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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.
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 ===
=== 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}}.)
*Hawley, James H. ''History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains''. Four Volumes. (Chicago, Illinois: S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1920.) {{FHL|284203|item|disp=FHL film 1000165 (Volumes 1-3); 908926 (Volume 4); book 979.6 H2h}}  
*''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].
*''An Illustrated History of the State of Idaho.'' Four Volumes in 2. (Chicago, Illinois: Lewis Publishing Company, 1899.) {{FHL|200849|item|disp=FHL film 1000164; book 979.6 H2ih}} The biographical sketches in this work are indexed in the [http://history.idaho.gov/idaho-biographical-index 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].
*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.) {{WorldCat|11014945|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|212999|item|disp=FHL book 978 D32w}}.) This source is indexed on the Internet site of [http://www.byui.edu Brigham Young University - Idaho]  
*To locate biographical material available through the Family History Library Catalog, use the Place-names Search for:
*To locate biographical material available through the Family History Library Catalog, use the Place-names Search for:
:*IDAHO - BIOGRAPHY
 
:*IDAHO, [COUNTY] - BIOGRAPHY
:*IDAHO - BIOGRAPHY  
:*IDAHO, [COUNTY] - BIOGRAPHY  
:*IDAHO, [COUNTY], [TOWN] - BIOGRAPHY
:*IDAHO, [COUNTY], [TOWN] - BIOGRAPHY


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