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ID News & Events A Family History Conference will be held at BYU-Idaho in Rexburg on October 17, 2009, from 8 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The theme is New Family History Horizons in the Digital Age. A similar conference will be held in the Boise Valley on October 24, 2009. More information about both of these conferences may be obtained from the BYU-Idaho Division of Continuing Education web site. Information about several events of interest to family historians is available on PARL’s Outreach page: http://www.idahohistory.net/outreach_parl.html ID Topics American Indians Archives and Libraries Bible Records Biographies Cemeteries Census Church Records Court Records Directories Emigration and Immigration Gazetteers Genealogy Historical Geography History Land and Property Law and Legislation Maps Military Records Minorities Naturalization and Citizenship Newspapers Periodicals Probate Records Societies Taxation Vital Records

United States > Idaho Origin of Idaho Idaho began as part of Oregon Territory. It became a separate territory in 1863, then encompassing most of what became Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. Idaho was the 43rd state admitted to the Union, which occurred 3 July 1890. Did you know The Idaho State Historical Society has a Library and Archives located at 2205 Old Penitentiary Road in Boise. They have a large collection of newspapers, photographs, and manuscripts relating to Idaho. They are open only Wednesday thru Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Their web site gives more information about their holdings. The Idaho State Historical Society also has published a new research guide. A link to that guide is on their home page. You can find your villainous Idaho ancestors at Idaho Blacksheep Ancestors? Research Tools Find the county a town is in, or locate a physical feature, by using the United States Geographical Survey's Geographical Names Information System. Idaho county creation dates and parent counties. Ask a question about how to find Idaho ancestors at the Western United States Research forum! View historic Idaho maps in the David Rumsey Map Collection. Find other Idaho genealogy websites at Cyndi's List - Idaho. Idaho counties Ada Adams Bannock Bear Lake Benewah Bingham Blaine Boise Bonner Bonneville Boundary Butte Camas Canyon Caribou Cassia Clark Clearwater Custer Elmore Franklin Fremont Gem Gooding Idaho Jefferson Jerome Kootenai Latah Lemhi Lewis Lincoln Madison Minidoka Nez Perce Oneida Owyhee Payette Payette Shoshone Teton Twin Falls Valley Washington Extinct or Renamed Counties: | Alturas | Logan | Things you can do In order to make this wiki a better research tool, we need your help! Many tasks need to be done. You can help by: Expand an article or short page Create a new article Categorize articles Add external links to articles Add internal links to articles Other...