Idaho Archives, Societies & Publications

It is a good idea to familiarize personally with just about any repository in Idaho that you simply might travel to by communicating with to the best suited archive or library in advance.

Most, if not all, Idaho repositories have written and published content that present its collections as well as research policy.

Idaho archives and historical organizations usually have On-line sites that provide equivalent details. Several also contain down loadable data for some or parts of their collections.

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List of Idaho Archives
List of Idaho Libraries & Museums
List of Idaho Historical & Genealogical Societies
Regional and State Societies
County, Township and City Societies
Religious and Ethnic Societies
Idaho Newspapers & Publications
Newspapers
Periodicals
Books

List of Idaho Archives

List of Idaho Libraries & Museums

List of Idaho Historical & Genealogical Societies

For almost every state there is a state genealogical society, a state genealogical council, or both.

In addition to their own work, Idaho groups many times help coordinate the efforts of local societies throughout the Idaho.

Their unique publications, newsletters and quarterlies, supplement those created through the area societies.

Regional and State Societies

County, Township and City Societies

Religious and Ethnic Societies

Idaho Newspapers & Publications

Idaho Genealogical publications (magazines, newsletters, periodicals, books, etc.) contain all types of invaluable information about specific ancestors, whole lineages and families, places in time, and about all sorts of genealogical records and repositories.

Newspapers

All extant newspapers for the state of Idaho have been placed on microfilm and can be found at the Idaho State Historical Society. An inventory of all of those holdings can be found on the Idaho State Historical Society’s website. The inventory is organized according to city, title, county, and date. The inter-library loan program assures that most of the collection is available to researchers.

Periodicals

Genealogical journals provide you with plenty of sources of information and facts, they are generally overlooked by genealogy and family history researchers and genealogist in looking around for family history.

Many regional and county genealogical and/or historical societies produce periodicals which have records relating to the region or vicinity they operate.

Frequently these publications have articles involving records that are not obtainable somewhere else.

  • Snake River Echoes – The Snake River Echoes began as a quarterly in 1971 under the name of The Upper Snake River Valley Historical Society Quarterly.

Books