Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Custer 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
- Certificate of Naturalization1885-1895
- Certificates of naturalization1908-1929
- Declaration of intention1885–1952; gaps; see film list
- Petition and Record1908–1929; gaps; see film list
- Record of Naturalization1904-1906
- Record of Citizenship1896-1903
Court records
- Index to Miscellaneous Record1883-1985
- Miscellaneous Record1881–1946; gaps; see film list
- Judgement Index, Plaintiff/Defendant1881-1981
- Judgment Book1881–1935; gaps; see film list
- Index, Powers of Attorney1881-1984
- Powers of Attorney1879–1925; gaps; see film list
- Official Bonds, Index1881-1895
- Official Bonds1881-1899
- Agreements and Bonds1883-1913
- Transcript of Judgements, Index1891-1979
- Transcript of Judgments1891–1968; gaps; see film list
Land records
- Separate Property of Married Women, Index1877-1896
- Separate Property of Married Women1881-1896
- Homesteads1883-1888
- Index to Homestead Claims1888-1981
- Homestead Claim Record1888-1968
- Index of Deeds, Grantor1873-1884
- Index of Deeds, Grantee1873-1884
- Index to Deeds, Grantor1883-1887
- Index to Deeds, Grantee1883-1887
- Grantors Index of Deeds1887-1908
- Grantees Index of Deeds1887-1908
- Quit Claim Deed Record1890–1913; gaps; see film list
- Deeds1883–1913; gaps; see film list
- Record of Deeds1872–1883; gaps; see film list
- Mining Deeds, Quit Claim Deeds1885–1892; gaps; see film list
- Index of Easements1969-1985
Probate records
- Wills, Index1879-1944
- Book of Wills1879-1886
- Record of Wills1879-1944
- Index, Probate Court1889-1958
- Record of Probate Court Orders1889–1934; gaps; see film list
Vital records
- Marriage Certificates, Index, Women1879-1895
- Marriage Certificates, Index, Men1879-1895
- Record of Marriage Certificate1879-1892
- Book of Marriages1895–1925; gaps; see film list
- Marriage Register1907-1923
- Marriage License Record1925–1968; gaps; see film list
- Birth certificates, packet 11915-1916
- Birth certificates, packet 21917-1918
- Birth certificates, packet 31919-1920
- Birth certificates, packet 41921-1923
- Birth certificates, packet 51926-1927
Other records
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
- Find Custer County's official website
We haven't checked this county's website yet, so this opens a web search. Look for an address ending in .gov, then find the county recorder and the district court.
- 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, Custer" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Alturas County (extinct), Boise County, Lemhi County
Check the parent counties for earlier records: Boise County, Lemhi County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1881, 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.