San Juan County, Colorado Genealogy

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County Courthouse
San Juan County Courthouse PO Box 466; Silverton, CO 81433-0466 Phone 970.387.5671

County Treasure has birth records from 1880 and death records from 1901; County Clerk has marriage records from 1880, military records from 1941 and land records Clerk District court has divorce, probate and court records

Parent County

 * Before 1861 the extreme east-central part of this modern Colorado county was in New Mexico Territory. Check for possible pre-1861 records in New Mexico. For further explanation see Taos County, Colorado.
 * 1876  San Juan County was created 31 January 1876 from La Plata County. County seat: Silverton

Neighboring Counties

 * Dolores
 * Hinsdale
 * La Plata
 * Montezuma
 * Ouray
 * San Miguel

Societies and Libraries
Silverton Public Library 1117 Reese Silverton, CO 81433 Telephone: 970-387-5770 Website http://silvertonpl.ipac.dynixasp.com/#focus

San Juan County Historical Society 1569 Greene Street Silverton, CO 81433 Telephone 970-387-5838 Website http://www.silvertonhistoricsociety.org/

Family History Center

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

Web Sites

 * San Juan County, Colorado Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * San Juan County, Colorado Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)