Valley County, IDGenWeb Project

topo map
Sharon McConnel, County Coordinator

Research Links

Census

Valley Co. was created in 1917 from the southern portion of Idaho County and the northern portion of Boise County, search by precinct.
Searchable Indexes at State Historical Society, includes 1870 & 1880 non-population census, re-constructed 1890 census, etc
1880 & 1900 census transcripts by ISU (archived site)
1910 census, Roosevelt precinct
1920 Census
1930 High Valley & Roseberry precincts
1940 census page images at National Archives
FamilySearch.org
Census Finder
US-Census.org

Marriage Records

BYUI Western States Marriage Index
extensive marriage records at US GenWeb Archives, Valley County

Homestead Records

Government Land Office records: Patents (homesteads, cash sale and livestock) & maps -
Homestead Records

Death Records

Cemetery index (on site)
Obituary Index (on site)
Idaho US GenWeb Archives, Valley County scanned obituary images and Transcribed Obituaries
Idaho Death Index 1911-1956 at Idaho US GenWeb Archives, statewide records
Boise County newspaper death notices (the south portion of Valley Co. was originally part of Boise Co.)
Idaho Gravestones.org
Find A Grave
VA Gravesite Locator
Virtual Wall, Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Legacy Obituary Finder

Newspapers

Star-News
Library of Congress, Chronicling America - collection includes "Long Valley Advocate" (1904-1907) and is constantly growing
Yellow Pine Times blog, includes transcriptions of some issues of "The Prospector and Thunder Mountain News," Roosevelt, Idaho, 1905

Civilian Conservation Corps

There were twenty camps in Valley County
CCC Legacy

Other Aids & Projects

American History & Genealogy Project/Idaho
The Ancestr Hunt, includes extensive newspaper listings
Cyndi's List
Family Group Sheet Project
Family Search includes 1880 census transcription, extracted marriage records, submitted family sheets, new wiki
Rootsweb messageboard
We Relate wiki
Migrations
Civil War Records
currency converter at futureboy.us
Polk's Idaho State Gazetteer and Business Directory 1914 at archive.org

Geography, geology and map links

Government Land Office surveys
Historic USGS topo maps
Idaho maps at Digital Commonwealth/Massachusetts Collections Online, includes 1891, 1895, 1897 & 1903 mail routes
Historic Map Works, includes Metsker Maps
Idaho State University Digital Atlas
Idaho Geological Survey
USGS index of Geographic Names
Mindat

Railroad

Thunder Mountain Line

100 Years Valley County and the City of Cascade, centennial magazine

other Off-site links

McCall Public Library Collection
What was life like in the early days of Valley County?, Rosemary Hoff
Valley County government
Idaho State Historical Society Reference Series
includes articles on Stibnite, Roosevelt and Thunder Mountain
Bureau of Reclamation - Cascade Dam
Bureau of Reclamation - Deadwood Dam
Boise National Forest
Payette National Forest
Library of Congress American Memory, "Built in America collection" includes old Forest Service Landmark guard station
Council Valley Museum includes newspaper abstracts from 1877 to 1950
Pictures of Cascade
United States Zip Codes

USGenWeb Archives

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