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This site is devoted to Colorado Genealogy. Here you will find historical and genealogical records for the State of Colorado. In addition to the online indices of vital records such as wills, probates, naturalizations, birth, death and cemetery transcriptions, you will also find a history timeline, Colorado maps, research tips, and a tutorial on how to read legal land descriptions. Plus some fun stuff that changes as the mood moves me. Check back often, as I add new indices on a very regular basis! I'm Vikki Gray and this site represents my effort to make the world a little better place - at least for genealogical and historical researchers. This site began because I was frustrated at not being able to find online genealogical records in New York. I couldn't do anything about the New York records, but I could do something about records in Colorado, where I live. So here it is. One important note before you get started! Most families had a member or two that headed to Colorado for the Gold Rush. If you are researching Colorado records during the Gold Rush era I strongly suggest that you check more than just one area. I have found that the majority of the prospectors moved around from strike to strike. A typical miner may have prospected in the Central City/ Blackhawk/ Georgetown area, then Breckenridge, then down to Cripple Creek, moving again to Telluride, and finally ending up back in Denver. This is very common, so don't limit your search to one county unless your ancestor was a farmer! |
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Table of Contents |
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Searchable Indices | This is the important stuff! |
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Colorado History | A timeline to help you narrow your search |
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Research Tips | How
to take tombstone rubbings and casts Guidelines for reading & dating tombstones |
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Land Tutorial | Learn to read legal land descriptions - the rectangular survey, metes and bounds, and the Texas abstract system |
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Conversions | Convert those crazy measurements such as rods, varas, furlongs, acres and arpents to something that resembles English. |
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BLM Addresses | Contact the correct Bureau of Land Management Office to obtain land patents, mining claim patents, and maps. |
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Maps Galore | Colorado County Maps by date of formation; relief maps, road maps, judicial district maps |
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What's New | Grave Markers - Woodmen of the World and Military Markers - numerous counties, courtesy of Jim Davenport |
| . | . | "Lost Graves" at The Fort Restaurant in Morrison, Jefferson County, CO |
| . | . | Owners of Early Colorado Cattle Brands |
| . | . | Belgin Cemetery - Jefferson County |
| . | . | Early Residents of Pitkin County, Colorado - added 2/4/00! |
| . | . | Otero County, 1944 Manzanares High School Alumni List |
| . | . | Leadville High School - 1924 Prospector Yearbook |
| . | . | Updated List of Early San Luis Valley Residents - Sources now online |
Copyright © 1998 by Vikki Gray. All rights reserved. This site may be freely linked to, but not duplicated, in any fashion without my consent. Background and title banner graphics property of Vikki Gray.
