Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Lemhi 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 Book1888-1905
- Record of Naturalization1905-1906
- Petition and Record1907–1929; gaps; see film list
- Naturalization Fee Book1908-1956
- Record of Declaration of Intention1889–1942; gaps; see film list
- Declarations of Intention1930-1951
- Certificate of Naturalization1908-1929
Court records
- Miscellaneous Records1889-1963
- Records1868-1877
- Record, Notice of Lig. Pending, Homestead Claims Book A1880-1914
- Index to Judgement Book & Docket1883-1951
- Judgment Book1878–1929; gaps; see film list
- Record of Proceedings1878–1910; gaps; see film list
- Record of Proceedings, District Court1910–1934; gaps; see film list
- Index to Powers of Attorney1878-1984
- Powers of Attorney1889–1941; gaps; see film list
- Coroner's inquest packets1905-1916
Land records
- Index to Deeds1871-1930
- Deed Book A1868-1879
- Deed Book B1879–1882; gaps; see film list
- Deed Book C1882-1886
- Deeds, Record1886–1889; gaps; see film list
- Deeds1889–1896; gaps; see film list
- Deed Record1896–1906; gaps; see film list
- Tax Deeds1900-1915
- Deeds & Water Rights1867-1892
- "D" of Deeds, Salmon City townsite1883-1915
- Index to Homesteads1880-1986
- Index to Separate Property of Married Women1877-1902
- Record, Notice of Lig. Pending, Homestead Claims Book A1880-1914
Probate records
- Wills, Tax Certificates, Leases1884-1953
- Index to Wills1894-1986
- Probate Record v. 11900-1902
- Probate records v. 11902-1908
- Probate Record1908–1931; gaps; see film list
- Record of Proceedings in Probate Matters1881-1899
- Record of Proceedings, Probate Court1881–1896; gaps; see film list
- Probate Court, Bonds, Guardianship1880-1931
- Probate Court, Bonds1880-1909
- Administrators Bonds1909–1930; gaps; see film list
- Judgment Book, Probate Court1881-1931
- Claims Against Estates1884–1932; gaps; see film list
- Record (Probate Court)1911-1922
- Mother’s Pension Record1913-1932
- Inheritance Tax Record1907-1912
- Minute Book (Probate Court)1870-1873
Military records
- Military List1893-1908
Vital records
- Birth Register1907-1911
- Death Register1907-1911
- Marriage Record1869–1931; gaps; see film list
- Index to Marriage Recordno dates
- Marriage Register1907-1934
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
- Lemhi 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, Lemhi" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Idaho County
Check the parent county for earlier records: Idaho County
Later formed partly from Lemhi County: Custer County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1869, 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.