LATAH COUNTY
MAP LINKS:
Digital Atlas of Idaho
Family Maps of Latah County, Idaho Mapping original Land owners indexed on the BLM
(Source: Arphax Publishing Co.) ($)
Latah County
(Source: 1895 U.S. Atlas)
Latah County Gazetteer
(Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System)
Latah County Post Offices
(Source: Idaho Postal History)
Latah County Postal Covers ($)
Latah County Topo Maps and Aerial Photos
(Source: Trails.com)
Latah County's Vanishing Communities
Moscow, Idaho in 1897
NEZ PERCE COUNTY
MAP LINKS:
Digital Atlas of Idaho
Nez Perce County
(Source: 1895 U.S. Atlas)
Nez Perce County Gazetteer (Source:
USGS Geographic Names
Information System)
Nez Perce
County Post Offices (Source:
Idaho Postal
History)
Nez Perce County Postal Covers ($)
Nez Perce
County Topo Maps and Aerial Photos (Source:
Trails.com)
Sanborn Maps
Sanborn fire insurance
maps are the most frequently consulted maps in both public and academic
libraries. Sanborn maps are valuable historical tools for urban specialists,
social historians, architects, geographers, genealogists, local historians,
planners, environmentalists and anyone who wants to learn about the history,
growth, and development of American cities, towns, and neighborhoods. They are
large-scale plans containing data that can be used to estimate the potential
risk for urban structures. This includes information such as the outline of each
building, the size, shape and construction materials, heights, and function of
structures, location of windows and doors. The maps also give street names,
street and sidewalk widths, property boundaries, building use, and house and
block numbers. Seven or eight different editions represent some areas.
General Land Office:
For federal records of homesteads, you may wish to visit the Bureau of Land
Management General Land Office online at
http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/.
Once there, select "Search Land Patents," currently in the top left-hand corner
of the page, then provide your ancestor’s name and the state where he or she
claimed a homestead. When his or her name and claim number appears, click on
"Details." Once in the Land Patent Details page, be sure to click on the “Land
Patent,” “Legal Land Description” and “Certified Copy” folder tabs to view all
the information available on this site concerning your ancestor’s homestead.
General Land Office survey records may prove helpful, as well. They are
accessible from the same opening webpage,
http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/. The
same information may be obtained by mail, phone, or email from Ms. Patricia
Tyler, GLO Records Program Manager, Bureau of Land Management, 7450 Boston
Boulevard, Springfield VA 22153-3121, (703) 440-1786 (phone), (703) 440-1609
(fax), or records@es.blm.gov; or more
locally from Paul Richardson, Contact Representative, BLM Idaho State Office,
1387 S. Vinnell Way, Boise ID 83709, Phone: 208.373.3890, Fax: 208-373-3899, or
Paul_Richardson@blm.gov
National Archives Records Service
Center:
With the information provided by the General Land Office, you may then wish to
request from the National Archives copies of the "Homestead Proof-Testimony of
Claimant" and "Homestead Proof-Testimony of Witness" records for your ancestor.
You may request these records from Archives 1 Reference, (NWCT1F-Land), Textual
Archives Services Division, National Archives and Records Administration, 700
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington DC 20408-0001. An NATF Form 84 is provided
for your convenience, should you desire these records from the National
Archives. With your request, you must provide the name of the homestead patent
holder (ancestor), the location of the homestead (section, township, range), the
patent number, and the patent issue date. (These numbers are all gathered from
the General Land Office website described above).
