Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians, and archivists (as well as the largest of them all – FamilySearch), a great number of indexes to death collections have been provided for free online. These searchable indexes provide specific death information, and sometimes scanned images of the actual death certificates themselves. These free online collections have hundreds of millions of records in them in total.
There are a great number of online and offline collections that may include death information that are not included in the lists below. For example, newspapers and obituaries have death info, but most times obituary indexes include the date of the obituary but not the date of death. To find out which types of other records may include death information, please see:
The lists below are specific death indexes and record collections that are available for free online for the state.
Note 1: Many of the links listed below take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. In many cases there is a link to the digital collection in the middle of the page, but also 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. Please also note that I have listed below only BMD databases that are accessible digitally from your computer (or tablet/phone)
Note 2: 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.
(Updated June 2021; recently added links are in BOLD):
- Ada County Genealogical Records
- Bannock County, Death Indexes
- Bear Lake County Vital Records Indexes
- Bear Lake County, Death Records, 1907-1923
- Bingham County, Death Records, 1909-1951
- Blaine County Miscellaneous Vital Records
- Bonner County Deaths
- Bonner County, Death Indexes
- Bonner County, Death Indexes
- Bonneville County Records, 1867-2012
- Bonneville County, Death Indexes
- Boundary County Vital Records Indexes
- Butte County Records, 1882-1970
- Camas County, Death Indexes
- Canyon County Death Search
- Canyon County, Death Indexes
- Cassia County Deaths
- Cassia County Records, 1879-1989
- Cassia County, Coroner’s Inquests
- Clark County Records, 1884-1998
- Custer County Index to Death Certificates 1973-1985
- Eastern Idaho Death and Obituary Index
- Elmore County Records, 1889-1972
- Gem County Records, 1877-1962
- Gooding County Death Index
- Gooding County Records, 1879-1962
- Idaho County Mortality Schedules 1870, 1880
- Idaho Death Certificates, 1890-1960
- Idaho Death Certificates, 1911-1937
- Idaho Death Certificates, 1938-1961
- Idaho Death Records, 1961-1966
- Idaho Deaths and Burials, 1907-1965
- Idaho Federal Census Mortality Schedules 1880
- Idaho Genealogical Records
- Idaho Genealogical Records
- Idaho State Death Index 1911-1951
- Idaho State Death Records Index, 1911-1951
- Idaho, County Birth and Death Records, 1883-1929
- Idaho, Death Certificates, 1911-1937
- Idaho, Death Records, by cemetery or city, Early to 2007
- Idaho, Deaths and Burials, 1907-1965
- Jefferson County, Death Indexes
- Kootenai County, Death Indexes
- Latah County, Death Indexes
- Lemhi County Death Records
- Lemhi County Records, 1868-1964
- Lincoln County Deaths
- Lincoln County Records, 1886-1972
- Lincoln County Vital Records, 1886-1972
- Lincoln County, Birth, Marriage and Death quarterly reports, 1907-1945
- Lincoln County, Coroner’s Inquests, 1895-1933
- Lincoln County, Death Indexes
- Madison County Records
- Minidoka County Records, 1913-1961
- Minidoka County, Minidoka, Japanese-Americans in World War II, 1942-1945
- Miscellaneous BMD Records by County
- Oneida County, Death Indexes
- Online Searchable Death Indexes
- Owyhee County Death Records
- Payette County Deaths and Transcribed Obituaries
- Shoshone County, Death Indexes
- Southeast Counties Deaths and Transcribed Obituaries, 1864-2007
- Southern Counties Deaths and Obituary Clippings, 1943-2013
- Teton County Records, 1900-1988
- Teton County, Death Indexes
- Twin Falls County Death Indexes
- 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, Death Index, 1907-1920
- United States Deaths and Burials, 1867-1961
- United States Korean War Battle Deaths, 1950-1957
- United States Social Security Death Index
- United States, World War I American Expeditionary Forces Deaths, 1917-1919
- Valley County Deaths and Obituary Clippings
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
For other Free Idaho Links, click on the category of interest:
Newspapers
Obituaries
BMD Records
Photos
Yearbooks
Directories
Divorce Records
Naturalizations
Church Records
School Records
Coroner Records
Voter Records
Probate and Wills
Immigration
Mortuary Records
Alumni Records
Cemetery Records
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