Lewiston, Nez Perce County, Idaho Genealogy

United States Idaho  Nez Perce County  



City Hall
Lewiston City Hall P.O. Box 617 Lewiston, ID 83501 Phone: (208) 746-3671

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
In 1930, Nez Perce County was part of a Stake.


 * The following are local congregations (wards) which existed in Nez Perce County, Idaho prior to 1950.
 * For original or later records, check with the Church History Library in Salt Lake City.
 * Many of the records to about 1948 are available at the FamilySearch Libraryin Salt Lake City and at its FamilySearch Centers.

Current
There are three Wardsand one Branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Lewiston. Go to the website above for times and places.

Historical
Many of the original records of church units are in the Church History 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 FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City or at its Family History Centers. Records of the (1947-1948) are in this collection.

Current
Our Lady of Lourdes Church‎

2015 13th Ave

Lewiston, ID 83501-3043

(208) 743-6101

St Stanislaus Roman Catholic Church‎ 633 5th Ave Lewiston, ID 83501-2499 (208) 743-7331

Historical
Records of the (1920-1965 ) and  (1947-1965) have been microfilmed by the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, Utah from records held in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Boise. These films can be viewed at the Library in Salt Lake City or in any of it Family History Centers.

Other
Many other churches in Lewiston are listed, along with their location and contact information in this website.

Directories
The Idaho State Archives in Boise has a collection of city, county, state and regional directories.

Funeral Homes
Vassar-Rawls Funeral Home 920 21st Ave Lewiston, Idaho 83501 (208) 743-6541 http://www.vassar-rawls.com/fh/home/home.cfm?&amp;fh_id=11233&amp;ck=1 Mountain View Funeral Home 3521 7th St Lewiston, Idaho 8350 (208) 743-9464 http://www.mtviewfuneralhome.com/fh/home/home.cfm?&amp;fh_id=10112&amp;ck=1 Malcom's Brower-Wann Funeral;;; 1711 18th St Lewiston, Idaho 83501 (208) 743-4578 http://www.malcomsfuneralhome.com/

History
For a number of years after the founding of Franklin and Richmond in 1860 the tract of country lying between Bear River and Cub River was utilized as a grazing country and used as such by the people of these settlements. The first effort to found a settlement in that locality proved unsuccessful through the failure of bring water for irrigation upon some 25,000 acres of land which was surveyed, but a second attempt, made in 1870, proved successful, when water for irrigation purpose was brought in from Worm Creek and later, also, through a long canal, tapping Cub River. The locality was, in the beginning, referred to as “Starvation Corner,” “Poverty Flat,” Hardscrabble” and other such names, but Lewiston finally became one of the best grain-growing districts in the Valleys of the Rocky Mountains. The raising of sugar beets and potatoes is one of the chief industries. The total population of the Lewiston Precinct was 1,783 in 1930.

Additional history of Lewiston, Idaho and the early Latter-day Saint settlers there can be found in: Andrew Jenson. Encyclopedic History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Salt Lake City: Deseret News Publishing Company, 1941, p. 429.

Current
Morning Tribune 505 C Street Lewiston, ID 83501 Ph. 208-743-9411 email - alford@limtribune.com Daily

Historical
Copies of the following issues of Lewiston newspapers  are in the collections of the Idaho State Archives in Boise:

Golden age 1862:8:2-1864:11:19  Idaho signal  1872:3:9-1874:8:20 Lewiston banner  1919:9:26-1926:10:16  Lewiston banner  1931:6:26  Lewiston daily teller  1900:10:18-1901:1:12  Lewiston daily tribune  1898:5:9-1902:11:30 Lewiston evening teller  1878:4:13-1908:3:25  Lewiston inter-state news  1905:11:7-1905:12:29  Lewiston journal  1867:7:4,1872:1:13  Lewiston journal  1867:2:15, 4:5  Lewiston morning tribune  1899:1-9999 Lewiston news  1932:9:23-1937:4:30  Lewiston tribune  1896:1-1897:12  Lewiston weekly tribune  1908:4:30  Nez Perce news  1881:4:28-1886:8:12 North Idaho radiator  1865:1:28-1865:4:15  North Idaho report  1963:11, 1964:1, 1964:3 Northerner  1874:9:12-1875:6:5 Teller  1876:10:21-1878:4:6  Valley news  1957:9:27 Weekly tribune  1898:10:7-1898:12:30