Idaho, Caribou County Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

United States Idaho Caribou County

What is in the Collection?
The collection consists of the following records located at the county courthouse in Soda Springs.

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What Can this Collection Tell Me?
The record content varies by record type. It may include any of the following pieces of information:


 * Name of primary individual
 * Event date
 * Event place
 * Residence
 * Age
 * Sex
 * Names of parents
 * Biographical information about parents such as date and place of birth
 * 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
 * Occupation

How Do I Search the Collection?
To search the collection it is helpful to know the following:
 * The name of your ancestor
 * The approximate date of the event
 * The place of residence
 * The names of other family members

View images in this collection by visiting the Browse Page : To search the collection you will need to follow this series of links: ⇒Select the "Browse" link in the initial search page ⇒Select the "_____________" category ⇒Select the "_____________" category ⇒Select the "_____________" category which takes you to the images

What Do I Do Next?
When you have located your ancestor’s record, carefully evaluate each piece of information given. These pieces of information may give you new biographical details. Add this new information to your records of each family. The information may also lead you to other records about your ancestors.

I Found Who I was Looking for, What Now?

 * Use the event date and ages of ancestors to search for additional records about the family
 * Search the census records to find family members.
 * Use the locality and relative’s names to locate land records. These records often name close relatives and also give you more clues into the life of your ancestor.
 * Find more detail about death or burial information by searching for cemetery records Sometimes a person is buried in a city or town in which they did not die. Do not assume that a burial place is the same as a death place. Look for death records in the place of death. The name of the undertaker or mortuary could lead you to funeral and cemetery records, which often include the names and residences of other family members.

I Can't Find Who I'm Looking for, What Now?

 * Search the the Idaho State Historical Society archives and other genealogical societies for local records, newspapers, histories.
 * Try searching the records of a nearby locality.
 * If you cannot find your ancestor in civil records, try searching church records for baptisms. Oftentimes church records pre-date civil records.
 * Standard spelling of names typically did not exist during the periods our ancestors lived in. Try variations of your ancestor’s name while searching the index or browsing through images.
 * Remember that sometimes individuals went by nicknames or alternated between using first and middle names.

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