Conejos County, Colorado Genealogy

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County Courthouse
The Conejos County Courthouse was built in June 1890, it was destroyed by fire in 1980, at which time it was rebuilt.

Parent County
1861--Conejos County was created 1 November 1861 as an original county under the name of Guadalupe. The name was changed to Conejos 7 November 1869. County seat: Conejos

Record Loss
The county land records 1878-1936 and all other county records were lost when the court house burned in 1980, except for the Grantee and Grantor books. There are a few marriage records of the late 1940's that remain.

Places / Localities
==== Populated Places =
 * Antonito
 * Bountiful
 * Capulin
 * Conejos
 * Fox Creek
 * Guadalupe
 * La Jara
 * Las Mesitas
 * Lobatos
 * Los Cerritos
 * Los Sauces
 * Manassa
 * Mogote
 * Ortiz
 * Richfield
 * Romero
 * Sanford

Neighboring Counties

 * Alamosa
 * Archuleta
 * Costilla
 * Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
 * Rio Grande
 * Taos County, New Mexico

Cemeteries

 * Antonito Cemetery
 * Church-Capulin Cemetery
 * Gomez-Capulin Cemetery
 * New Capulin Cemetery
 * Conejos Cemetery
 * Fox Creek Cemetery (North side of Fox Creek)
 * La Jara Cemetery (US Hwy 285, North of La Jara)
 * Las Mesitas Cemetery
 * Los Cerritos Cemetery
 * Los Sauces Catholic Cemetery "Gateway To Heaven"
 * Los Sauces Pinacostal Cemetery
 * Lobatos Cemetery
 * New Manassa Cemetery, (South side of "M" Mountain)
 * Old Manassa Cemetery, (South end of Fifth Street, Manassa)
 * Martinez Cemetery
 * Mogote Cemetery
 * Nance Cemetery, (West and South of the Old Manassa Cemetery)
 * Ortiz Cemetery
 * New Ortiz Cemetery
 * Presbyterian Church Cemetery
 * San Antonio Cemetery
 * Sanford Cememtery, County Rd. 19 (1881-current)
 * Seventh-Day Adventist Cemetery
 * Sowards Cemetery, (West of the Old Manassa Cemetery)
 * Valdez Cemetery

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Conejos Branch 1878-1879
 * Eastdale Ward 1894-1908
 * La Jara Ward (see Richfield Ward)
 * Fox Creek Branch 1893-1894
 * Manassa Ward 1892-1897, 1907-1948
 * Manassa 1 Ward
 * Manassa 2 Ward 1920-1928
 * Morgan Branch 1934-1942
 * Mountain View Branch 1889-1896
 * Richfield Ward 1884-1941
 * Romeo Ward 1936-1948
 * Sanford Ward 1888-1948

Existing LDS Wards and Branches


 * La Jara 1 Ward
 * Fox Creek Branch
 * Manassa 1 Ward
 * Manassa 2 Ward
 * Manassa 3 Ward
 * Sanford 1 Ward
 * Sanford 2 Ward
 * San Luis Branch

Divorce
The Colorado State Archives has put a name only index to the Conjeos County Divorce Records for the period 7/13/1899 to 9/20/1915 on-line.

Military
The Colorado State Archives has put an Index to the Conejos County World War II Enlistments on-line.

Taxation
Colorado State Archives has the Conejos County Inheritance Tax Records Index (1918-1923) online

Vital Records
Colorado Vital Records Search

Websites
Link title
 * Family History Library Catalog