Research Links
Census
When Ada County was formed in 1864, it included portions of what are now Gem and Canyon Counties.
1870 Ada Co. census (Boise City postoffice)
1870 & 1880 non-population census
1880 & 1900 census transcripts by ISU (archived site)
census at genealogytrails
1940 census page images at National Archives
FamilySearch.org
Census Finder
US-Census.org
Marriage Records
BYUI Western States Marriage Index
Homestead Records
Government Land Office records: Patents (homesteads, cash sale and livestock) & maps -
Homestead Records
Obituaries
National Register of Historic Places
"Ada County Idaho has 50 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of National significance and 16 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Artesian Water Co. Pumphouse and Wells, Assay Office, Ada Theater, Alexander House and Alexanders.
Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Columbia Plateau Culture and Great Basin Desert Culture dating back to 1999 BC.
Several famous people are associated with these Ada County historic places including Fackler St. Michael and Moses Alexander.
Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Ada County places including John R. McBride, Alfred B. Mullett, Tourtellotte & Hummel, J. O. Jordon, James King, I.J. Allen, J.E. Tourtellotte, US Reclamation Service, Charles Storey and Campbell & Wayland. Prominent architectural styles found in Ada Country are Colonial Revival, Classical Revival and Queen Anne.
See Idaho State Historical Society, National Register for site details.
Newspapers
Library of Congress, Chronicling America
Other Aids & Projects
American History & Genealogy Project/Idaho
The Ancestor Hunt, includes extensive newspaper listings
Family Group Sheet Project
Family Search includes 1880 census transcription, extracted marriage records, submitted family sheets, new wiki
Cyndi's List
We Relate wiki
Civil War Records
currency converter at futureboy.us
Polk's Idaho State Gazetteer and Business Directory 1914 at archive.org
Oregon Trail
The Oregon Trail in Idaho
OT at National Park Service
Oregon-California Trail Assoc.
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