I am looking for information about the people who lived in Buhl, Idaho from 1900 - 1950. My Great-great grandparents lived and died there. Names that are relevant are: King, Swanson, Higginbotham, Quinn, Long.

Hi Rita,
I checked the ID Death Index and didn't find Margaret listed there. I was looking for her exact death date.

However, there is a Random Acts Genealogical Kindness volunteer who will look up obits. Go to www.raogk.org, read instructions, choose Idaho, choose Twin Falls and provide him the specifics.

You can use RAOGK to get copies of the others obits.

Also, you can contact the Idaho Genealogy Society, http://idahogenealogy.org/# and ask them if they do research. Their email is idahogenealogy@hotmail.com . Some Gen. Soc's have scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, Polk County Directories, etc.

Idaho is restrictive in that you can't get a copy of a birth cert until 100 years have passed after the birth. You must wait 50 years after a death to get a copy of a death cert which is probably why their death index stops in 1951. Successful Searching!

Rita,
I see you are new to posting of genealogical inquiries. When you post, it is important to limit your search posting to an individual or individual family. By posting five family names, most researchers feel you are looking for everything and aren't doing your own research. You should also post as much information as you can about the sought person. Their Date-of-Birth is ESPECIALLY important if you have it. If not, post what you can about the person.

Now to answer your other post on this board, posted 9 March 2009, concerning Ephraim W. King and Margaret L. Williams-King. That posting was very well document.

Since I found your own family tree posted on Ancestry.com, you can find the below family trees posted by others concerning this family.

Your tree for the benefit of other researchers is at:
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?pid=-1226975960&...=
Of all the trees posted, I found yours to have the most data, nicely done, so you already have a GREAT deal of information about this family. So, saying that, it's even more important to be specific about what you need, or you might get a lot of research that you already have from someone that didn't take the time to see what you really needed.

1. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?pid=-1485715748&...=

2. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?pid=-984630063&...=

3. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?pid=-477610846&...=

4. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?pid=-935473565&...=

5. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?pid=-574027267&...=

6. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?pid=-457448080&...=

Also, since the limitations on receiving death certificate, etc., of 50 years is LONG past, you can order them through:
http://healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/Families/BirthDeathMarriag...

You're doing a great job.

Ron Bestrom

Thank you so much for your suggestions! I appreciate knowing how best to get information from others that is specifically what I need. I am lucky to have found so much information about this part of my family. Fortunately, I have gleaned my information from the actual children of Ephraim and Margart King. Now all but the two youngest are living, and they were very young when their parents died. So they don't have early, early memories. Also, the close proximity of Idaho has made it possible for us to actually go to the cemetery in which they are buried.
Thanks again for your help!
Rita Birch

Thank you for your recommendations of where I can find information. Sometimes it takes a very long time to get a reply to a query. Thank you, again.

Happy hunting,
Rita Birch