• Idaho Clipping Files

• News Articles

• Boise Telephone and City Directories

• Local Genealogy Resources

  • by date

  • Obituaries

  • Death Indexes

  • Cemeteries

• More Genealogy Resources

• Copies

Idaho Clipping Files

• Search the index for file headings and citations.
  • The files are stored on the 3rd floor of the Main Library.
  • They include selected articles from the Idaho Statesman, and other Idaho publications and pamphlets.

• IdahoStatesman.com
  • Current 14 days of news.
  • Indexed 1999 to present (a fee may be charged).
• Newsbank Subscription Databases
  • Idaho Statesman.  1999 to present.
  • Idaho Statesman Historical Archives.  1864-1922.
  • Access from any Boise Public Library location, or from home with your Boise Public Library card.

• Click here for a PDF list of Boise newspapers retained by Boise Public Library.

• Search our catalog for all Lynx Consortium newspaper holdings (use Advanced Search.)

• Visit FARRIT (Finding All Resources Relating to Idaho Topics.)

• Idaho State Archives and Research Center

  • http://history.idaho.gov/idaho-state-archives

The Boise Public Library owns the following local directories:

• Polk City Directories

  • Boise area 1891 to current.

• Boise City Telephone books

  • 1967 to current.

• Hill-Donnelly Cross Reference Directories

  • 1969-1970; 1972-1991; 1993-2004, 2006.

• Consumer and Business Guide for Boise, Nampa, and Vicinity (continues Hill-Donnelly)

  • 2007-

• Click here for a PDF list of Boise area directories retained by Boise Public Library.

Local Genealogy Resources

Genealogy Resources by Date:

• 1864-1922           NewsBank database of Idaho Statesman (full text)
• 1911-1937           Idaho Statewide Death Records
• 1911-1956           Idaho State Death Index
• 1957-1967           No resources - Try searching for cemetery records
• 1967-present      Obituary Index of records in The Idaho Statesman
• 1999-present      NewsBank database of Idaho Statesman (some death notices)
• 365 day archive  IdahoStatesman.com (The Idaho Statesman web page)

Obituaries (Boise area)

• Obituary Index provided by Boise Public Library.
  • 1967-present.
  • Identify dates of obituaries and death notices published in The Idaho Statesman.
  • The index will provide you with the date of the obituary or death notice.  For copies, please come to the Library or fill out our obituary request form.
• IdahoStatesman.com
  • http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/idahostatesman/
  • Free 365 day archive to online Idaho Statesman obituaries provided by The Idaho Statesman.
• Newsbank Subscription Databases
  • Idaho Statesman Historical Archives. 1864-1922.
  • Access from any Boise Public Library location, or from home with your Boise Public Library card.

Death Indexes

• Idaho State Death Index

  • http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/famhist/Death/searchForm.cfm

  • BYU Idaho: 1911 through 1956.

• Idaho Statewide Death Records

  • https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Idaho_Vital_Records

  • FamilySearch: 1911-1937.

• RootsWeb Social Security Death Index
  • http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
  • Supported by Ancestry.com

Cemeteries

• On-Line Search for Boise Cemetery Records
  • http://www.cityofboise.org/Departments/Parks/Cemeteries/index.aspx
  • Boise Parks and Recreation online search for burials in Fort Boise Military Cemetery, Morris Hill Cemetery, and Pioneer Cemetery.
• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Nationwide Gravesite Locator
  • http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov
  • Includes Idaho State Veterans Cemetery.
• Idaho State Archives and Research Center
  • http://history.idaho.gov/idaho-state-archives

Genealogy

Last Updated: 03/08/2012 RJ