Research Links
Census
The area now known as Gem County was first part of Boise County (1863). When Ada County was formed in 1864, it included portions of what are now Gem and Canyon Counties. When Canyon County was formed in 1891 it included a portion that later became southern Gem County. Gem County as we know it today was created March 1915 from Canyon County and Boise County. (see Book 1, page 33 map showing old Boise/Canyon county line and Westview Mining District (Pearl). The map was filed in Canyon County Oct. 27, 1897, and certified Nov. 11, 1915 when we became Gem County.)
1870 Ada Co. census (Boise City postoffice)
1870 Census, Boise County, Squaw Creek Valley
1880 Ada Co. census, Payette Valley (partial)
1870 & 1880 non-population census
1880 & 1900 census transcripts by ISU (archived site)
1930 Gross & Pearl precincts
1940 census page images at National Archives
FamilySearch.org
Census Finder
US-Census.org
Homestead Records
Government Land Office records: Patents (homesteads, cash sale and livestock) & maps -
GLO Records
Marriage Records
BYUI Western States Marriage Index
Death Records
Cemeteries on-site
Death Records Index 1911 - 1951 (US GenWeb Archives)
Boise County newspaper death notices (Gem Co. was originally part of Boise Co.)
IdahoGravestones.org
Find A Grave
VA Gravesite Locator
Legacy Obituary Finder
Newspapers
Library of Congress,
Chronicling America - collection includes "Emmett Index" 1893-1925 and is constantly growing
News Items, Gem County Museum
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
Geography, Geology and Map Links
Government Land Office surveys
Historic USGS topo maps
Historic Map Works, includes Metsker Maps
Idaho State University Digital Atlas
Idaho Geological Survey
USGS index of Geographic Names
Gem County Maps (present-day)
Mindat
Idaho maps at Digital Commonwealth/Massachusetts Collections Online, includes 1891, 1895, 1897 & 1903 mail routes
Payette River
History of the Payette River
"The Payette River is
beautiful but deadly" by Arthur Hart
Payette River Log Drives,"
"River Tales of Idaho" by Darcy Williamson, Caxton Printers, Caldwell, Idaho, 1997 (google books)
Payette River National Scenic Byway Plan
History at Boise National Forest
Trapper Journals
Fur trappers passed through here as early as 1818 and Ross explored Squaw Creek in 1824 -
Alexander Ross' Journal, 1824
John Work's Journal, 1830-31
Oregon Trail
The Goodale North Oregon Trail variant passed through Gem County -
"Goodale North" Oregon Trail Variant
The Oregon Trail in Idaho
OT at National Park Service
Oregon-California Trail Assoc.
Covered Wagon History
Civilian Conservation Corps
There were five camps in Gem County
CCC crew working at Black Canyon Dam
The Living New Deal
Civilan Conservation Corps Legacy
Civilan Conservation Corps in Idaho Collection, University of Idaho, Digital Initiatives
Other Links
Library of Congress,
Chronicling America - includes "Emmett Index," 1893-1925
Boise County Sentinel at Salmon Public Library, 1912 & 1916, published at Sweet; plus other publications
Council Valley Museum includes newspaper abstracts from 1877 to 1950
Genealogy Guides at FARRIT, Libraries Linking Idaho
Central and Western Idaho, a Resume of the Resources of Four Counties, Ada, Alturas, Boise and Washington Counties, 1886
Gem County Chamber of Commerce
Idaho State Historical Society Reference Series
History of the Payette River
Idaho Meanderings, Idaho from late 1800's/early 1900's, with an emphasis on Gov. Steunenberg
South Fork Companion History Blog
History of Idaho Logging
Suggested Reading & References
Updated April 2022
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