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.

Cemeteries
There are several cemeteries in Oneida County. Those that have been identified are listed below, with their location and any links to abstracts of their records.

Census
For a summary of census records for the state of Idaho, see Idaho Census Records.

The 1890 federal census for Idaho was destroyed. However, the Idaho State Historical Society Public Archives and Research Library is creating a list of 1890 Idaho residents by indexing a variety of records, 1885-1894. This reconstructed list will substitute for the destroyed 1890 federal census. Oneida County is included in this reconstructed census.

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.

History
History of Oneida County

History of Malad

History of Samaria.

Maps

 * An 1895 map of Oneida and surrounding counties is available online.
 * A digital Oneida County Idaho map is available online.

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
Records of the naturalization of people born outside of the United States were often kept in the county courthouses of the respective counties of Idaho. For Oneida County, the following records have been abstracted and are available online.


 * Declarations of Intentions, 1891-1906
 * Declarations of Intentions, 1906-1927
 * Naturalization Certificates, 1891-1906
 * Naturalization Certificates, 1907-1929

The original naturalization records of Oneida County that have been transferred to the Idaho State Historical Society' Library in Boise have been indexed in their Index to Naturalizations.

Historical
Copies of some of the early issues of newspapers printed in Malad are available on microfilm at the Idaho State Historical Society Library in Boise. That research facility has copies of:


 * The Idaho Enterprise for 1889:3:2-1890:1:15; 1909:1:27-1920:12:27; and 1930:5:6-1996:12:26
 * The Oneida County enterprise for 1924:1:3-1930:5:1
 * The Oneida County news for 1921:3:15-1923:4:19
 * The Southern Idaho magazine for 1982:3:1-1985:2:13

Current

 * Idaho Enterprise

Pension Records
Mothers' Pensions were provided by the State of Idaho for widows and/or orphans, under certain conditions. Petitions for those pensions were filed with the probate court in each county. The original papers for several counties have been transferred to the Idaho State Historical Society Public Archives and Research Library (PARL) in Boise. Those at PARL have been indexed. Oneida County Mothers' Pensions are included in that index.

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

Societies and Libraries
The Oneida County Pioneer Museum is located in Malad. It houses many artifacts from the pioneer period.

Web Sites

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