Resources

There are many websites with genealogy-related info for Idaho family history research. If you know of additional helpful resources about Lincoln County ancestors, please share them with us.

• Wikipedia
• FamilySearch
• Idaho State Library
• University of Idaho Library - Special Collections & Archives offers Historical Photographs, Primary Sources, University Records, and Digital Collections
• Washington State University Libraries Digital Collections
• BYU Idaho Special Collections & Archives
• BYU Idaho Western States Marriage Records
• Internet Archive
• 1890 The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume XXXI
• 1914 History of Idaho by Hiram T. French
• 1918 Idaho Chronology, Nomenclature, Bibliography
• 1920 History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains  Volume 1   Volume 2   Volume 3   Volume 4
• 1983 Shoshone and Her People by Shoshone Chamber of Commerce [not found available to read online as of Oct 2025]
• 1995 1995 100 Years Together: A Tribute to Lincoln County, Idaho's Centennial 1885-1995 by Lincoln County Centennial Committee
• 1995 The History of Richfield, Idaho by Alice Crane Behr and Maureen Ward, 1995, the City of Richfield government website offers free online viewing and download for personal use. This well-done comprehensive historical record offers family info for Abbott, Adams, Adkins, Aitkins, Akins, Albert, Alexander, Allen, Anderson, Appell, Armstrong, Austin, Babb, Baker, Bancroft, Barnes, Bartlome, Base, Bee, Beebe, Behr, Bell, Billings, Blakeslee, Bloom, Bluemer, Bolton, Bossuet, Bower, Bowers, Bradshaw, Breck, Brennan, Briggs, Brown, Brush, Buel, Burris, Burton, Bushby, Byrne, Campbell, Capps, Carter, Cenarrusa, Chamberlain, Chatfield, Clements, Coffman, Conner, Cooper, Cowan, Cox, Crane, Crawford, Crist, Cross, Crothers, Crowther, Cutright, Davies, Davis, Dayley, Deeds, Deglee, Denecke, Denton, Dill, Dixon, Dougherty, Draper, Duplisea, Dupper, Durand, Durfee, Eastwood, Ebert, Edgington, Edwards, Elfring, Emerson, Engle, Erwin, Ewing, Exon, Faddis, Farnworth, Fehlman, Feindle, Fender, Fenton, Fields, Fiveland, Flavel, Fletcher, Foster, Freeman, Frodsham, Fryer, Fulbright, Furtado, Garlock, Giles, Goers, Goicoechea, Gossett, Green, Hadley, Haines, Hand, Hansen, Hardman, Harmon, Helderman, Hetman, Hiatt, Hill, Hoffman, Holmes, Homer, Hoodenpyle, Horsman, House, Howard, Hubbard, Hubsmith, Huff, Huffington, Ivie, Jensen, Jester, Johansen, Johnson, Johnston, Jones, Joy, Junkin, Kaufold, Kays, Kelly, Kennison, King, Kinsey, Knodel, Kock, Kodesh, Kohl, Kountanis, Krahn, Kunz, Lamb, Lane, Layne, Lee, Leguiniche, Lemmon, Lezamiz, Lisle, Lockey, Luff, Maestas, Magoffin, Manwill, Mapes, Martindale, Mason, Mathews, Maxwell, McArthur, McCord, McFarland, McGaughey, McGuire, McIntosh, McKay, McKee, McKissick, McMahon, McNulty, McRoberts, McWillis, Metcalf, Mickelwait, Miller, Millican, Mills, Moates, Monroe, Morley, Morrison, Murfitt, Myers, Nelson, Nesbit, Newby, Newey, Norman, Noyes, Ollieu, Orchard, Parker, Parkhurst, Pate, Patrick, Patterson, Paulson, Pearman, Pelley, Petersen, Peterson, Phelps, Piercey, Piper, Pope, Poteet, Powell, Pridmore, Proctor, Ralls, Reed, Rees, Reynolds, Richards, Richardson, Riley, Robinson, Rogers, Roseberry, Ross, Rumpel, Rutherford, Sandeen, Sanders, Sanford, Schenk, Schisler, Schwanck, Schwaner, Seward, Sheets, Shelley, Shepard, Shockley, Simerly, Simpson, Skelton, Sluder, Smith, Sorensen, Sowersby, Speedy, Spellman, Spurck, Stark, Steens, Stirton, Streitz, Striegel, Strunk, Stubbs, Supan, Swainston, Swan, Swatman, Sweat, Swinney, Talley, Tanner, Tapper, Thomas, Tongish, Tree, Vaden, Vansant, Vaughn, Vertrees, Wade, Walker, Ward, Wayment, Whitesell, Wickham, Wilcox, Williams, Wilmoth, Wilson, Wolfinbarger, Wolverton, Wood, Woods, Workman, Wyant, Young, and Youngkin.
• 1998 A History of Dietrich, Idaho by J. L. G. Gard [not found available to read online as of Oct 2025]
• USGenWeb Tombstone Project
• FindAGrave
• Interment.net
• US Department of Veterans Affairs National Gravesite Locator
• Idaho Department of Health & Welfare Vital Records
• Chronicling America - Library of Congress free online newspaper collection
• National Register of Historic Places
• Bureau of Land Management - land patents
• ISU Digital Atlas
• Historic Map Works - many plat maps are available to view online at no charge 1939, 1980
• MapGeeks
• Maps of US - interactive map of Idaho county formation history
• US County Maps
• Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
• City of Dietrich government website
• City of Richfield government website
• Idaho Genealogical Society
• Idaho State Historical Society
• IdahoGenealogy mailing list and query board at groups io
• WeRelate.org

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