Ouray County, Colorado Genealogy

United StatesColoradoOuray County

County Courthouse
Ouray County Courthouse 541 4th St Ouray, CO 81427 Phone: 970.325.4961 Formerly Uncompahgre County. Name changed to Ouray 2 Mar 1883 County Clerk has marriage and land records from 1881 County Treasurer has birth records from 1877 and death records from 1894; Court Clerk has divorce, probate and Court records

Parent County

 * 18 January 1877 - Ouray county (original, renamed) was created from San Juan County. This is not the same county as the present day county of Ouray. County seat: Ouray

Neighboring Counties

 * Gunnison
 * Hinsdale
 * Montrose
 * San Juan
 * San Miguel

Probate
Colorado State Archives has put the Ouray County Probate Index for the years 1878-1919 on-line

Vital Records
Colorado Vital Records Search

Societies and Libraries
Ouray Library District 320 6th Ave Ouray, CO 81427 Telephone 970-325-4616 Website http://ouray.ipac.dynixasp.com/#focus

Ridgway Library District 300 Charles Ridgway, CO 81432 Telephone 970-626-5252 Website http://www.youseemore.com/RIDGWAYPL/DEFAULT.ASP

Ouray County Historical Society P. O. Box 151 Ouray, CO 81427 Telephone 970-325-4576 Website http://www.ouraycountyhistoricalsociety.org/

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * Ouray County, Colorado Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Ouray County, Colorado Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)