Bear Lake County, Idaho Genealogy

United States &gt; Idaho &gt; Bear Lake County

Parent County
1875--Bear Lake County, Idaho was created 5 January 1875 from Oneida County. A part of the county was taken to create Bannock County 6 March 1893. County seat:  Paris

Populated Places

 * Cities: Bloomington | Georgetown | Montpelier | Paris | Saint Charles


 * Unincorporated Communities: Alton | Bear Lake Hot Springs | Bear Lake Sands | Bennington | Bern | Border | Chausse | Dingle | Fish Haven | Geneva | Giveout | Glencoe | Harer | Lanark | Liberty | Lifton | Lindsayville | Manson | Nounan | Novene | Ovid | Pegram | Raymond | Sharon | Turnpike | Wardboro | Wooleys

Neighboring Counties
Caribou | Franklin | Cache County, Utah | Rich County, Utah | Lincoln County, Wyoming

Resources
Many of the older court, land, naturalization, probate, pension, and vital records for Bear Lake County have been microfilmed and are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City and at the Idaho State Historical Society's Library in Boise. Details of the county records in these respective institutions can be obtained from their online catalogs or listings. Original records of those which have been microfilmed and of more recent records are in the county courthouse in Paris.

Cemeteries
There are a number of cemeteries in Bear Lake County. Those that have been identified are listed below, with their location and any links to abstracts of their records.

Bear Lake County, Idaho cemetery records can be found on Family History Library Film 1321455 Item 4.


 * 1) Bear Lake County, Idaho, cemeteries.Phyllis J. Martin.
 * 2) Montpelier Idaho Stake cemeteries (burials). Dorothy H. Mathew, editor and compiler.FHL Film 982442 Item 3
 * 3) Paris Idaho Stake cemeteries (burials).Dorothy H. Matthews, editor and compiler.FHL Film 982442 Item 2
 * 4) Wardboro Cemetery, Bear Lake County, Idaho.Severson, Donna Cain (Main Author).FHL Fiche6005579
 * 5) Bear Lake Idaho Family History Center. Montpelier Idaho. The Center has up to date records of all of the above listed cemeteries.

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Alton
 * Bear Lake Stake
 * Bennington
 * Bern
 * Bloomington
 * Cokeville
 * Dingle
 * Fish Haven Garden City
 * Geneva
 * Georgetown
 * Lade town
 * Lanark
 * Liberty
 * Meadowville
 * Montpelier
 * Montpelier 1
 * Montpilier 2
 * Montpelier 3
 * Montpelier 4
 * Montpelier 5
 * Mt. Sherman
 * Nounan
 * Ovid
 * Paris 1
 * Paris 2
 * Pegram
 * Raymond
 * Round Valley
 * St. Charles
 * Sharon
 * Wardboro

Vital Records:
2,489 marriages from 6 Mar 1866 to 16 Apr 1935 are listed on the Western States Marriage Index.

Web Sites

 * The Bear Lake County ID GenWeb Project, a member of IDGenWebThe IDGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * Family History Library Catalog