Idaho, Bingham County Historical Society, Bingham County Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection contains Bingham County, Idaho records provided by the Bingham County Historical Society. Records include the following:
 * Abstract Land Department Idaho 1893-1909
 * Assessment Roll 1890
 * Tax Collectors Register and Ledger 4 1898-1899
 * Jail Records, Vol 1, 1885-1907

What Can These Records Tell Me?
County records may contain:
 * Names of individuals
 * Dates of land transactions
 * Names of other parties or relatives
 * Monetary worth of land and property

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

 * Use the information found in the county records to search for the family in census records
 * Search for vital records, such as birth, marriage, and death on the state and county level
 * Search Bingham County for land and property records
 * Search Bingham County for probate records

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 records of a nearby town or county
 * Try different spellings of your ancestor’s name
 * Remember that sometimes individuals went by nicknames or alternated between using first and middle names, or even initials

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"Idaho, Bingham County Historical Society, Bingham County Records, 1885-1920." Databa and images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : not yet published. Bingham County Historical Society, Boise, ID.
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