Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Canyon County, checked against the repository descriptions linked below. Date spans may contain gaps; an index is not a complete set of original records.
Naturalization records
- Declaration of Intention, District Court1893-1906
- Naturalization, Record of Declaration of Intention1911-1929
- Record of Citizenship, District Court1893-1903
- Naturalization1903-1906
- Petition and Record1907–1929; gaps; see film list
Court records
- Index to Power of Attorney1865-1976
- Record of Powers of Attorney1865-1902
- Record, Powers of Attorney1903-1917
- Records of Powers of Attorney1917-1948
- Miscellaneous Index1886–1950; gaps; see film list
- Miscellaneous Record1885–1927; gaps; see film list
Land records
- Index to Declarations of Homestead1868-1977
- Declaration of Homestead Record1868–1919; gaps; see film list
- Index to Deeds, Grantor1864-1904
- Index to Deeds, Grantee1864-1904
- Deed Record1864–1903; gaps; see film list
Military records
- Soldiers Discharge Record1919–1945; gaps; see film list
Probate records
- Index to Wills1900-1936
- Record of Wills1900-1936
- Index to Probate Record1885-1957
- Probate Record1895–1930; gaps; see film list
- Record of Wills, Probate Court1893–1939; gaps; see film list
Vital records
- Birth Register1907-1911
- Death Register1907-1912
- Marriage Register1907-1928
- Marriage1921-1930
- Marriage Certificate1895-1900
- Marriage Record and Certificate1892-1895
- Marriage License and Certificate1900–1919; gaps; see film list
- Marriage License & Certificate1910–1915; gaps; see film list
- Marriage License & Certificates1919–1921; gaps; see film list
- Marriage License Certificates1921–1928; gaps; see film list
See the repository's descriptions and search options
Repository access note: Selected Idaho State Archives county microfilm holdings, grouped by series description. Date envelopes combine listed film segments and may contain gaps. These are film holdings, not a claim of online images. Consult the linked inventory for roll, item, volume and exact dates. Historic Alturas County items were not reassigned to present-day counties.
Sources: the catalogs and repository descriptions linked on the entries above. Selected inventories do not establish complete coverage of every record type or online access to original documents. Read the repository access note for source dates and limitations.
Where to find the records
- Canyon County official website
Hours, addresses and phone numbers for the county recorder and the district court, and any online record search the county offers.
- The county recorder
Deeds and other land records, and marriage licenses (the county clerk is also the recorder).
- The district court
Probate (wills and estates), divorces and civil and criminal cases.
- The Idaho State Archives
In Boise: county records, territorial records and the state's historical newspapers.
- Idaho State Archivesfree
The state archives in Boise, with county and territorial records, photographs and historical newspapers.
- FamilySearch Catalogfree
Search by place for "Idaho, Canyon" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Ada County
Check the parent county for earlier records: Ada County
Later formed partly from Canyon County: Gem County, Payette County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1892, search the parent county. The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries shows each boundary change.
Research tip
Idaho began statewide registration of births and deaths in 1911. Before 1863 its land was part of Oregon and Washington territories (the east also of Nebraska and Dakota territories), and some early settlers in the southeast recorded events in Cache County, Utah, thinking they lived there.