History and Genealogy
for
Boise County, Idaho
Volunteers
Dedicated to Free Genealogy
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website is part of the Genealogy Trails family and our goal is to help
you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and
historical data and placing it online for the free use of all
researchers.
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I regret that I am unable to do personal
research.
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Boise County was established February 4,
1864 with its county seat at Idaho City. It is named for the Boise
River which was named by French-Canadian explorers and trappers for the
great variety of trees growing along its banks. The Boise Basin, in
which Idaho City lies, was one of the richest gold mining districts in
the nation after the discovery of gold in 1862. At its peak in the
1860s and 1870s, Idaho City was, for a time, the largest city in the
northwest, it was this great influx of people that lead to the
establishment of the Idaho Territory in 1863.
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Boise County
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Surrounding Counties
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Main Street of Quartzburg,
Boise County, Idaho
Circa 1899
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Online Data
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Submit Cemetery Information
A
wonderful source of genealogical information that is very useful are
cemetery headstones. They provide key data such as dates of birth,
marriage information and dates of death. To submit headstone
information please click
here.
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Submit Obituary Information
Obituaries
are one of the most important tools used by researchers in tracing
their family roots. Please consider contributing any obituary
information that you may have by submitting them here
and filling out the transmittal form.
Please include your
email address should we have any questions.
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As
your Idaho State Coordinator, I try to post as much source data online
as possible in order to make it freely available to all researchers. We
gratefully accept contributions of raw data such as
marriage/birth/death records, obituaries, county histories,
biographies, old newspaper items, census information, - anything that would help someone
build their family tree! Feel free to email me, Sandra Davis, with
your contributions - every little bit helps someone!
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Remember
to look around at the other
states and consider donating your source information.
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