Idaho, Teton County Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection contains the following various records from the county clerk’s office for the years 1900 to 1988:
 * Vital or civil registration – marriages
 * Land and property records
 * Deeds
 * Homesteads
 * Brands

County officials began keeping records from the time the county was formed. Each type of record within the county was created for a different purpose, but most were created to keep track of the vital events happening in the lives of the citizens and to safeguard their legal interests and the legal interests of their heirs. Facts current at the time of the event are generally reliable. Some of the records are handwritten on loose pages. However, most of the records are handwritten on pre-printed pages or typed.

What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:


 * County'''
 * Name of primary persons
 * Names of heirs, such as spouse, children, other relatives, or friends
 * Names of the executor, administrator, or guardian
 * Names of witnesses
 * Dates the documents were written and recorded (used to approximate event dates since a will was usually written near the time of death)
 * Description and value of property or land

How Do I Search This Collection?
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:
 * The name of the person
 * The location or date of the event

How Do I Analyze the Results?
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a research log.

I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

 * Add any new information to your records
 * Use the information found to find the family in census records
 * Search for vital records, such as birth, marriage, and death
 * Search for church records
 * Search for death or burial information in BillionGraves Index

I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now?

 * If your ancestor does not have a common name, collect entries for every person who has the same surname. This list can help you find possible relatives
 * If you cannot locate your ancestor in the locality in which you believe they lived, then try searching a nearby locality
 * Try different spellings of your ancestor’s name
 * Remember that sometimes individuals went by nicknames or alternated between using first and middle names

Research Helps
The following articles will help you in your research for your family in the state of Idaho.
 * Idaho Guided Research
 * Idaho Research Tips and Strategies
 * Step-by-Step Research: 1850-1910 &#124; 1911-Present

FamilySearch Catalog

 * Deed records, 1900-1986
 * Marriage register, licenses and index, 1915-1937
 * Marriage records, 1937-1988
 * Wills, 1903-1967
 * Probate order and decrees, 1900-1923
 * Inventory and appraisements, 1903-1953
 * District Court. Declaration of intent, 1916-1925; certificates of declaration of intent, 1911-1923
 * County Court. Register of Actions, 1924-1953; general index, 1921-1966
 * County Court. Miscellaneous records, 1903-1935; general index, 1910-1986

FamilySearch Digital Library

 * Benjamin Woodbury Driggs. History of Teton Valley, Idaho. Caldwell, Idaho : Caxton Printers, 1926
 * prepared by the Idaho Historical Records Survey Project Division of Professional and Service Projects, Work Projects Administration. Inventory of the county archives of Idaho, no. 41, Teton County. Boise, Idaho : Historical Records Survey, 1940

Citing This Collection
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Idaho, registros del condado de Teton (Registros históricos de FamilySearch)