Resources

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• Wikipedia
• FamilySearch
• Idaho State Library
• Boise State University - Special Collections and Archives
• BYU Idaho - Special Collections
• BYU Idaho - Family History
• University of Idaho Library - Special Collections & Archives offers Historical Photographs, Primary Sources, University Records, and Digital Collections
• University of Idaho - Asian American Comparative Collection
• Washington State University - Libraries Digital Collections
• Western Washington State University - Western Libraries
• Mountain West Digital Library - 1938 map available
• Libraries Linking Idaho genealogy guides
• Primitive Baptist Church Library - Idaho
• Internet Archive
  • 1878 Business Directory
  • 1879 To the Rockies and Beyond, or A Summer on the Union Pacific Railway
  • 1890 History of Washington, Idaho, and Montana 1845-1889, Volume XXXI, by Hubert Howe Bancroft
  • 1891 Lewis & Dryden's Official Railway Guide
  • 1893 Vigilante Days and Ways: the Pioneers of the Rockies, the makers and making of Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming
  • 1894 Pacific States Newspaper Directory
  • 1899 An Illustrated History of the State of Idaho
  • 1900 The Class War in Idaho
  • 1903 An Illustrated History of North Idaho: embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties
  • 1904 Progressive Men of Southern Idaho
  • 1904 Progressive Men of Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Fremont and Oneida counties
  • 1905 The State of Idaho: An Official Publication containing reliable information concerning the institutions, industries, and resources of the state
  • 1910 History of Idaho, by John Hailey
  • 1914 History of Idaho, by Hiram T. French
  • 1914 Idaho State Gazetteer
  • 1918 History of the State of Idaho, by Cornelius Brosnan
  • 1918 Idaho Chronology, Nomenclature, Bibliography
  • 1920 History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains  Volume 1   Volume 2   Volume 3   Volume 4
  • 1922 The Idaho Freemason by Frank G. Burroughs
  • 1937 Idaho, a Guide in Word and Picture
  • 1956 A Biography of Charles Wesley Hubbard by Gwen H. Redford
  • 1958 Descendants of William Little, Jr. and Allied Families by Harriet F. Little
  • 1961 History of William Crow of Virginia and his descendants in America, and related families: their settlements, migrations, marriages, military achievements by Jewell L. Crow
  • 1961 Record of the Posterity of Hiram Dayton and Permelia Bundy Dayton compiled by Leland M. & Alta A. Dayton
  • 1962 A Genealogy of McGee Harris, Latter Day Saint Pioneer by Kenneth C. Bullock
  • c.1963? Early Utah Pioneers: Levi Hammon and Polly Chapman Bybee compiled by Betsy Greenwell
  • 1975 The People of the Hills
  • 1977 "Gems" of Our Valley A history (1811-1977) of Gem Valley and the people who have lived there
  • 1977 Story of Idaho by Virgil M. Young
  • 1978 Chronology and Documentary Handbook of the State of Idaho
  • 1979 Swiftwater People: Lives of old timers on the upper St. Joe & St. Maries rivers (of Benewah, Kootenai, & Shoshone Counties)
  • 1981 Tales of Eastern Idaho
  • 1984 An Enduring Legacy by Daughters of Utah Pioneers (Bonneville, Caribou, Cassia, Madison, and Power counties)
  • 1985 Outlaw: The True Story of Claude Dallas by Jeff Long
  • 1989 Ingacom, a History of the Inkom Area: Inkom, Buckskin, Onyx, Lower Marsh Creek, and Blackrock, compiled by Marcell Wanner and Julie Miller
  • 1989 Campfire Tales of Eastern Idaho  Volume 1   Volume 2   Volume 3   Volume 4
  • 1990 Blackrobes Journey 1840-1990
  • 1991 Centennial Farm Families
  • 1991 Treasure Stories of Eastern Idaho
  • 1991 Celebrating Idaho: The Centennial in Words and Pictures by Richard Ardinger
  • 1993 Emigrant Trails of Southern Idaho by Daniel J. Hutchinson and Larry R. Jones
  • 1994 Three Frontiers: Family, Land, and Society in the American West, 1850-1900 by Dean L. May
  • 1999 Mother's Table, Father's Chair: cultural narratives of Basque American women, by Jacqueline S. Thursby
  • 2011 Gold and Treasure a History of John Lowe Butler II
• USGenWeb Tombstone Project
• Ewanida Rail Cemetery Records
• FindAGrave
• Legacy.com Obituary Finder 2000-present
• HonorStates Military Gold Stars, those who died while in service during WWI, WWII, Korean, and Vietnam
• US Department of Veterans Affairs National Gravesite Locator
• Idaho Department of Health & Welfare Vital Records
• Census-specific
  • Idaho Census at Census Online
  • Idaho Census Project A by USGenWeb Census Project
  • Idaho Census Project B by USGenWeb Census Project
  • 1870 Idaho Non-Population Schedules by Idaho Historical Society, 25-page pdf
  • 1880 Idaho Non-Population Schedules by Idaho Historical Society, 74-page pdf
  • 1890 Idaho Census Reconstruction by Idaho Historical Society
  • 1900 Federal Census of Idaho Bulletin, 6-page pdf
  • 1900 Idaho Census -- Codebook and Data, by Idaho State University saved in WayBack Machine
• Chronicling America - Library of Congress free online newspaper collection
• Photo Collection - Idaho Photo collection at Library of Congress
• The Lewiston Tribune - Ethnic Groups Add Diversity to Gem State
• Idaho PBS - The World Comes to Idaho
• RootsWeb - Ethnic Groups of Idaho
• Native American Tribes of Idaho
• FamilySearch - Idaho Cultural Groups
• FamilySearch - Indigenous Peoples of Idaho
• Nez Perce National Historic Trail
• Coeur d'Alene Tribe
• Kalispel Tribe
• Kalispel Indians of Idaho at AngelFire
• Kalispel Indians at NewAdvent
• Nez Perce Tribe
• Chief Joseph
• Friends of Nez Perce Battlefields
• Life Among the Paiutes
• Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes
• Bannock, Snake and Paiute War of 1878
• Sheepeater Indian War of 1879
• Basque Museum and Cultural Center
• Ghost Towns of Idaho
• GhostTownGallery - Idaho
• National Register of Historic Places
• Historical Markers
• Historical Highway Markers
• American Forts - Idaho
• Civilian Conservation Corps
  • Living New Deal
  • Camps in Idaho at CCCLegacy.org
  • Civilan Conservation Corps in Idaho Collection at UI Digital Initiatives
  • CCC Resources at BlogSpot
• Snake River Ferries - a research guide, 56-page pdf, a combined effort by SHRA and ITD
• Snake River Fur Trappers in 1824 - Alexander Ross' Journal, 1824 and John Work's Journal, 1830-31
• Idaho Statesman - "Learn about Idaho's Rich History"
• Untraveled Road
• Idaho Heritage Trust
• Idaho Military Museum
• Blaine County Historical Museum
• Idaho Then & Now pictures
• Idaho Cities Old Main Street Postcards
• UI Northwest Historical Postcard Collection
• Images of Idaho at Library of Congress
• USGS GNIS - Geographic Names Information System
• Bureau of Land Management - land patents
• Parcel Maps of Idaho
• Newberry Maps of Idaho
• ISU Digital Atlas
• Historic Map Works - many plat maps are available to view online at no charge
• MapGeeks
• Maps of US - interactive map of Idaho county formation history
• Idaho maps at Digital Commonwealth/Massachusetts Collections Online, includes 1891, 1895, 1897, & 1903 mail routes
• Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
• Idaho Genealogical Society
• Idaho State Historical Society
• The Oregon Trail in Idaho
• Mining in Idaho
• Troy Idaho Historical Society - at Facebook
• IdahoGenealogy mailing list and query board at groups io
• Message Board at Genealogy.com
• Only In Your State - Idaho
• AccessGenealogy
• WorldGenWeb
• WeRelate.org
• Dead Fred Genealogy Photo Archive
• USGenWeb Kidz Project

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