One of the main goals for genealogists in searching historic newspapers is to find obituaries. Obituaries are a gold mine of information. They provide death dates and locations, funeral and cemetery information and sometimes more importantly - information about the relatives of the deceased's family and extended family. This family name information is often not found anywhere else.
Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians and archivists, a great number of indexes to death information and obituaries from newspapers have been provided for free online. These searchable indexes or index lists provide the location in old newspapers where the obituary can be found. Sometimes the obituary clipping or transcription is even provided.
Below is a list of links to Idaho obituary indexes, an alternative means to newspaper searching to find obituary information. If the newspaper clippings are available, or if the obituaries are transcribed, they will be denoted. Please be aware that if you find a desired obituary in an index, that the holder of the actual obituary (e.g., library or genealogical society) may charge a small fee to send you a copy of the obituary itself.
(Updated March, 2019; recently added links are in BOLD)
General U.S.
- Currentobituary.com index, 2001-2014
- United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014
- United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012
Idaho
- Ada County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Ada County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Bear Lake County Obituaries
- Boise Obituary Index
- Bonner County Obituaries
- Bonner County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Boundary County Obituaries
- Boundary County Obituaries
- Canyon County Obituaries (clippings)
- Canyon County Obituaries
- Clearwater County Obituaries
- Eastern Idaho Death and Obituary Index
- Gem County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Gem County Obituaries
- Gooding County Obituary Indexes
- Idaho County Obituaries
- Idaho County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Idaho Obituaries - Obit City
- Idaho USGenWeb Obituary Project
- Idaho, Southeast Counties Obituaries, 1864-2007
- Idaho, Southern Counties Obituaries, 1943-2013
- Jerome County Obituaries
- Kootenai County Obituaries
- Latah County Obituaries (transcrptions)
- Nez Perce County (transcriptions)
- Payette County Deaths and Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Payette County Obituaries
- Southeast Counties Deaths and Obituaries, 1864-2007 (transcriptions)
- Southern Counties Deaths and Obituaries, 1943-2013 (transcriptions)
- Twin Falls County Obituaries
- Valley County Obituaries (transcriptions and clippings)
- Valley County Obituary Indexes
- Washington County Obituaries
If you wish to search this state's historic newspapers for obituaries, click on Idaho Online Historical Newspapers Summary
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