Idaho, Cassia County Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

United States Idaho Cassia County

What is in the Collection?
The collection consists of county records for the years 1879 to 1989 from the county courthouse in Burley. It includes the following types of records:
 * Marriage
 * Probate
 * Soldier discharge papers
 * School census
 * Deeds
 * Patents
 * Homesteads
 * Mining records
 * Coroner's reports
 * Mother's pensions

What Can these Records Tell Me
The record content varies by record type. It may include any of the following pieces of information:
 * Name of primary individual
 * Event date and place
 * Age, gender, residence and occupation of individual
 * Names of parents
 * Biographical information about parents such as date and place of birth
 * Names of heirs, such as spouse, children, other relatives
 * Names of the executor, administrator, or guardian
 * Names of witnesses
 * Description and value of property or land

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 * Name of the person
 * The name of a parent or date of the event

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What Do I Do Next?
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I Found Who I was Looking for, What Now?

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 * Use the age or estimated birth date to find other county or New Mexico Vital Records such as birth, baptism, marriage, and death records.
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 * Use the information found in the record to find a wiki link to location specific Probate Records.
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 * Repeat this process with additional family members found, to find more generations of the family.

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