Bear Lake County, Idaho Genealogy

Bear Lake County, Idaho was created 5 January 1875 from Oneida County. Its county seat is Paris, Idaho.

Some of the towns and other inhabited places in Bear Lake County are Bennington, Bern, Bloomington, Dingle, Fish Haven, Geneva, Georgetown, Lanark, Liberty, Montpelier, Nounan, Ovid, Paris, Pegram, Raymond, Sharon, St. Charles, and Wardboro.

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

Adjoining Counties:
Caribou County, Idaho; Franklin County, Idaho; Rich County, Utah; Lincoln County, Wyoming

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