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== Online Resources ==
== Online Resources ==

Revision as of 12:09, 17 March 2017

Idaho Wiki Topics
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Online Resources[edit | edit source]

Tips
  • If at first you don't find a name, try again under another spelling.
  • Photocopy each ancestor's census. Identify where you found it.
  • Look for an ancestor in every census during her or his lifetime.
  • On the family group record show each person's census listings.
  • Study others in the same household, neighbors, and anyone with the similar names nearby on the census in community context.


  • For a list of the exact date of each federal census, click here.

Online Idaho indexes and images[edit | edit source]

Template:Census Online Idaho

The 1890 federal census for Idaho was destroyed. However, the Idaho State Historical Society Public Archives and Research Library is creating a list of 1890 Idaho residents by indexing a variety of records, 1885-1894. This reconstructed list will substitute for the destroyed 1890 federal census.

Federal population schedules[edit | edit source]

Microfilm images[edit | edit source]

Federal Census Microfilms Available from the Family History Library
1940 N/A 1910
1930 1900 and Soundex
1920 and Soundex 1880 and Soundex
1870


Federal Census Microfilms Available from the National Archives
1940 N/A 1910 T624 
1930 T626 1900 T623 and Soundex T1042
1920 T625 and Soundex M1558 1880 T9 and Soundex T745
1870 M653


Indexes: fiche, film, or book[edit | edit source]

For a list of microform and book indexes for the population schedules of Idaho, click here

Federal non-population schedules[edit | edit source]

Online indexes and images[edit | edit source]

Online Federal Non-Population Schedules for Idaho

Free Free at Some Libraries (usually with library card) Pay
Year Type Idaho State Archives Heritage Quest Ancestry FHL Ancestry Library Ancestry Home
1880 Agricultural, Industrial, Mortality, and Other BookLink - - - -
1880 Mortality - - Link Link Link
1870 Agricultural, Industrial, Mortality, and Other BookLink - - - -
1870 Mortality - - Link Link Link

Microfilm images[edit | edit source]

Microfilm Available from the Family History Library
Northern Idaho Indian census,  1938-1939 Colville Indian census, 1885-1939
Coeur d'Alene Agency, census, 1919-1933 Fort Hall Indian census, 1885-1939
Coeur d'Alene Indian census,1906,1910-1937 Lemhi Agency Indian census, 1885-1906
Fort Lapwai Indian census, 1902-1933 Nisqually and Skokomish census, 1885-1887
Nez Perce' Indian census, 1890-1901



Microfilm available from the National Archives
1935 Census of Business

Indexes: fiche, film, or book[edit | edit source]

For a list of microform and book indexes for the non-population schedules of Idaho, click here.

State, territorial, and colonial censuses[edit | edit source]

State or Territory Censuses of Idaho
1856 Malad County (part of the 1856 Utah Territory census)[1]

The area that is now Idaho was for some years included in the federal censuses under the name of other territories:

  • 1870 and later in Idaho Territory or State[2]
  • 1860 Washington Territory (for Idaho residents, if any, see the Spokane County, Washington census)</ref>
  • 1850 Oregon Territory (no known white residents in what is now Idaho)[3]

Also, in 1860 and 1870 a few households on thin slices of far southern Idaho were included in the federal censuses of Cache County, and possibly Box Elder County, Utah.</ref>

Also, the 1856 territorial census of Utah included residents in "Malad County" and the northern part of Cache County who lived on the south edge of Idaho.[1]

Idaho itself did not take any state or territorial censuses of its residents.

Existing and lost censuses[edit | edit source]

For a list of available and missing Idaho censuses, click here.

Why use a census?[edit | edit source]

A well-indexed census is one of the easiest ways to locate where an ancestor's family lived and when they lived there. You can also use censuses to follow the changes in a family over time, and identify neighbors. These and other clues provided by censuses are important because they help find additional kinds of records about the family.

More about censuses[edit | edit source]

Click here for additional details about how to use censuses, such as:

Sources and footnotes[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named BLDilts
  2. William Thorndale, and William Dollarhide, Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790-1920 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1987)[[Template:Thorndale]], 93.
  3. Thorndale and Dollarhide, 281.