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.

Digital Sources

• Gem of the Mountain yearbooks
• Latah County Oral History collection
• Search all digital collections
• 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; census data from 1940 and 1950 are available through the U.S. National Archives.

Print Sources

• City directories and phone books
• Browse all collections held by Special Collections
• 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

See Also:

• Latah County Historical Society
• Latah County Clerk/Recorder
• Your local public library. Many public libraries have subscriptions to HeritageQuest and Ancestry Library Edition.
• Where to Write for Vital Records
• Idaho State Archives Genealogy page
• Idaho Genealogical Society blog
• National Archives
• U.S. Gen Web Project
• Family Search
• Cemetery listings online: Find a Grave Interment
• Federal Land Records
• Cyndi’s List