Oneida County, Idaho Genealogy

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County Courthouse
Oneida County

Parent County
1864--Oneida County was created as an original county. County seat: Malad

Boundary Changes
5 January 1875 -- Bear Lake County created from part of Oneida County

13 Jan 1885 -- Bingham County created from part of Oneida County

30 January 1913 -- Franklin County created from part of Oneida County

30 January 1913 -- Power County created from parts of Bingham, Blaine and Oneida Counties

Places/Localities
The following list of places includes incorporated cities and towns, unincorporated towns and communities, and place names that may have been used in family histories. Some have well-organized records and even have web sites. Some are simply social communities with no official records, but which may be referenced in small-town newspapers. The list is provided to help researchers identify localities within the county. As records or histories of these localities are identified, a page will be added for each of these place names.

This list of places in Oneida County, Idaho was compiled from the Lists of Places in Idaho in Wikipedia and from the map of Oneida County in Virtual Earth.

Cities
Malad City

Other inhabited places
Black Pine | Buist | Cedarhill | Cherry Creek | Dairy Creek | Daniels | Gwenford | Holbrook | Holbrook Summit | Ireland Springs | Juniper | Malad | Pleasantview | Ridgedale | Roy Summit | Saint Johns | Samaria | Stone | Woodruff

Neighboring Counties
Bannock | Cassia | Franklin | Power | Box Elder County, Utah

Resources
Many of the older court, land, naturalization, probate, pension, and vital records for Oneida County have been microfilmed and are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City and through their family history centers. They are also available at the Idaho State Historical Society's Library in Boise. Details of the county records in these respective institutions can be obtained from their online catalogs or listings. Original records which have been microfilmed and more recent records are in the county courthouse in Malad.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons)
The following are local congregations (wards) of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints which existed in Canyon County, Idaho prior to 1950. Many of the original records of these church units are in the Historical Library in Salt Lake City. Many of the membership records covering these units from the date of their creation to about 1948 have been microfilmed and are available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.

Military
World War I draft registration cards, 1917-1918, for Oneida County have been microfilmed. Copies of these records are available at the Family History Library (their microfilm number 1452220) and are also available online at Ancestry.com, for a subscription fee. The original cards are maintained in the Southeast Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in East Point, Georgia and have been microfilmed by the National Archives as their Microcopy M1509.

Naturalization and Citizenship
Declarations of Intentions, 1891-1927, and Naturalization Certificates, 1891-1929, are available online.

Current

 * Idaho Enterprise

Vital Records
2,749 marriages from 11 May 1865 to 12 Nov 1941 are listed in Western States Marriage Index.

Web Sites

 * The Oneida County ID GenWeb Project, a member of The IDGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * Family History Library Catalog