Bear Lake County, Idaho Records
Bear Lake County, Idaho (Map It) was created on January 5, 1875 from Oneida County. Bear Lake County was named for the Bear Lake on the Utah/Idaho border.
Bear Lake County is bordered by Caribou County (north), Lincoln County, Wyoming (east), Rich County, Utah (south), Franklin County (west).
Bear Lake County Cities and Towns include Bloomington, Georgetown, Montpelier, Paris, St. Charles.
MapGeeks.org has is a collection of old Idaho maps.
Bear Lake County, Idaho Courthouse Records
Bear Lake County, ID Courthouse
The Bear Lake County Courthouse is located in Paris, Idaho. Learn More About State of Idaho Court, Tax, Land and Probate Records.
The Clerk's Office DOES NOT DO RESEARCH. Most staff will assist people in finding the materials, but it is up to the individual to do the research.
The following dates indicates what vital, land, probate, and court records are in Bear Lake county. The date listed for each record is usually the earliest registration filed. The date does not indicate that there are alot records for that year and does not mean that all such events were actually filed with the clerk.
- Bear Lake County Clerk, Auditor, Recorders Office has Marriage Records from 1875, Land Records from 1875, Probate Records from 1875 and Court Records from 1875. The Recorder is responsible to keep records of all documents recorded in Adams County. Additionally, the Recorder’s office provides marriage licenses, processes passports and records land documents, including plat maps, surveys, easements, assertions of right-of-way, and some types of liens.
Bear Lake County, Idaho Census Records
- Learn More: State of Idaho Census Records
- U.S. Federal Population Schedules: 1880 (free index), 1890 (fragmented), 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940
- U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules: 1880
- Selected U.S. Federal Census Agriculture Schedules: 1880
- Selected U.S. Federal Census Industry Schedules: 1880
- Union Veterans Schedules: 1890
Bear Lake County, Idaho Vital Records
- Learn More: State of Idaho Vital Records
- Birth and Death Records: from July 1911 to present.
- Marriage and Divorce Records: from May 1947 to present.
- Locations:Â Idaho Office of Vital Statistics, 450 W. State St., 1st Floor, Boise, ID 83720; (208) 334-5988
- Vital Records Online:Â USAVital or Social Security Death Index
- Vital Records by Mail:  Birth, Marriage, Divorce and Death Certificates Applications.
Bear Lake County, Idaho Resources
Bear Lake County, Idaho External Links
- Idaho Historical Newspapers - Newspapers.com
- Bear Lake County, Idaho Books - Amazon
- Bear Lake Co., Idaho - FindaGrave
- Idaho Indexed Historical Records - Familysearch
- Bear Lake County, Idaho Links - Cyndi's List
- Historical Newspapers from Idaho (1864–1922)
- Bear Lake Co. IDGenweb
- Bear Lake County, Idaho Ancestry Database Collections
- Bear Lake County, Idaho Military Records
