Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Lewis 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
- Record of Declaration of Intention1912-1928
- Petition and Record1911–1929; gaps; see film list
Court records
- Index to Miscellaneous1890-1984
- Miscellaneous Record1890–1936; gaps; see film list
- Index to Judgement Docket1895-1986
- Judgment Record1895–1946; gaps; see film list
- Index Power of Attorney1883-1987
- Powers of Attorney1883–1964; gaps; see film list
- District Court Record1911-1932
Land records
- Homestead Patents1919-1922
- Declaration of Homestead Index1895-1987
- Declaration of Homestead1895-1964
- General Index, Grantee Grantor1889-1912
- Deed Record1868–1911; gaps; see film list
- Patent Record1892-1905
Probate records
- Register of Estates1911-1940
- Probate Minute Book1911-1936
- Probate Record, Orders & Letters1911–1937; gaps; see film list
- Administrators & Executors Bond1911-1946
- Orders Affecting Real Estate1891–1935; gaps; see film list
- Probate Orders and Decrees1921-1938
- Dependent Child Record and Docket1919-1963
School records
Vital records
- Index to Marriage License1911-1987
- Marriage Register1911-1964
- Register of Births1911
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 Lewis 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, Lewis" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Nez Perce County
Check the parent county for earlier records: Nez Perce County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1911, 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.