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== History ==
== Online Resources ==
*''See [[United States Newspapers|United States Newspapers]] for more databases
*'''1800-Current''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=50037 Idaho, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's-current] at Ancestry — index & images ($)
*'''1800s-1999''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62116/ U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999] at Ancestry - index ($)
*'''1894-2009''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research Idaho Newspapers, 1894-2009] at MyHeritage ($)
*[https://sites.google.com/site/onlinenewspapersite/Home/united-states-online-historical-newspapers/idaho-online-historical-newspapers Idaho Online Historical Newspapers] at Google
*[http://search.ancestry.com/oldsearch/locality/dbpage.aspx?tp=2&p=15&categoryFilterID=38&showPaging=true Idaho Newspapers] at Ancestry ($)
*[http://ldsgenealogy.com/ID/Newspapers-and-Obituaries.htm Idaho Newspapers]
*[http://www.50states.com/news/idaho.htm Current Idaho newspapers] online
*Newspapers at the [http://history.idaho.gov/ Idaho State Archives]
*[http://www.usgwarchives.net/obits/id/obitsid.htm Idaho USGenWeb Obituary Project]
*Copies of some Idaho newspapers, especially for Ada, Bannock, Bonneville, Canyon, and Caribou Counties are available online at [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=0&db=dbatitles&ctx=%2fMercury%2fPages%2fCardCatListBoolean.aspx&hco=100&f21=38&_F0003A49=1 Ancestry.com] ($), a subscription web site. They are listed on the county and town Wiki pages.
*[http://www.newspaperarchive.com/BrowseLocations.aspx?co=7&s=36 NewspaperArchive.com] ($) has a collection of digitized Idaho newspapers online. This database is sometimes free at libraries. It may be under the name Access NewspaperArchive.
*[https://sites.google.com/site/onlinenewspapersite/Home/united-states-online-historical-newspapers/idaho-online-historical-newspapers Idaho Online Historic Newspapers] - identifies historical newspapers available online at both free and pay-to-access websites.
*[http://www.genealogybank.com Genealogybank] ($) has a collection of digitzied Idaho newspapers online.


== Locating Idaho Newspapers ==
Idaho newspapers were first published in the 1860s.
Idaho newspapers were first published in the 1860s.


== Resources for Idaho Newspapers ==
*Many currently published newspapers as well as some issues of older newspapers are available at the [http://history.idaho.gov/archives-collections Idaho State Archives] in Boise. Copies of newspaper collections or newspapers clippings may also be found at public and university libraries or historical societies locally. [http://www.isu.edu/library/ Idaho State University] in Pocatello also has a good collection of newspapers for Idaho.


Many currently published newspapers are available at the Idaho State Archives in Boise. Copies of some issues of older newspapers are also available on microfilm at the Idaho State Archives. Copies of newspaper collections or newspapers clippings may also be found at public and university libraries or historical societies locally.Idaho State University in Pocatello also has a good collection of newspapers for Idaho.
*The [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/titles U.S. Newspaper Directory, 1690-Present] is a national directory from the Library of Congress of over 140,000 newspaper titles. The directory provides a list of libraries from around the country that have the newspapers in their collections.


=== Libraries and Archives ===
== Digital Issues Online ==


== Indexes ==


*The [http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/famhist/Obit/searchForm.cfm Eastern Idaho Death Index] at BYU Idaho is an index to obituaries for Southeastern Idaho. It is available online.


==== Newspaper Directory ====
*An [http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/idahostatesman/ index to obituaries, 1977 to present], published in the Idaho Statesman, a newspaper published in Boise, has been compiled by the Boise Public Library and is also [http://www.boisepubliclibrary.org/research/Idaho_Information/obituarysearch.asp available online].


The [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/titles U.S. Newspaper Directory, 1690-Present] is a national directory from the Library of Congress of over 140,000 newspaper titles. The directory provides a list of libraries from around the country that have the newspapers in their collections.
*An obituary index to Salt Lake City newspapers, 1867 to 1970, includes some Idaho residents {{WorldCat|367947363|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FSC|189434|item|disp=FS Catalog book 821636-99}}). The FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City has not collected copies of newspapers from Idaho.


=== Digital Issues Online  ===


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Copies of some Idaho newspapers, especially for Ada, Bannock, Bonneville, Canyon, and Caribou Counties are available online at [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=0&db=dbatitles&ctx=%2fMercury%2fPages%2fCardCatListBoolean.aspx&hco=100&f21=38&_F0003A49=1 Ancestry.com] ($), a subscription web site. They are listed on the county and town Wiki pages.
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[http://www.newspaperarchive.com/BrowseLocations.aspx?co=7&s=36 NewspaperArchive.com] ($) has a collection of digitized Idaho newspapers online. This database is sometimes free at libraries. It may be under the name Access NewspaperArchive.
 
[https://sites.google.com/site/onlinenewspapersite/Home/usa/id Idaho Online Historic Newspapers] - identifies historical newspapers available online at both free and pay-to-access websites.
 
[http://www.genealogybank.com Genealogybank] ($) has a collection of digitzied Idaho newspapers online.
 
=== Indexes ===
 
The [http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/famhist/Obit/searchForm.cfm Eastern Idaho Death Index] at BYU Idaho is an index to obituaries for Southeastern Idaho. It is available online.
 
An [http://www.boisepubliclibrary.org/Research/Obituaries/obituarysearchresults.asp index to obituaries, 1977 to present], published in the Idaho Statesman, a newspaper published in Boise, has been compiled by the Boise Public Library and is also [http://www.boisepubliclibrary.org/Research/Obituaries/obituarysearch.asp available online].
 
An obituary index to Salt Lake City newspapers, 1867 to 1970, includes some Idaho residents (Family History Library films {{FHL|189434|title-id|disp=821636-99}}). The Family History Library in Salt Lake City has not collected copies of newspapers from Idaho.
 
== Web Sites  ==
 
[http://www.50states.com/news/idaho.htm Current Idaho newspapers] online
 
Newspapers at the [http://history.idaho.gov/library_collections.html#anchor566425 Idaho State Archives]
 
 
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Online Resources[edit | edit source]

Locating Idaho Newspapers[edit | edit source]

Idaho newspapers were first published in the 1860s.

  • Many currently published newspapers as well as some issues of older newspapers are available at the Idaho State Archives in Boise. Copies of newspaper collections or newspapers clippings may also be found at public and university libraries or historical societies locally. Idaho State University in Pocatello also has a good collection of newspapers for Idaho.
  • The U.S. Newspaper Directory, 1690-Present is a national directory from the Library of Congress of over 140,000 newspaper titles. The directory provides a list of libraries from around the country that have the newspapers in their collections.

Digital Issues Online[edit | edit source]

Indexes[edit | edit source]