This page of our website provides links to Idaho genealogy databases and historical narratives about Idaho. These genealogical records may include, vital records (birth, marriage and divorce, death), ethnic records (Native American), court records (land, probate and wills, criminal and civil), church records (Bibles, baptisms, marriages, burials and histories), cemeteries, census records, military records directories and yearbooks.
Idaho Biographies
- Biographies of the State of Idaho
These 480 biographies were extracted from the Illustrated History of the State of Idaho and represent the leading men of Idaho at the turn of the 20th Century. - Prominent Men of Blaine County, Idaho
- Nez Perce County Biographies
Idaho Cemeteries
- Idaho Cemetery Records
- Bannock County
- Lincoln County
Idaho Census Records
Idaho Church Records and Histories
- A brief history of Idaho and western Montana
as settled and district organized by the Church of the Brethren.
Idaho Genealogy Websites
United States Genealogy
United States GenWeb Project
- IGGenWeb – USGenWeb Project
IDGenWeb is created by a group of volunteers as part of the USGenWeb Project working together to provide free genealogy websites for genealogical research in every county in Idaho. This Project is non-commercial and fully committed to free genealogy access for everyone.
American History and Genealogy Project
Ada, Adams, Alturas, Bannock, Bear Lake, Benewah, Bingham, Blaine, Bonner, Bonneville, Boundary, Butte, Camas, Canyon, Caribou, Cassia, Clark, Clearwater, Custer, Elmore, Fremont, Gem, Gooding, Jerome, Kootenai, Latah, Lemhi, Lincoln, Madison, Minidoka, Nez Perce, Owyhee, Shoshone, Twin Falls, Valley, Washington
Idaho Histories
- Upper Snake River Valley Idaho Histories
The collection is comprised mainly of short historical sketches of pioneers who settled in the Upper Snake River Valley between 1883 and 1893. The histories were written by members of the Daughters of the Pioneers of the Upper Snake River Valley and presented at meetings of the club. In addition, the collection contains a brief history of the meetings, elections and programs of the Daughters of the Snake River Valley Pioneers from 1924-1950. - Boise County
- Idaho County
- Lemhi County
- Nez Percè County
- Washington Counties
Idaho State History
- Early Settlement, 1862-1866
- Idaho Newspapers, 1889
- Idaho Legislature 1884 – 1888
- Illustrated History of the State of Idaho
Details the history of the state of Idaho from it’s “discovery” to the 1890’s. - Gold Mining in Alturas County, Idaho
In 1860 gold was discovered on Oro Fino Creek by a party of prospectors led by Captain E. D. Pierce of California. In 1861 the Salmon River mines were discovered, while a search for a rich central gold deposit was made by prospectors, revealing the Florence diggings. - Mining Gold and Silver in Idaho, 1865-1885
- The Goodale North: Trail Route from Boise to Brownlee Ferry
It is intended to present all facts possible, and sometimes to follow the routes of the trail that are covered with repetitious but interconnecting information. - Bancroft Works, History of Washington, Idaho and Montana
When, in 1846, the southern line of British Columbia was determined, all that remained was called Oregon. Later, from Oregon was set off Washington; from Washington was set off Idaho; and from Idaho, for the most part, was set off Montana. Thus for some part of the history of Montana we look to the annals of Idaho, Washington, Oregon, and the Northwest Coast; for part of the history of Idaho we look to the annals of Washington and the rest; and for the history of Washington we must have also the histories of Oregon and the Northwest Coast.
Idaho Land Records
- U.S., Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1820-1908
3,907 land management tract books containing official records of the land status and transactions involving surveyed public lands arranged by state and then by township and range. These books indicate who obtained the land, and include a physical description of the tract and where the land is located. The type of transaction is also recorded such as cash entry, credit entry, homesteads, patents (deeds) granted by the Federal Government, and other conveyances of title such as Indian allotments, internal improvement grants (to states), military bounty land warrants, private land claims, railroad grants, school grants, and swamp grants. Additional items of information included in the tract books are as follows: number of acres, date of sale, purchase price, land office, entry number, final Certificate of Purchase number, and notes on relinquishments and conversions. - Arizona Land Patents online. Index.
Idaho Military Records
- Military Records
- Idaho Forts
List of colonial forts, trading posts, named camps, redoubts, reservations, general hospitals, national cemeteries, etc., established or erected in the United States from its earliest settlement to 1902. - Revolutionary War
- Civil War Records
- Idaho Civil War Map
- Civil War Pensions Index Cards
Each card gives the soldier’s name, unit, the application number, the certificate number and the state from which the soldier served. In some cases, the soldier’s rank, terms of service, date of death and place of death are given. The index cards refer to pension applications of veterans who served in the U.S. Army between 1861 and 1917. The majority of the records pertain to Civil War veterans, but they also include veterans of the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, Indian wars, and World War I.
- World War I Records
- World War II Records
- World War II Casualties – Army – Army Air Corps
- Idaho Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard World War II Casualty List
- Korean War Casualty List
- Vietnam War Casualty List
Idaho Native American Records
- Idaho Indian Tribes
- Nez Percé and Shoshone Indian Lands in Idaho
- Idaho Indian Wars, 1874 – 1878
- Idaho Land Patents
Idaho Vital Records
- Idaho Vital Records
- 1911-1937 Idaho Death Certificates
Name index of Idaho Death Certificates from 1911-1937. The certificates are arranged numerically by file number, with rough chronological arrangement by death date, i.e. month and year. Microfilm copies of original records are available at the Family History Library and at Family History Centers. - Western States Historical Marriage Records Index
Over the past decade, the BYU-Idaho (formerly known as Ricks College) Family History Center has been extracting early marriage records from counties in the western part of the United States. Virtually all of the pre-1900 marriages are included in the index for Arizona, Idaho and Nevada. Many Idaho, Nevada and Utah counties have been extracted into the 1930’s and some, much later. A significant number of marriages from Wyoming, eastern Washington, eastern Oregon, western Colorado and selected counties in California are also included. For more details, see “List of Counties by State”. - Eastern Idaho Death Records
This Index contains information collected over the past decade at the Idaho Falls Regional Family History Center. It contains records which are primarily from southeastern Idaho and adjoining areas. Among the information sources are the newspaper obituaries, cemetery records, funeral home records, funeral programs, sexton records, and grave headstones. Information from over 200 cemeteries in southeastern Idaho and western Wyoming are included. This index also includes records of individuals from other localities who have died in this area or whose obituary appeared in local newspapers. - Idaho State Death Index 1911-1951