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Idaho State Archives[edit | edit source]

The best collection and index of biographical materials of Idaho residents is at the Idaho State Archives, formerly known as the Idaho State Historical Society Public Archives and Research Library (PARL). The Idaho Biographical Index (IBI) is available online and is an index of persons named in state, county and community histories, regional periodicals, and selected newspaper articles from around the state and throughout its history.

Statewide histories include Elliott's History of Idaho Territory (1884) and multi-volume histories by French (1914), Hawley (1920), Defenbach (1933), and Beal and Wells (1959), among others. Also indexed are biographical compendia such as Illustrated History of the State of Idaho (1899), Illustrated History of North Idaho (1903), and Progressive Men of Southern Idaho (1904). Please note that more recent histories and compendia are being indexed daily, and the IBI is growing all the time.

Family History Library Collection[edit | edit source]

Hawley, James H. History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains. Four Volumes. Chicago, Illinois: S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1920. (Family History Library book 979.6 H2h; Volumes 1-3 on film 1000165; Volume 4 on film 908926.)
An Illustrated History of the State of Idaho. Four Volumes in 2. Chicago, Illinois: Lewis Publishing Company, 1899. (Family History Library book 979.6 H2ih; film 1000164.) The biographical sketches in this work are indexed in the Idaho Biographical Index (IBI) and are also available online through Access Genealogy.
A biographical index to several statewide and regional histories of Idaho is Marvin E. Wiggins, Mormons and Their Neighbors: An Index of Over 75,000 Biographical Sketches from 1820 to the present. Two Volumes. Provo, Utah: Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, 1984. (Family History Library book Ref 978 D32w.) This source is indexed on the Internet site of Brigham Young University - Idaho: www.byui.edu.
To locate biographical material available through the Family History Library Catalog, use the Place-names Search for:

IDAHO - BIOGRAPHY
IDAHO, [COUNTY] - BIOGRAPHY
IDAHO, [COUNTY], [TOWN] - BIOGRAPHY

Brigham Young University Collection[edit | edit source]

Trails of Hope: Overland Diaries and Letters, 1846-1869, which includes information about many Idaho families. It is searchable on their Internet site: http://overlandtrails.lib.byu.edu

Brigham Young University - Idaho has a project, Upper Snake River Valley Idaho Histories, in which many diaries and biographical sketches have been collected. These are indexed on their Internet site.

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+=== Idaho State Archives ===
 The best collection and index of biographical materials of [[Idaho|Idaho]] residents is at the [http://history.idaho.gov/ Idaho State Archives], formerly known as the Idaho State Historical Society Public Archives and Research Library (PARL). The [http://history.idaho.gov/id_bio_index.html Idaho Biographical Index (IBI)] is available online and is an index of persons named in state, county and community histories, regional periodicals, and selected newspaper articles from around the state and throughout its history.
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 Statewide histories include Elliott's History of Idaho Territory (1884) and multi-volume histories by French (1914), Hawley (1920), Defenbach (1933), and Beal and Wells (1959), among others. Also indexed are biographical compendia such as Illustrated History of the State of Idaho (1899), Illustrated History of North Idaho (1903), and Progressive Men of Southern Idaho (1904). Please note that more recent histories and compendia are being indexed daily, and the IBI is growing all the time.
-Some representative histories that are primarily biographical and held at the FHL are:
+=== Family History Library Collection ===
 *Hawley, James H. ''History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains''. Four Volumes. Chicago, Illinois: S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1920. (Family History Library {{FHL|284203|title-id|disp=book 979.6 H2h; Volumes 1-3 on film 1000165; Volume 4 on film 908926}}.)
 *''An Illustrated History of the State of Idaho.'' Four Volumes in 2. Chicago, Illinois: Lewis Publishing Company, 1899. (Family History Library {{FHL|200849|title-id|disp=book 979.6 H2ih; film 1000164}}.) The biographical sketches in this work are indexed in the [http://history.idaho.gov/id_bio_index.html Idaho Biographical Index (IBI)] and are also available online through [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/idaho/biographies.htm Access Genealogy].
+*A biographical index to several statewide and regional histories of Idaho is Marvin E. Wiggins, ''Mormons and Their Neighbors: An Index of Over 75,000 Biographical Sketches from 1820 to the present.'' Two Volumes. Provo, Utah: Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, 1984. (Family History Library book {{FHL|212999|title-id|disp=Ref 978 D32w}}.) This source is indexed on the Internet site of Brigham Young University - Idaho: [http://www.byui.edu www.byui.edu].
+*To locate biographical material available through the Family History Library Catalog, use the Place-names Search for:
+:*IDAHO - BIOGRAPHY
+:*IDAHO, [COUNTY] - BIOGRAPHY
+:*IDAHO, [COUNTY], [TOWN] - BIOGRAPHY
-For a complete list of the biographical holdings of the FHL, click {{FHL|374953|subject-id|disp=here}}
+=== Brigham Young University Collection ===
-A biographical index to several statewide and regional histories of Idaho is Marvin E. Wiggins, '''Mormons and Their Neighbors: An Index of Over 75,000 Biographical Sketches from 1820 to the present. '''Two Volumes. Provo, Utah: Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, 1984. (Family History Library book {{FHL|212999|title-id|disp=Ref 978 D32w}}.) This source is indexed on the Internet site of Brigham Young University - Idaho: [http://www.byui.edu www.byui.edu].
-Brigham Young University has a collection, called:
 *''Trails of Hope: Overland Diaries and Letters, 1846-1869'', which includes information about many Idaho families. It is searchable on their Internet site: [http://overlandtrails.lib.byu.edu/ http://overlandtrails.lib.byu.edu]
-Brigham Young University - Idaho has a project, ''[http://abish.byui.edu/specialcollections/famhist/srsearch.cfm Upper Snake River Valley Idaho Histories],'' in which many diaries and biographical sketches have been collected. These are indexed on their Internet site.
+*Brigham Young University - Idaho has a project, ''[http://abish.byui.edu/specialcollections/famhist/srsearch.cfm Upper Snake River Valley Idaho Histories],'' in which many diaries and biographical sketches have been collected. These are indexed on their Internet site.
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