Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Elmore 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
- Naturalization Record1889-1905
- Declaration of Intention1889–1916; gaps; see film list
- Record of Declaration of Intention1914-1923
- Petition and Record1908–1929; gaps; see film list
- Certificate of Naturalization1909–1929; gaps; see film list
Court records
- General index to (Property) Executions1887-1980
- Index to Powers of Attorney1880-1985
- Powers of Attorney1889–1916; gaps; see film list
- Power of Attorney1916-1930
- Index to Miscellaneous Record1883-1951
- Miscellaneous Record1889–1932; gaps; see film list
- Index to Judgments1910-1946
- Index to Patents1891-1965
- Patent Record1889-1911
Land records
- Deeds1889–1901; gaps; see film list
- Deed Record1880–1904; gaps; see film list
- Quit Claim Deeds1889–1903; gaps; see film list
- Warranty Deed1892-1899
- Quit Claim Deed1896–1910; gaps; see film list
- Warranty Deed Record1899–1904; gaps; see film list
- Index to Homesteads1881-1985
- Record of Homesteads1889-1946
Vital records
- Marriage Certificates1889-1894
- Birth Register1907-1911
- Death Register1907-1911
- Marriage Certificates1889–1929; gaps; see film list
Probate records
- Record of Wills1892-1936
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 Elmore 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, Elmore" 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)
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1889, 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.