United States Resources: Colorado

    Colorado quilt square based on Beth Summers' American Quilt Blocks

    ROOTS-L Databases and Files

  • Colorado Surnames in the RootsWeb Surname List

    Surname to search for:
  • Colorado Books We Own
  • genealog.lc-co: Books in the on-line Library of Congress catalog with the subject "Colorado--genealogy."
  • genealog.vital-co: Where to write for Colorado vital records, Colorado genealogical and historical societies, and the state archives. Or check Colorado Vital Records Information for more current info on where to write for vital records.

    Other Colorado Genealogical and Historical Resources on the Net

    Other Colorado Genealogy and History Pages

  • Linkpendium Colorado County Links
  • Colorado Resources at Rootsweb:
    • State level
    • County level
  • Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet - U.S. - Colorado
  • The Colorado GenWeb Project
  • American Local History Network
  • The American History and Genealogy Project
  • Denver, Colorado Area Genealogy Resources a guide for colorado residents and visitors

    General Resources

  • USGenWeb Archives: Colorado
  • LDS Research Outline for Colorado
  • Colorado Family History Centers
    • 1880 U. S. Census
    • 1900 U. S. Census
    • 1910 U. S. Census
    • 1920 U. S. Census
  • The USGenWeb Census Project: Colorado
    • Completed Transcriptions
  • Mountain Men and the Fur Trade
  • Census Online: Colorado
  • Earthquake History of Colorado
  • Colorado Tornadoes, 1950-1995
  • Sisters of Mercy in Colorado
  • Ghostseekers: Resources for Colorado Genealogy
  • Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness
  • Colorado Ghost Towns
  • The Rich History of Colorado's Fourteener Country
  • Pony Express Colorado Stations
  • Historic House Museums in Colorado
  • Molly Brown House Museum Denver
  • Colorado outlaws, gamblers and lawmen
  • Colorado Civilian Conservation Corps camps
  • US 50: A Brief History of America's Backbone
  • St. Conrad's Capuchin-Franciscan Province of Mid-America
  • Colorado Postal History
  • Colorado Bibliography - United States and Worldwide Postal History
  • Southwestern Archaeology - An Ethnographic Look at Applied Scientific Practices in the American Southwest
  • History of Route 40 and the National Road
  • Bent's Old Fort
  • Santa Fe National Historic Trail
  • California National Historic Trail
  • Pony Express National Historic Trail
  • ColoradoGenWeb Deeds Project

    Archives, Libraries and Special Collections

  • Colorado State Archives including Colorado State Archives Family History Resources
  • Boulder Public Library: Carnegie Branch Library for Local History
  • Clear Creak County Archives
  • Archives and Special Collections Auraria Library, University of Colorado at Denver
  • Fort Collins Public Library: Local History Archive
  • Bloedorn Research Center at the Fort Morgan Museum
  • Colorado Railroad Museum Golden
  • Phoenix Gold Mine Idaho Springs
  • Museums & Libraries are the windows to Larimer County
  • White River Museum - Meeker Colorado
  • Colorado Ski Museum & Ski Hall of Fame Vail

    Cemeteries

  • Tombstone Transcription Project
  • Cemetery Records Online
  • The Colorado Political Graveyard
  • Find A Grave
  • Riverside Cemetery, Chaffee County
  • The Lonetree Cemetery, Telluride

    Ethnic and Religious

  • Black American West Museum and Heritage Center
  • Comanche History

    Local History and Information

  • Antoine Janis pioneer fur trapper
  • Adams County Links
  • Alamosa County Links
  • Arapahoe County Links
  • Archuleta County Links
  • Front Range History: Aurora
  • Baca County Links
  • Bent County Links
  • Boulder County Links
  • Boulder County Colorado Marriage Returns
  • City of Boulder History
  • Broomfield County Links
  • Buena Vista Historic Walking Tour
  • June Shaputis' Chaffee County
  • Chaffee County, Colorado Genealogical Resources
  • Chaffee County Links
  • Cheyenne County Links
  • Clear Creek County Links
  • Conejos County Links
  • Costilla County Links
  • Craig History
  • Crowley County Links
  • Custer County Links
  • Delta County Links
  • Denver County Links
  • Eagleton Elementary School Denver
  • Lake Middle School History Denver
  • Dolores County Links
  • Eagle County Links
  • Elbert County Links
  • El Paso County Links
  • Fremont County Links
  • Garfield County Links
  • Georgetown, Colorado -- History
  • Gilpin County Links
  • History of Golden
  • Grand County Links
  • Gunnison County Links
  • Hinsdale County Links
  • Huerfano County Links
  • Lord Byron Mine near Idaho Springs
  • Jackson County Links
  • Jefferson County Links
  • Kiowa County Links
  • Kit Carson County Links
  • La Plata County Links
  • Lake County Links
  • Larimer County Links
  • Las Animas County Links
  • Historic Walking Tour of Leadville
  • Lincoln County Links
  • Littleton History
  • Logan County Links
  • Louisville History
  • Mesa County Links
  • Mineral County Links
  • Moffat County Links
  • Montezuma County Links
  • Montrose County Links
  • The Town of Morrison - History
  • Otero County Links
  • Ouray County Links
  • The Overland Trail
  • A Brief History of Palisade, Colorado
  • Park County Links
  • Parker History
  • The History of Pearl Lake, Colorado
  • Phillips County Links
  • Pitkin History
  • Pitkin County Links
  • Prowers County Links
  • Pueblo County Links
  • Rio Blanco County Links
  • Rio Grande County Links
  • Routt County Links
  • Saguache County Links
  • Historic Salida Walking Tour
  • San Juan County Links
  • San Miguel County Links
  • Sedgwick County Links
  • Summit County Links
  • Teller County Links
  • Washington County Links
  • Weld County Links
  • History - Westminster, Colorado
  • Yuma County Links
  • Compressed data:
    • Obituaries and funeral notices for Denver: a compressed file named den-1990.arj of size 170K (decompressed, it's just over 700K), this file contains obituaries and funeral notices from Denver for all of 1990.
    • Colorado Marriages: a compressed file named colmar-a.zip of size 310K, this file expands to nearly 900K of data. Grooms whose surnames begin with A and who married between 1859 and 1939 are listed. A series was intended, but I don't know if any other letters have been completed. Listed are groom, bride, date, and location.

    Mailing lists

  • Colorado Mailing Lists
  • Mountain Men Mailing List and archived messages

    Maps and Gazetteers

  • USGS/GNIS Database of Colorado locations
  • Colorado from Color Landform Atlas of the United States
  • Colorado Profiles: Interactive county maps
  • Pam Rietsch's 1895 U.S. Atlas
  • Ghost Town Map

    Military

  • Civil War Sites in Colorado
  • Colorado Civil War Map of Battles
  • Union Regimental Index: Colorado
  • U.S. Military Personnel who died in the Korean War
  • Vietnam Conflict Casualty List

    Photographs

  • American West Images for Colorado
  • Detroit Publishing Company Photographs from Colorado
  • Colorado Photographs
  • Crystal, Colorado
  • Teller County, Colorado Postcards

    Societies, Historical and Genealogical

  • Colorado Historical Society
    • Office of Archaeology & Historic Preservation
  • Colorado Genealogical Society
  • Colorado Council of Genealogical Societies

      Ethnic and Religious

    • American Historical Society of Germans from Russia
      • Denver Metro Chapter
      • Northern Colorado Chapter
    • Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society

      Lineage

    • Colorado State Society Daughters of the American Revolution
      • Front Range Chapter - Broomfield
      • Kinnikkinnik Chapter - Colorado Springs
      • Colorado Chapter - Denver
      • Denver Chapter - Denver
    • Colorado Society Sons of the American Revolution
    • Sons of Confederate Veterans - Colorado Division
    • Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861-1865 Colorado & Wyoming Department
    • Kansas Commandery Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (includes Colorado)

      Railroad

    • Intermountain Chapter - National Railway Historical Society
    • Western Colorado Chapter - National Railway Historical Society

      Special Interest

    • Colorado Archaeological Society
    • Partisan Prohibition Historical Society
    • Oregon-California Trails Association

      Local

    • Archuleta County Genealogy Society
    • Aspen Historical Society
    • The Boulder Genealogical Society
    • Old Colorado City Historical Society
    • Columbine Genealogical and Historical Society
    • Denver Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution
    • The Elbert County Historical Society
    • The Foothills Genealogical Society
    • Gilpin Historical Society
    • Lafayette and Louisville Genealogy Society
    • Larimer County Genealogical Society
    • Longmont Genealogical Society
    • Mesa County Genealogical Society
    • Palmer Lake Historical Society
    • Pueblo County Historical Society
    • Rio Blanco County Historical Society
    • San Juan Historical Society
    • Weld County Genealogical Society
    • Westminster Historical Society

    Vital Records

  • Colorado Health Statistics and Vital Records Division
  • Colorado Vital Records from VitalChek
  • Colorado Vital Records Information from Elizabeth T. Orsay
  • Clear Creek County Marriage Licenses, 1882-1905
  • Larimer County Vital Statistics Section

    Commercial

  • Ancestor Publishers
  • SK Publications Colorado Census CDs
  • Weber's Books and Drawings
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