Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Nez Perce County, checked against the repository descriptions linked below. Date spans may contain gaps; an index is not a complete set of original records.
Vital records
- Register of births, Nez Perce Co1907-1911
- Register of Deaths1907-1911
- Index to Marriages, Probate Court, for1887-1895
- Record of Marriages, Probate Court1887-1895
- Index to Marriage Licences1895–1939; gaps; see film list
- Index to Record of Marriage Certificates1865-1889
- Record, Marriages1863-1883
- Record, Marriage Certificates1883-1889
- Book of Marriages1895–1907; gaps; see film list
- Book of Marriage Licences1907-1911
- Book of Marriage Licence1911-1917
- Marriage Record1917–1927; gaps; see film list
- Register of Marriages1907-1930
- Record of Births, City of Lewiston1880-1911
- Register of Births, City of Lewiston1908-1921
- Record of Birth Certificates1911-1913
- Certificates of Birth (unbound)1916–1917; gaps; see film list
- Certificates of Death (unbound)1917
- Register of Deaths, City of Lewiston1908-1921
- Record of Death Certificates1911-1913
Naturalization records
- Attorneys Register (& Citizenship Index)1865–1914; gaps; see film list
- Citizenship Record1895–1906; gaps; see film list
- Declaration of Intention1892–1941; gaps; see film list
- Record of Citizenship1880-1894
- Record of Declaration of Intention1906–1928; gaps; see film list
- Petition for citizenship1930-1937
- Petition and Record1906–1929; gaps; see film list
Court records
- Miscellaneous Record1889–1928; gaps; see film list
- General Index to Powers of Attorney1864-1944
- Record, Powers of Attorney, Section D1864-1879
- Power of Attorney1883–1944; gaps; see film list
- Record, Judgments1864–1888; gaps; see film list
- Judgment Book1888–1916; gaps; see film list
- Judgment Record1904–1930; gaps; see film list
- Records, Court Journal1870-1880
- District Court, Record1887-1894
- District Court Record1894–1927; gaps; see film list
- Miscellaneous Index1899-1926
- Record, Miscellaneous1864-1889
- Miscellaneous1910–1919; gaps; see film list
Probate records
- Miscellaneous transcribed Nez Perce Co. real estate records1892-1911
- Index to Orders Affecting Real Estate1898-1952
- Orders Affecting Real Estate1898–1927; gaps; see film list
- Record of Wills, Section B1881-1931
- Index to Record of Wills1881-1931
- Record of Wills & Testimony of Sub. Witnesses, Bk 11906–1913; gaps; see film list
- Record of Wills & Testimony of Subscribing Witnesses1914-1925
- Record of Wills & Testimony of Sub. Witnesses, Bk 31925-1930
- Rec. of Wills & Testimony of Sub. Witnesses, Bk 31930-1931
- Record of Letters, Testamentary (Orders and decrees) Book A1891-1917
- Reecord of Guardians, Bonds1891-1905
- Guardian's Bonds and Letters, Probate Record 11903-1921
- Record of Inventories & Accounts1891–1904; gaps; see film list
- Record of Inventories1905-1910
- Record of Inventory1915–1929; gaps; see film list
- Record, Inventory1921–1926; gaps; see film list
- Record, Inventory of Separate Property (of women)1881-1902
- Probate Court records v. 1 (cover image not readable)1864-1870
- Probate Record, Sales of Real Estate1902–1927; gaps; see film list
- Minute Book, Probate Court1894–1922; gaps; see film list
- Minute Book1922–1927; gaps; see film list
- Inventories and Accounts (cover image not readable)1887-1890
- Book of Accounts1893-1909
- Record of Receipts and Disbursements1909–1920; gaps; see film list
- Probate Court Record, Decrees & Orders1888-1893
- Inheritance Tax Record1907–1913; gaps; see film list
- Mothers' Pension Record1915-1935
- Judgment Record1901-1905
Land records
- Homestead, Final Receipts1864–1894; gaps; see film list
- Index to Homesteads1876-1985
- Record, Declaration of Homesteadl875-1903
- Index to Final Receipts (Homesteads)1902-1921
- Receivers Receipts (Homestead)1903-1910
- Record of U.S. Land Patents1875–1882; gaps; see film list
- Patent Record1880-1884
- Record of Patents, Homestead1882-1902
- Record of Patents, Pre-Emption1882–1888; gaps; see film list
- Record of Patents1888-1905
- Grantee, Deed Index1863-1875
- Grantor, Deed Index1863-1875
- Index to Deeds, Grantee & Grantor1876-1890
- Gen. Index (deeds) Grantor1878-1905
- Gen. Index (deeds) Grantee1878-1905
- Journal (deeds)1862-1864
- Day Book (deeds)1862–1874; gaps; see film list
- Record (deeds)1874–1878; gaps; see film list
- Record, Deeds to 18851878-1885
- Deed Record1881–1912; gaps; see film list
- Record of Deeds1882–1886; gaps; see film list
- Record, (mortgage deed)1864-1874
- Register of Applicants & Deeds For Town of Melrose1898-1905
- Register of Applicants & Deeds For Town of Howard1898-1900
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
- Nez Perce 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, Nez Perce" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Missoula County (Mont.), Shoshone County, Spokane County (extinct)
Check the parent county for earlier records: Shoshone County
Later formed partly from Nez Perce County: Clearwater County, Latah County, Lewis County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1861, 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.