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Useful Links

Denver Public Library Western History Department

W. 14th Ave Pkwy, Denver, CO  80204
720-865-1821
www.denverlibrary.org
Genealogy resources , Denver records
Census records
House history materials
 

Colorado State Archives

1313 Sherman St.  Room 1B Denver, CO 80203
303-866-2358
http://colorado.gov
Repository for state and county records
Marriage index
School records
Colorado Military records
Prison Records
 

Colorado Health Department, Vital Records Division

4300 Cherry Creek Dr. So., Denver, CO 80222
303 756 4464
http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/certs/genealogy.html
Birth, death, marriage records 1910 to present

Colorado Genealogy Society

P.O. Box 9218
Denver, CO 80209
http://www.cogensoc.us/
Assistance in searching Colorado genealogies
 

Colorado Legislative Council

http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite/CGA-LegislativeCouncil/CLC/12005361...
Legislative Biographies

National Archives Rocky Mountain Region

W. 6th Ave. Kipling, Lakewood, CO 80225
303-407-5740
http://nara.gov
Military service records
Records from federal courts and agencies in Colo.

Bureau of Land Management – Colorado State Office

2850 Youngfield St. Lakewood, CO 80215
303-239-3600
www.glorecords.blm.gov
Patented mining claims
Federal homestead records
Surveys and other federal land records

Other libraries and archives


Arthur Lakes Library—Colorado School of Mines

Golden, Colo.
303-273-3911
www.mines.edu/library
Mines and mining
 

Boulder Public Library

Carnegie Branch for Local History
Boulder, Colo.
303-441 3110
www.boulder.lib.co.us
History of Boulder, photographs, newspapers
 

Philip S. Miller Library—Douglas County Public Library Local History Collection

Castle Rock, Colo.
303-814-0795 
http://douglascountylibraries.org/
History of Douglas County and Front Range
 

Family History Library

Salt Lake City Utah
https://www.familysearch.org/

Fort Collins Public Library Local History Archive

Fort Collins, Colo.
970-221-6688
http://history.poudrelibraries.org/
Fort Collins and Larimer County history
 

Center of Southwest Studies - Fort Lewis College

Durango, Colo.
970-247-7456
http://swcenter.fortlewis.edu/

City of Greeley Municipal Archives

Greeley, Colo.
970 350 9220
www.greeleymuseums.com
History of Greeley and High Plains region

Colorado State University Library—Archives and Special Collections

Fort Collins, Colo.
970-491-1844
http://manta.library.colostate.edu/archives/
Germans from Russia in Colorado

Jefferson County Public Library –Golden Library

Golden, Colo.
303-279-4585
http://jefferson.lib.co.us
History of Golden, photographs
 

Jefferson County Public Library—Lakewood Library

Lakewood, Colo.
303-232-9507
http://jefferson.lib.co.us
 

Foothills Genealogy Society

Jefferson County Public Library—Standley Lake Library
Arvada, Colo.
303- 456- 0806
http://jefferson.lib.co.us
history of Jefferson County
 

Mesa Verde National Park - National Park Service

Mesa Verde, Colo.
970-529-5014
http://www.nps.gov/meve/historyculture/index.htm
Ancestral Pueblo Culture

Norlin Library—University of Colorado

Boulder
Boulder, Colo.
303- 492- 7242
http://www-libraries.colorado.edu
Western Americana, newspapers, photos
 

Penrose Library—University of Denver

Special Collections
Denver, Colo.
303-871-3428
www.penlib.du.edu/
Photographs, dance, music collections
 

Pikes Peak Library District—Penrose Special Collections

Colorado Springs, Colo.
719- 531- 6333 ext. 2253
http://library.ppld.org/
Photographs, newspapers, history of  Pikes Peak 
region
 

Tomlinson Library - Mesa State College

Grand Junction, Colo.
970-248-1864
http://www.mesastate.edu/msclibrary/spcoll.html

Tutt Library—Colorado College

Colorado Springs, Colo.
719-389-6668
www.coloradocollege.edu/library
History of Colorado  & Pikes Peak region, 
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