Blaine County, Idaho Genealogy

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Blaine County, Idaho

Parent County
1895--Blaine County, Idaho was created 5 March 1895 from Alturas County. County seat: Hailey

Boundary Changes
30 January 1913 -- Power County created from parts of Bingham, Blaine, and Oneida Counties

Places/Localities
The following list of places includes incorporated cities and towns, unincorporated towns and communities, and place names that may have been used in family histories. Some have well-organized records and even have web sites. Some are simply social communities with no official records, but which may be referenced in small-town newspapers. The list is provided to help researchers identify localities within the county. As records or histories of these localities are identified, a page will be added for each of these place names.

This list of places in Blaine County, Idaho was compiled from the Lists of Places in Idaho in Wikipedia and from the map of Blaine County in Virtual Earth.

Cities
Bellevue | Carey | Hailey | Ketchum | Sun Valley

Unincorporated Communities
Barite | Boulder | Broadford | Cathedral Pines | Clarendon Hot Springs | Craters of the Moon National Monument | Cream Can Junction | DeWoff | Doniphan | Easley Hot Springs | Galena | Gannett | Gimlet | Hawley | Hay | Hot Spring Landing | Magic City | Magic Resort | Muldoon | Picabo | Sawtooth City | Smith Springs | Tikura | Triumph | Wapi

Neighboring Counties
Bingham | Boise | Butte | Camas | Cassia | Custer | Elmore | Lincoln | Minidoka | Power

Resources
Many of the older court, land, naturalization, probate, pension, and vital records for Blaine 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 which have been microfilmed and more recent records are in the county courthouse in Hailey.

Cemeteries
The following cemeteries of Blaine County have been identified and some of their records located. When multiple transcriptions are listed, they may contain discrepant information. The transcriptions may have been made at different times and by different people. Some names may have been mis-read. Some gravestones may have been missed. All transcriptions available for each cemetery should be checked.

Census
For a summary of census records for the state of Idaho, see Idaho Census Records.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons)
The following are local congregations (wards) of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints which existed in Blaine County, Idaho prior to 1950. Many of the original records of these church units are in the Historical Library in Salt Lake City. Many of the membership records covering these units from the date of their creation to about 1948 have been microfilmed and are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.

Maps

 * An 1895 map of Blaine and surrounding counties is available online.
 * A digital Blaine County Idaho map is available online.
 * Map of Blaine County, Idaho is available online.

Military
World War I draft registration cards, 1917-1918, for Blaine County have been microfilmed. Copies of these records are available at the Family History Library (their microfilm number 1452109) and are also available online at Ancestry.com, for a subscription fee. The original cards are maintained in the Southeast Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in East Point, Georgia and have been microfilmed by the National Archives as their Microcopy M1509.

Current

 * Mountain Express

Pension Records
Mothers' Pensions were provided by the State of Idaho for widows and/or orphans, under certain conditions. Petitions for those pensions were filed with the probate court in each county. The original papers for several counties have been transferred to the Idaho State Historical Society Public Archives and Research Library (PARL) in Boise. Those at PARL have been indexed. Blaine County Mothers' Pensions are included in that index.

Taxation
Any existing tax assessment rolls for Blaine County should be in the courthouse in Hailey and would need to be accessed by visiting there.

Marriage
Nearly 1700 marriages, 1890-1941, are listed on the Western States Marriage Index.

Web Sites

 * The Blaine County ID GenWeb Project, a member of The IDGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project
 * Family History Library Catalog