AHGP-Idaho Resources

Links to Free History and Genealogy Sites

Sketches of Inter-Mountain States, including Idaho

Census

Historic Census¹
1870	14,999
1880	32,619
1890	88,548
1900	161,772
1910	325,594
1920	431,866
1930	445,032
1940	524,873

1870 & 1880 non-population census - searchable indexes at history.idaho.gov
1880 & 1900 census transcripts by ISU (archive.org)
1890 Census, totals by county
Census Records at Genealogy Trails
1940 census Census records on-line and other resources, at National Archives
FamilySearch.org (free with membership)
Census Finder
USGenWeb Census Project
USGenWeb Archives/Idaho files

Homestead Records and Maps

GLO Records — Government Land Office records: Patents (homesteads, cash sale and livestock) & maps
Historic USGS topo maps at Perry Castandeda Library, University of Texas

Digital Collections

Library of Congress,over 2700 Photos, Prints & Drawings for Idaho
Boise State Digital Collection
Idaho State Historical Society Digital Collections
Idaho Cities Old Main Street Postcards
University of Idaho - Archival Idaho Photos, ~ "Digital Memories"
Denver Public Library
Northwest Historical Postcard Collection, University of Idaho
Mountain West Digital Library
Stonebraker Collection at University of Idaho, includes Chamberlain Basin, Roosevelt, Thunder Mountain
University of Washington, Digital Collections
Beinecke Digital Collections, William Henry Jackson
"Earliest to record the scenery of eastern Idaho was undoubtedly William Henry Jackson, photographer with Ferdinand V. Hayden's Geological Survey party of 1871-72. . . Although most of Jackson's pictures for the Hayden Survey recorded topography and geology, those of Fort Hall Agency, Sawtell's Ranch and Taylor's Bridge, on the site of modern Idaho Falls, have great historical interest. His photographs of Yellowstone are often credited with persuading Congress to make it our first national park." - Arthur A. Hart, "Camera Eye on Idaho, Pioneer Photography, 1863-1913;" The Caxton Printers, Ltd., Caldwell, Idaho, 1990.

National Forests

"History of Boise National Forest 1905-1976"
Forest Atlas of the Payette National Forest, 1909
“Like Palaces To Us,” Administrative Facilities of the Salmon-Challis National Forest, 1905-1960"

Idaho History Bloggers

Tim Woodward (newspaper columnist)
Ron Roizen's blog, from Wallace
Ancestors Live Here
Mary Dexter, by Reba Logue McMillan
Mychel Matthews/Magic Valley
Idaho Meanderings, Idaho from late 1800's/early 1900's, with an emphasis on Gov. Steunenberg
South Fork Companion History Blog
Yellow Pine Times, History

Idaho Newspapers on-line

Library of Congress, Chronicling America - collection is constantly growing

Star News on-line, Valley County
Historical Newspapers Summary, by The Ancestor Hunt

Amoral Tuttle Public Library (New Plymouth, Payette County) at advantage-preservation.com

Bear Lake County Library Digital Archives (1880- 2010) Collection of newspapers published in Bear Lake County, located in the southeastern corner of Idaho, bordering Utah and Wyoming.

Blackfoot Newspapers (1880-1902)

East Bonner County Library Digital Archives (1969- 1987)

Burley Public Library (Cassia County) at advantage-preservation.com

Council Valley Museum including newspaper abstracts from 1877 to 1950

Elk River Public Library (Clearwater County) at advantage-preservation.com

Franklin County Library District Digital Archives (1832- 1902, 1905- 1961) Collection of newspapers published in Franklin County, located in southeastern Idaho. Time coverage is scattered for 1832- 1902.

Hayden Community Public Library (Kootenai County) at advantage-preservation.com

Idaho Falls Newspapers (1906-2012)

Jerome Public Library at advantage-preservation.com

Marshall Public Library (Pocatello, Bannock County) at advantage-preservation.com

Minidoka Irrigator (1942- 1945) This links to the search interface for the Densho Digital Archive of the Japanese-American experience. The Minidoka Irrigator was published by the inmates at the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, from 1942 to 1945. For a non-searchable list of PDF's, go to - http://archive.densho.org/Core/DAObjectsByCollection.aspx?id=108 The Densho Digital Archive holds more than 700 visual histories (more than 1,400 hours of recorded video interviews) and over 12,000 historic photos, documents, and newspapers. These primary sources document the Japanese American experience from immigration in the early 1900s through redress in the 1980s with a strong focus on the World War II mass incarceration.

Rexburg Newspapers (1909-1921)

Rigby Star (1906-1975), Newspaper of this traditionally Mormon town.

Salmon Public Library Digital Archives (1867, 1886- 1967), Collection of newspapers published in Salmon, Boise, Sweet, Burley, Gowen Field, and "Payette Lake Star" at McCall.

Twin Falls Newspapers (1904-1922)

Valley of the Tetons District Library Digital Archives (1909- 2010)

¹The Idaho Blue Book, 2007-2008, published by the Secretary of State's office.