Chaffee County, Colorado Genealogy

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Guide to Chaffee County Colorado genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
County Clerk has marriage and land records

County Seat
Salida

Parent County
1 November 1861:Chaffee County was created as an original county. It was formally known as Lake County (while Lake County was known as Carbonate County) for a brief period before the name was changed to Chaffee on 10 February 1879.

Neighboring Counties

 * Fremont
 * Gunnison
 * Lake
 * Park
 * Pitkin
 * Saguache

Newspapers
Online Newspapers


 * 1881-1894 - Buena Vista Herald online at Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection - free.
 * 1883-1892 - Buena Vista Democrat online at Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection - free.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Salida Colorado Family History Center

Libraries

 * Buena Vista Public Library 131 Linderman Avenue Buena Vista, CO 81211 Phone: (719) 395-8700 www2.youseemore.com/buenavista/default.asp br&gt;


 * Salida Regional Library 405 E Street Salida, CO 81201 Phone: (719) 539-4826 www.salidalibrary.org/

Websites

 * Chaffee County Trails To The Past
 * Chaffee County COGenWeb
 * Chaffee County, Colorado Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Chaffee County, Colorado Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)