Research Links
Census Records
The area now known as Canyon County was part of Boise County in 1863 when Idaho Territory was created. When Ada County was formed in 1864, it included Canyon County. When Canyon County was formed in 1891 it included southern Gem County and Payette County. Gem County was split off in 1915 and Payette County was split off in 1917.
1870 Ada Co. census
1880 & 1900 census at ISU
1870 non-population census
1880 non-population census
Census Finder
US-Census.org
Homestead Records
Canyon County contains 603 square miles, 98% of which is in private ownership.
Government Land Office records: Patents (homesteads, cash sale and livestock) & maps -
Homestead Records or new GLO site
Marriage Records
BYUI Western States Marriage Index
Death Records
Death Records 1911-1951 at archivesCanyon County Headstone Photos, Obits and Contributed Information by Idaho Family Scanners Find A Grave
SS Death Index
VA Gravesite Locator
Idaho Obituary Links Legacy Obituary Finder
Idaho Press Tribune - Obituaries
Boise Public Library - Idaho Statesman Obituary Service
Other Research Aids & Projects
Cyndi's List
Family Group Sheet Project
Family Search includes 1880 census transcription, extracted marriage records, submitted family sheets, new wiki
GenForum messageboards
Rootsweb Resources: Idaho
We Relate wiki
Migrations
Civil War Records
Canyon County Vital Records
Surname Helper
Canyon
County resources at Kindred Trails
BYU Idaho, Special Collections
Guide
to Adoption, Birth, Death, Divorce, and Marriage Information at State Historical Society
Idaho
Vital Records Information
Idaho Military Records Guide at Rootsweb
Geography and map links
Boise River on 19th Century Maps at Boise State University, online exhibits
1895 Atlas
Idaho State University Digital Atlas
Idaho Geological Survey
USGS index of Geographic Names
Idaho Digital Map Library at US GenWeb Archives
First there were trappers
Fur trappers were in the area as early as 1818 and Fort Boise was originally a Hudson Bay Fort -
Alexander Ross' Journal, 1824
John Work's Journal, 1830-31
Oregon Trail
The Oregon Trail in Idaho
ISU Trail Archives (includes journals)
OT at National Park Service
Oregon-California Trail Assoc.
Covered Wagon History
Civilian Conservation Corps
There were five camps in Canyon County
Idaho PTV transcript
CCC Legacy
other links
Canyon County Historical Society
Census Quick Facts
Canyon County - Idaho Government
Canyon County at city-data.com
Idaho Post Offices
Idaho State Historical Society
ITD Historic Markers
College of Idaho Archives
Idaho Meanderings: Steunenberg, Trial of the Century, Labor, Legal, Political History
US GenNet, Idaho History and Genealogy
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