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ICAPGen announces opening for Conference Booth Chair

announcementIf you are looking for an opportunity to become involved with ICAPGen℠, the Conference Booth Committee might be something you would enjoy.  ICAPGen likes to have a booth at RootsTech, the BYU Family History and Genealogy Conference, and other conferences, to promote our organization, answer questions about the accreditation process, and provide helpful literature.  We are looking for a committee chair and members to handle this for us.  Please let us know if this is something that would interest you.

Responsibilities for ICAPGen Booth Chair:

Make sure fees are paid for a booth at Rootstech and BYU Genealogy Conference. Other conferences may be included according to Board approval.

  • Create a schedule and arrange for AG® professionals to help sign up and cover hours at the booth during a conference
  • Sell books at the booth (accepting cash and using the Square on your cell phone)
  • Make sure there are flyers and book marks to pass out

o   Testing Levels brochure

o   Why Accredit brochure

o   ICAPGen bookmarks

o   Becoming an Excellent Genealogist book flyer

  • Make sure there are AG pins to sell
  • Arrange to have the booth set up and taken down during each conference
  • Collect any cash received for book or pin sales and give them to the Executive Secretary for deposit

Mountain States Resources: Idaho

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Claire V. Brisson-Banks, BS, MLIS, AG®

When conducting research in Idaho one can’t but stop and admire the landscape wherever you go, it is breathtaking. Originally it was part of the Oregon Territory and became a state in 1890. There are 44 counties and four Indian reservations, the Coeur d’Alene, Duck Valley, Nez Perce and Fort Hall. Idaho is one of the states included in the Mountain States Region for testing.

With most of the 1890 US census destroyed in 1921 by fire, The Idaho State Historical Society reconstructed the Idaho 1890 Census. According to their website, “The Idaho State Archives holds both the only original hard-copies and copies on microfilm of the 1870 and 1880 Agricultural, Industrial, Mortality, Prison, Social Statistical and Supplemental Schedules for Idaho.” Additional collections available from the Idaho State Historical Society are Biographical Index, Civil War Veterans Index, Inmate Catalog, Naturalization Records, Mothers’ Pension Records and Old Age Pension Records.

Special Collections at BYU-Idaho contains an index of the Japanese Immigrants to Utah, Idaho and Wyoming from 1887-1924, the Western States Marriage Record Index, Idaho State Death Index 1911-1956, Eastern Idaho Death Records, Progressive Men of Southeast Idaho, and Upper Snake River Valley Histories.

The IdahoGenWeb Project also contributes with additional resources. Their Idaho Mysteries are where unsolved events, incidents, and family stories can be located, additional resources are found by the county of residence. For those Black Sheep that show up or disappear in your tree, check out blacksheepancestors.com, this site also includes those who were institutionalized for a wide variety of things.

Additional research tips and strategies can be found on the FamilySearch Research Wiki, Cyndi’s List and Facebook groups. There are many other Facebook groups listed either by the area and Family History or Genealogy, they are easy to find. Each of these groups help one another through various research problems.

Enjoy these resources as you search for your ancestors from Idaho.