Regional Searching Tools
This page includes links to web pages outside BYU-Idaho that include information and searching tools for specific areas of the country/world. Links to major family history web pages on the internet are on our Family History Center Home Page. The Getting Started Page includes links to pages on the internet to help in searching and getting started on your family history.
| Arizona | ||
| Arizona Genealogy Birth and Death Certificates | Arizona Birth and Death Certificates for 1878 - 1953 from the Arizona Dept. of Health Services. | |
| Colorado | ||
| Colorado Historical Newspaper Collection | Colorado newspapers from the 1800's and 1900's in a digital format. This is part of the Colorado Digitization Program. | |
| Idaho | ||
| Western States Marriage Index | BYU-Idaho's collection of marriages from multiple Western states. | |
| Civil War Veterans Index | Index to those who served in the Civil War from Idaho. | |
| Guide to Vital Records in Idaho | The "Guide to Adoption, Birth, Death, Divorce, and Marriage Information" from the Idaho State Historical Society Library and Archives. | |
| Idaho GenWeb Project | Access to various family history projects in Idaho. Also this project has sub pages for each of the counties in Idaho. | |
| ISHS Library & Archives | Idaho genealogy helps from the Idaho State Historical Society | |
| Idaho, 1890: A Reconstructed Census | A web page from the Idaho State Historical Society containing a reconstructed census of Idaho in 1890. | |
| Idaho Statesman Obituary Index | Idaho Statesman Obituary Index contains obituary information from 1977 to present day; provided by the Boise Public Library | |
| Utah | ||
| Western States Marriage Index | BYU-Idaho's collection of marriages from multiple Western states. | |
| Center for Family History & Genealogy at BYU | Resources from the Center for Family History & Genealogy at BYU in Provo, Utah | |
| Welsh Mormon History | Information about people of Welsh ancestry who joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in the 19th century | |
| Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel | Listing of Mormon pioneers who traveled to Utah between 1847 and 1868 | |
| Utah Burial Database | This is a database compiled by the Utah Cemetery Inventory Project that includes burial records from selected cemeteries in Utah. | |
| Ogden City Cemetery | Searchable map and database of the Ogden, Utah City Cemetery | |
| University of Utah Digital Collections | Resources from the University of Utah Marriot Library, which includes things such as the Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, local newsletters, and access to local newspapers in a digital format. | |
| Utah GenWeb Project | Information compiled about Utah Family History, including links to searchable databases. | |
| Utah Probate Research Guide | The Utah State Archives' guide to research their probate records. | |
| Mormons and Their Neighbors | A collection hosted at BYU in Provo with biographical sketches of about 100,000 who lived in northern Mexico, New Mexico, Arizona, southern California, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, and southwestern Canada | |
| Other | ||
| United States Vital Records | Links and information on Vital Records for all of the United States | |
| FamilySearch.org Research Guidance | Forms and outlines for each of the 50 states and other regions of the world. Available in PDF and HTML formats. | |
| Ellis Island Records | Searchable records of immigrants to Ellis Island, New York |