry, Alvin, 1914-1991.
1850 Logan County, Ohio census index. In Branches and twigs quarterly. Vol. 6, no. 1 (spring 1984)-v. 11, no. 1 (spring 1989).
Ohio 1850 census index / editors, Ronald Vern Jackson, Gary Ronald Teeples. -- Bountiful, Utah : Accelerated Indexing Systems, c1978.
Genealogy in Logan County, Ohio--Census--1850 Census Index
1860
M653 reel 1000
0804000
 Harshman, Lida Flint.
Index to the 1860 federal population census of Ohio / compiled by Lida Flint Harshman and her friends. -- Mineral Ridge, Ohio : L.F. Harshman, c1979.
Henry, Alvin, 1914-1991.
1860 Logan County, Ohio census index / submitted by Alvin Henry. In Branches and twigs quarterly. Vol. 11, no. 2 (summer 1989)-v. 17, no. 3 (fall 1995).
Genealogy in Logan County, Ohio--Census--1860 Census Index
1870
M593 reel 1234
0552733
 Moore, James E.
1870 Logan County census / [compiled by James E. Moore]. -- Bellefontaine, OH : Logan County Genealogical Society, 1995.
1880
T9 reel 1041
1255041
 Ohio 1880 census index / compiled by the Ohio Genealogical Society. -- Bountiful, Utah : Precision Indexing, c1991.
Soundex index of heads of households that included children under age 10 (National Archives microfilm publication T767 reels 1-143)
1900
T623 reel 1294
1241294
 Soundex index of heads of households (National Archives microfilm publication T1065 reels 1-1395)
1910
T624 reel 1204
(EDs 120-143, 146-147, 149)
T624 reel 1205
(EDs 144-145, 148)
1375217

1375218
 Miracode index of heads of households (National Archives microfilm publication T1272 reels 1-418)
1920
T625 reel 1405
1821405
 Soundex index of heads of households (National Archives microfilm publication M1581 reels 1-476)

Transcripts

While examination of the original records reproduced on microfilm is usually desirable, searching a transcribed copy of the census may sometimes be useful. The following table provides information on available published and unpublished transcripts of Logan County census records.

Year Transcript
1820 1820 Census Transcript--Alphabetical Order
1820 Census Transcript--Original Order
An unpublished transcript is available at the Logan County Genealogical Society Library
1830 An unpublished transcript is available at the Logan County Genealogical Society Library
1840 An unpublished transcript is available at the Logan County Genealogical Society Library
1850 An unpublished transcript is available at the Logan County Genealogical Society Library
1860 An unpublished transcript is available at the Logan County Genealogical Society Library
1870 Moore, James E.
1870 Logan County census / [compiled by James E. Moore]. -- Bellefontaine, OH : Logan County Genealogical Society, 1995.
An unpublished transcript is available at the Logan County Genealogical Society Library
1880 An unpublished transcript is available at the Logan County Genealogical Society Library
1900 None
1910 None
1920 None

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