Genealogical Resources

A bibliography of genealogical sources at the University of Idaho Library. For more questions about these sources or where to find them, please contact Special Collections.

Genesee Pioneer Niels J. Visby and Family

Digital Sources

Gem of the Mountain yearbooks
Latah County Oral History collection
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Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps or access it if you have a university account (available for university accounts only)
Many histories and directories are online at the Internet Archive
The U.S. Population Census data from 1790 to 1930 provided by the Internet Archive and for 1940 through the U.S. National Archives.

Print Sources

City directories and phone books
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University of Idaho General Catalog – Also sometimes called the Bulletin. This is the Course Catalog, which also lists general information about the University and all of the Colleges, Professors, and in the earliest editions, Students, Degrees Granted, and Alumni. There is a complete set for patrons to browse in the Reading Room. Idaho LB2342.86.I2U5
Commencement programs, also available for various University branches Idaho LD2317.U55

A Few Local and Regional Sources

Family maps of Latah County, Idaho: with homesteads, roads, waterways, towns, cemeteries, railroads, and more. Day-NW F752.L3B69 2009
Latah County, Idaho, birth records, 1907-1911. Day-NW HB935.I22S3 1907-1911
Deaths in Latah County, Idaho: register of deaths recorded at the Latah County Courthouse, Moscow, Idaho. Day-NW HB935.I22M6 1907-1911
Latah County (Idaho) cemetery records. Day-NW F752.L3L32
Vital statistics: Latah County, Idaho, 1886-1892 Day-NW HB935.I22L38 1885-1892
Births, deaths, marriages, etc., in the Moscow Idaho area Day-NW HB937.M68B57:
- 1889-1912
- 1913-1914
- 1915-1917
- 1915-1918
- 1918-1919
- 1919-1921
The Daily star-mirror, Moscow, Idaho, an index of marriages, divorces, births and deaths. Day-NW F754.M6W57 1998 v.1-2
Genesee news, items extracted from a Genesee, Latah County, Idaho newspaper, a weekly which came out each Friday, concerning births, deaths, marriages, wedding anniversaries, and other items of interest to genealogists. Day-NW F754.G4W574 1995 v.1-5
Births, deaths, and marriages found in the Genesee advertiser and the Genesee news, Genesee (Latah County) Idaho, 1888 through 1899. Day-NW F754.G4W57 1998
Catholic Church records of the Pacific Northwest.Day-NW F880.C37

Census Information Held in the Library

15th census, population, 1930. Idaho Film 1120
14th census of population, 1920. Idaho. Soundex Film 1086a
14th census of population, 1920. Idaho. Film 1086b
13th census, 1910. Idaho. Film 868
12th Census of population, 1900: Idaho Census schedules. Film 866
12th Census of population, 1900: Idaho Census soundex index. Film 867
10th census, 1880, Idaho Film 38 Index (soundex) to the population schedules of the tenth census of the United States, 1880, Idaho. Film 191
9th census, 1870. Idaho Territory vol. 1 population schedules. Film 37
8th census, 1860. Washington Territory vol. 1 population schedules. Film 36
7th census, 1850. Oregon Territory vol. 1 population schedules.Film 35

Maps and Atlases

Standard atlas of Latah County, Idaho, including a plat book of the villages, cities and townships of the county. Map of the state, United States and world. Patrons directory, reference business directory and departments devoted to general information. Analysis of the system of U.S. land surveys, digest of the system of civil government, etc., etc. Day-NW Oversize G1483.L2O4 1914
An atlas of Latah County, Idaho: including road and highway systems, school districts and precincts, and a plat book of its townships, towns and villages Day-NW Oversize G1483.L2G46M6 1937
Metsker’s Atlas of Latah County Day-NW Oversize G1483.L2M45 1938 and Day-NW Oversize G1483.L2M45 1960

Special Collections

Genealogical Resources

Digital Sources

Print Sources

A Few Local and Regional Sources

Census Information Held in the Library

Maps and Atlases

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