Franklin County, Idaho Genealogy

United States &gt; Idaho &gt; Franklin County

Parent County
1913--Franklin County, Idaho was formed 20 January 1913 from Oneida and Bannock Counties. County seat: Preston

Cities
Clifton | Dayton | Oxford | Preston

Other inhabited places
Anderson | Banida | Beers | Cherryville | Cleveland | Coulam | Egypt | Fairview | Franklin | Glendale | Linrose | Mapleton | Mink Creek | Mound Valley | Riverdale | Thatcher | Thorensen | Treasureton | Weston | Whitney | Winder

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

Neighboring Counties
Bannock | Bear Lake | Caribou | Oneida | Cache County, Utah

Resources
Many of the older court, land, naturalization, probate, pension, and vital records for Franklin 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. More recent records are in the county courthouse in Preston, as are the original manuscript records of those which have been microfilmed.

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

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Banida
 * Blackville
 * Cedarville
 * Clifton
 * Dayton
 * Fairview (Preston)
 * Franklin
 * Glencoe
 * Glendale
 * Linrose (Weston)
 * Mapleton (Preston)
 * Mink Creek
 * Preston
 * Preston 1
 * Preston 2
 * Preston 3
 * Preston 4
 * Preston 5
 * Preston 6
 * Preston 7
 * Riverdale
 * Treasureton
 * Weston
 * Whitney
 * Winder

Vital Records
The Eastern Idaho Death Index is a good tool to find information on people who were born or died in this county. It is a database stored with BYU-Idaho it can be found at http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/famhist/Obit/searchForm.cfm.

Web Sites

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