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Colorado
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Table of Contents
Records Of The Family History Library
Family History Library Catalog
Archives And Libraries
Bible Records
Biography
Cemeteries
Census
Church Records
Court Records
Directories
Emigration And Immigration
Gazetteers
Genealogy
History
Land And Property
Maps
Military Records
Naturalization And Citizenship
Newspapers
Periodicals
Probate Records
Vital Records
For Further Reading
Comments And Suggestions

BIBLE RECORDSLook this term up in the glossary.

The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Collection contains some Colorado Bible records. This collection is described in the “Genealogy” section of this outline. It is partially indexed by E. Kay Kirkham, An Index to Some of the Bibles and Family Records of the United States, vol. 2 (Logan, Utah: Everton Publishers, 1984; FHL book 973 D22kk v. 2; fiche 6089184).


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BIOGRAPHYLook this term up in the glossary.

The best collection of published biographies in Colorado is at the Colorado Historical Society. They also have a biographical vertical file and the Bromwell Index (FHL films 1688547-8), which is a five-volume alphabetical list of prominent people in Colorado up to 1933.

Two representative biographical encyclopediasLook this term up in the glossary. are:

Stone, Wilbur Fiske. History of Colorado. 4 vols. Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1918-19. (FHL book 978.8 H2sw; film 1320948 items 1-3.) Volumes 2-4 contain biographies.

Portrait and Biographical Record of the State of Colorado. . . . 2 vols. Chicago: Chapman Publishing Co., 1899. (FHL book 978.8 D3p; film 1000142.)


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CEMETERIESLook this term up in the glossary.

The Daughters of the American Revolution Collection contains tombstone inscriptions from Colorado cemeteries. This collection is described in the “Genealogy” section of this outline.

The names, locations, and addresses of cemeteries in the state and references to published and nonpublished transcripts are found in Kay R. Merrill, Colorado Cemetery Directory (Denver: Colorado Council of Genealogical Societies, 1985; FHL book 978.8 V34cc; film 1597842 item 4).

Transcripts from some small cemeteries in 33 counties have been published in Lela O. McQueary, Colorado Cemetery Inscriptions (Englewood, Colo.: Kay R. Merrill, 1985; FHL book 978.8 V3m; fiche 6087257).


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CENSUSLook this term up in the glossary.


FederalLook this term up in the glossary.

Many federal census records are found at the Family History Library, the National Archives, and other federal and state archives. The United States Research Outline provides more detailed information regarding these records.

The Family History Library has the federal censuses for the state of Colorado for 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920 and a special federal census taken in 1885. The 1890 census was destroyed.

SoundexLook this term up in the glossary. (phonetic) indexes are available on microfilm for part of the 1880 census and all of the 1900 and 1920 censuses. The Family History Library also has a published index for the 1880 census and a Denver street index (FHL fiche 6331481) for use with the 1910 census.

Mortality schedulesLook this term up in the glossary. (lists of deaths in the year before a census) exist for the 1860 (Kansas Territory), 1870, 1870, and 1880. The schedules and indexes are at the Family History Library.


TerritorialLook this term up in the glossary.

An 1860 federal territorial census was taken in the four territories from which Colorado was created. For the northeastern part of the state, see the Nebraska 1860 census schedules designated “unorganized territory.” The central eastern section was enumerated with Arapahoe County, Kansas Territory. The southeast portion was enumerated in parts of Taos and Mora counties of New Mexico Territory. Since the half of the state included in the Utah TerritoryLook this term up in the glossary. was not settled, no census was taken in that area.

The Colorado Historical Society has a card index to the 1860 census. Separate indexes for the Nebraska and New Mexico portions are included in the 1860 indexes for those territories. An index to Arapahoe County, Kansas (where most of Colorado's 1860 population lived) is found in search 7A on the AIS census index on microfiche.

An 1870 Colorado Territory census and index are also at the Family History Library. Both the 1860 and 1870 censuses include mortality schedules.

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