Boise, Ada County, Idaho Genealogy

Boise is the largest city of Idaho and is the state capitol. It is located in Ada County, Idaho.

Cemeteries
LDS Cemetery Records

US Vol. 5 page - 158 - Boise I.O.O.F. # 3 Cemetery

Directories
The Idaho State Historical Society Library has copies of Boise city directories for 1891, 1893, 1899, 1901 to 1919, 1921 to 1937, 1939-1940, 1941, 1943, 1945, 1948, 1950, 1953, 1955 to 1959, 1960 to 1969 (1969-70), 1971 to 1979, 1980 to 1989, 1990, and 1992 to 1997

Newspapers
The following copies of newspapers published in Boise are available at the Idaho State Historical Society Library in Boise.

Arbiter -- 25 Apr. 1968 through 8 Sep. 1975 Bench Mirror -- 1 Aug. 1957 through 12 Sep. 1957 Boise Barracks News -- 4 Nov. 1921 through 28 July 1922 Boise Bench Journal -- 3 Jan. 1951 through 7 Nov. 1952 Boise Capital News -- 20 Jan. 1927, through 25 Aug. 1942 Boise Champion -- July 1981 Boise Citizen -- 7 Dec 1906 through 25 Nov. 1910 Boise City Herald-Tribune and Oregon-Idaho Intell -- Feb. 1971 through 4 Mar. 1971 Boise City Republican -- 9 July 1887 Boise City Tri-weekly News -- Dec. 1870 through July 1871 Boise City Weekly News -- 17 Sep. 1870 through 19 Nov. 1870 Boise Clipper -- 26 Sep. 1900, 27 Sep. 1900, 13 July 1901, 30 Aug. 1901, 6 Sep. 19-1, 13 Dec. 1901, 20 Dec. 1901, 7 Sep. 1909 Boise Daily Sun -- 12 Dec. 1890, 18 Dec. 1890 Boise Daily Sun / Boise Sunday Sun -- 7 Dec. 1890, 18 Dec. 1890 Boise Gazette -- 3 Apr. 1958 through 14 Apr. 1960 Boise High Lights (high school paper) -- 11 Oct. 1929 Boise Journal -- 14 Nov. 1952 through 14 June 1962 Boise Model Cities Monitor -- Dec. 1970 throug Dec. 1974 Boise Semi-Weekly Democrat -- 25 Nov. 1867 through 5 June 1869 Boise Sentinel -- 8 June 1893 through 3 June 1898 Boise Sentinel -- 17 May 1894 Boise Sunday Sun -- 7 Dec. 1890 Boise Tri-weekly News -- 6 Dec. 1870 through Sep. 1871 Boise Weekly -- 21 July 1992 to the present Boise Weekly Reminder -- 3 Nov. 1939 Capital Chronicle -- 4 Aug. 1869 through 14 Dec. 1870 Capital Weekly -- 10 Dec. 1898 through 12 Jan. 1901 Commonwealth of Idaho -- 1 Feb. 1892 through 4 June 1892 Community News -- 4 Aug. 1949 through 5 Jan. 1950 Consolidated Mining News -- June 1936 through Aug. 1936 Daily Capital -- 2 Jan. 1899 through 23 Mar. 1905 Daily Evening Citizen -- 7 July 1891 through 12 July 1891 Democratic Call -- 27 Oct. 1924 Evening Bulletin -- 16 May 1901 through 30 Apr. 1904 Evening Bulletin -- 15 July 1901, 14-16 May 1902, 4 June 1904 Evening Bulletin -- 19 Sep. 1901, 6 June 1902 Evening Capital News -- 1 Aug. 1902 through 19 Jan. 1927 Evening Capital News Addendum -- 22 June 1923 through 31 Dec. 1938 Evening Mail -- 1 Oct. 1896 through 31 Oct. 1896 Evening Mail -- 30 Sep. 1892, 20 Mar. 1895, 27 Mar. 1895, 8 Nov. 1895 Evening Star -- 21 Jan. 1895, 24 Jan. 1895 Gem State Elk -- 1975-1981 Gem Worker and the Idaho Labor Herald -- 17 Nov. 1914 throug 18 Jan. 1917 Gowen Beacon -- 3 Oct. 1941 through 24 June 1944 Gowen Beacon -- 3 Oct. 1941, 17 Oct. 1941 Hello Buddy -- 28 July 1922 through 28 July 1923 Hornet -- 17 Jan. 1891 Idaho American -- 9 Nov 1901 Idaho Business Review -- 8 Feb. 1982 to present Idaho Capital News -- 9 Feb. 1901 through 28 Dec. 1905 Idaho Catholic Register -- 7 Dec. 1994 to present Idaho Challange -- July 1933 through Dec. 1978 Idaho Citizen -- July 1977 through May 1986 Idaho Daily Statesman (afternoon ed.) -- 2 Oct. 1967 through 29 May 1969 Idaho Daily Statesman (morning ed.) -- 10 Jan. 1888 through 31 May 1969 Idaho Daily Statesman (supplement, Gov. Shoup) -- Dec. 1890 Idaho Democrat -- 24 Dec. 1870 through 9 Dec. 1896 Idaho Democrat -- 29 July 1885, 2 Aug. 1985 Idaho Democrat -- 7 Jan. 1871, 14 Apr. 1886 through 6 Nov. 1898 Idaho Democrat -- 14 July 1895 Idaho Democrat -- 8 Jan. 1896, 26 Apr. 1896 Idaho Evening Statesman -- 21 Sep. 1942 through 29 May 1969 Idaho Farm Journal -- 27 Sep. 1951 through 10 Oct. 1963 Idaho Farm Review -- 17 Oct 1963 through 3 June 1965 Idaho Farmer -- 1 Mar. 1915 through 3 Dec. 1970 Idaho Farmer Stockman -- 7 Jan. 1971 through 7 Dec. 1978 Idaho Guardsman -- 1 Apr. 1942 Idaho Herald -- 8 Sep. 1871 through 9 Apr. 1872 Idaho Herald -- 8 Nov 1871 through 5 Apr. 1872 Idaho Herald -- 15 Mar. 1872 Idaho Historic Edition, Owyhee Avalanche-Nugget -- 1 Apr. 1984 Idaho Homestead -- 29 Mar. 1921 Idaho Legionnaire -- 2 Feb. 1932 through Dec. 1988 Idaho News Magazine -- Aug. 1963 Idaho Observer -- 21 June 1962 through 2 Sep. 1967 Idaho Odd Fellow -- June 1904 Idaho Pioneer -- 16 Nov. 1928 Idaho Pioneer -- 4 July 1924 through 31 May 1946 Idaho Pioneer Statewide -- 7 June 1946 through 24 Feb. 1955 Idaho Press -- Apr. 1936 to present Idaho Press Woman -- Feb. 1962 Idaho Register -- 4 Apr. 1958 through 2 Dec. 1994 Idaho Renaissance -- 25 Nov. 1970 through 27 Jan. 1971 Idaho Republican -- undated Idaho Review -- 26 Mar. 1915 Idaho Review -- 26 Mar. 1915 through 13 Aug. 1915 Idaho Scimitar -- 2 Nov. 1907 through 3 Oct. 1908 Idaho Scimitar -- 6 June 1908 Idaho Scrap Book -- 18 Oct. 1935 through 26 June 1936 Idaho Senator -- Sep. 1944 Idaho Standard -- 1 May 1872, 15 May 1872, 17 July 1872 Idaho State Journal -- 2 Nov. 1900 Idaho State Post -- 30 Oct. 1914 Idaho Statesman -- 1 June 1969 to present Idaho Sun -- 6 Mar. 1974 Idaho Times -- 1 Mar. 1989 to present Idaho Tri-weekly Statesman -- 26 Sep. 1864 through 31 Dec. 1887 Idaho Trumpet -- June 1965 through 29 May 1968 Idaho Unionist -- 24 July 1908 Idaho Unionist -- 22 May 1907 Idaho Voter -- 3 Mar. 1955 through 8 Nov. 1956 Idaho Weekly Statesman -- 6 Aug. 1865 through 1914 Idaho Weekly Statesman -- 21 Oct. 1904, 8 Jan. 1907, 7 June 1908 Idaho Young Democrat -- Ovt. 1938 through Nov. 1938 Idaho/agri -- 10 June 1965 through 16 June 1966 Idahoan -- 9 May 1877 through 8 Sep. 1878 Illustrated Idaho -- July 1913 through Aug. 1913 Inter-camp Sporting News -- 5 Aug. 1933, 25 Aug. 1933 Inter-camp Sporting News -- 16 Aug. 1933 Intermountain Observer -- ( Sep. 1967 through 20 Oct. 1973 Journal of Commerce -- 27 Oct. 1973 through 5 Feb. 1982 New Freedom -- 2 Jan. 1914 through 27 June 1924 NewsView -- 3 July 1974 through 4 Oct. 1974 North and East Boise Journal and Idaho Citizen -- Dec. 1986 through May 1988 North End Press -- 8 Oct. 1992 through 22 Oct. 1992 Recorder -- 10 Feb. 1958 through 22 Dec. 1958 Red Chevron -- July 1920 Republican -- 7 July 1901 Review of the US Veteran's Hospital -- Oct. 1922 Roundup -- 1 June 1953 through 18 Apr. 1968 Sabrejet Times (Gowen Field) -- 22 June 1954 Say It With Pictures -- Jan. 1939 Searchlight -- Oct. 1938 Semi-weekly Call -- 14 July 1897 Semi-weekly Idahoan -- 28 Mar. 1880, 21 Apr. 1880 Semi-weekly News -- 23 Mar. 1870 through 27 July 1870 Semi-weekly News -- 2 July 1870 Treasure Valley This Week -- 14 Oct. 1987 through 11 Oct. 1989 Union Label -- 29 Sep. 1938 through 6 July 1939 Union Label -- 27 Oct. 1938 Union Label -- 29 Sep. 1938 Union Label -- 2 Mar. 1939 Valley Free Press -- 12 May 1982 Vanguard -- June 1938 Veteran's Home Journal -- 16 Aug. 1910 Voice of the Basques -- Dec. 1974 through Aug. 1977 West Boise Gazette -- 6 Feb. 1958 through 27 Mar. 1958 Women's World -- Nov. 1974 through 15 July 1976

Copies of issues of the following newspapers are also available online at Ancestry.com ($):

Idaho Tri-Weekly Statesman -- 1864 (4 issues only), 1865 (3 issues only), 1866 (7 issues only), 1872 (Jan. 9 only), 1875-1876, 1877 (Sep. 24 only), 1878 (3 Apr., Sep., and Dec. only), Jan. 1881 through Dec. 1882. Idaho Statesman -- Aug. 1864 through Dec. 1864, 1877-1882, Jan. 1888 through Nov. 1891, Jan. through July 1897. Idaho Daily Statesman -- Jan. 1888 through Nov. 1891, Apr. 1897 through Dec. 1902 (some issues missing)

Web Sites
Wikipedia page for Boise, Idaho