The Ancestor Hunt regularly adds and updates new collection links, as well as searches for and fixes broken links.
(This page's most recent update is December 2024)
One of the main goals for genealogists is finding birth, baptism, and/or christening information about their ancestors.
Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians, and archivists, a great number of indexes to birth and baptism collections have been provided for free online. These searchable indexes provide specific birth, baptism, or christening information, and sometimes scanned images of the actual birth documents themselves. These free online collections have millions of records in them in total.
There are a great number of online and offline collections that may include birth information that is not included in the lists below. These different types can be found in 32 Ways to Find Ancestor Birth Information
If you are interested in baptism indexes that may include the birth date as well as baptism information, make sure and check out Church Records.
The lists below are specific birth, baptism, and christening indexes and record collections that are available for free online for the state.
Note: Some links listed take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. Near the bottom of the page under Film/Digital Notes is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections’ images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital. To take full advantage make sure that you are logged in to FamilySearch. The results may be different if you are signed in, rather than not.
Note: I have included links to Free Ancestry records and indexes. You do not need a subscription but do need an Ancestry account. Without a subscription, you can view indexes. If there is an image associated with a record, in most cases you will need a subscription, but the index does include very usable information.
Idaho Birth Records
- Ada County Births
- Ada County Genealogical Records
- Ada County, Birth Register, 1907-1911
- Bannock County, Births, 1908-1914
- Bannock County, Births, 1905-1915; Deaths, 1905-1915; Marriages, 1905-1915
- Bear Lake County Vital Records Indexes
- Bear Lake County, Birth Records, 1907-1911
- Bear Lake County, Marriage, Birth, and Divorce Records
- Bingham County, Birth Records, 1909-1911
- Bingham County, Birth Records, 1907-1911
- Blackfoot, Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1880-1884
- Blaine County, Birth Index
- Blaine County, Birth Register, 1907-1911
- Bonner County, Births, 1907-1911
- Bonneville County Records, 1867-2012
- Bonneville County, Register of Births, 1911
- Boundary County Vital Records Indexes
- Boundary County, Births, 1907
- Butte County Records, 1882-1970
- Canyon County, Birth Register, 1907-1911
- Cassia County Births
- Cassia County Records, 1879-1989
- Cassia County, Birth Register, 1907-1911
- Clark County Records, 1884-1998
- Coeur d’Alene Agency, Birth and Death Records, 1918-1935
- Eastern Idaho Births, 1977 to 1992
- Elmore County Records, 1889-1972
- Elmore County, Birth Register, 1907-1911
- Fort Hall Agency, Student Records, 1946-1952
- Fort Hall, Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1939
- Fort Lapwai, Indian Census Rolls, 1902-1933
- Fremont County, Births, 1907-1911
- Gem County Records, 1877-1962
- Gooding County Records, 1879-1962
- Idaho Births and Christenings, 1856-1965
- Idaho County Births
- Idaho Falls Birthdays, from Post Register 1884-1992
- Idaho Genealogical Records
- Idaho Genealogical Records
- Idaho, Birth Index, 1861-1911
- Idaho, Births and Christenings, 1856-1965
- Idaho, County Birth and Death Records, 1883-1929
- Indian Census Rolls, Coeur d’ Alene, 1906 and 1910-1937
- Indian Census Rolls, Colville, 1885-1939
- Kootenai County, Register of Births, 1907-1911
- Latah County, Births, 1907-1911
- Lemhi County Records, 1868-1964
- Lemhi County, Births, 1907-1911
- Lincoln County Births
- Lincoln County Records, 1886-1972
- Lincoln County Vital Records, 1886-1972
- Lincoln County, Birth, Marriage, and Death Quarterly Reports, 1907-1945
- Lincoln County, Births, 1907-1913
- Madison County Records
- Minidoka County Records, 1913-1961
- Minidoka County, Early Birth Index
- Minidoka County, Minidoka, Japanese-Americans in World War II, 1942-1945
- Miscellaneous BMD Records by County
- Moscow, Births, Deaths, Marriage Licenses, Marriages, Anniversaries, Divorces, 1889-1912
- Nez Perce County Births
- Nez Perce County, Births, 1880-1911; Certificates, 1911-1917
- Oakley, Herald, Marriage, Birth and Death Records
- Owyhee County Births 1865-1872
- Owyhee County, Birth Records, 1907-1911
- Parma Canyon, Births, Deaths, and Marriages Taken from Parma Newspapers, 1965-1966
- Payette County, Birth Index
- Rigby Star, Jefferson County, Newspaper, 1964-65: Births, Marriages, and Deaths
- Shoshone County, Register of Births, 1907-1911; Index, 1907-1911
- Teton County Records, 1900-1988
- Twin Falls County General Index to Marriages, 1907-1984; Marriages, 1907-1936; Births, 1907-1920; Deaths, 1907-1920
- Twin Falls County Records, 1906-1988
- Twin Falls County, Births, 1907-1911
- Twin Falls County, Births and Marriage Index, 1907-1911
- United States Births and Christenings, 1867-1931
- Washington County Births
- Washington County, Birth Register, 1907-1911
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!