Teller County, Colorado Genealogy

United States Colorado  Teller County

Guide to Teller County Colorado genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
County Clerk has marriage and land record from 1899 Clerk District Court has divorce, probate and court records

County Seat
Cripple Creek

Parent County



 * 23 March 1899: Teller County was created from El Paso County.

Neighboring Counties

 * Douglas
 * El Paso
 * Fremont
 * Jefferson
 * Park

Cemeteries

 * Tombstone Inscriptions of Teller County, Colorado, is a publication completed in 2002 by members of the Pikes Peak Genealogical Society. It includes information on all known burial sites in the county, maps, sexton records where available, and inscriptions. Because so many burials in the Cripple Creek mining district County are unmarked, it also includes known information on miners' deaths, prostitutes' deaths, indexes of extant mortuary books, and more.

Probate
Colorado State Archives has put the Teller County Will Records Index for the years 1894-1971 on-line.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Libraries

 * Southern Teller County School/Public Lib Dist 410 B Street Cripple Creek, CO 80813 Telephone: 719-689-2800


 * Rampart Library District/Woodland Park/Florissant 218 E. Midland Woodland Park, CO 80863 Telephone: 719-687-9281 Website http://rampart.colibraries.org/

Museums
Cripple Creek District Museum, P.O. Box 1210, Cripple Creek, CO 80813; (719) 689-2634; street address: 510 Bennett Dr., Cripple Creek. Holds early mortuary books, extensive family files, more.

Societies

 * Ute Pass Historical Society 222 East Midland Ave. Woodland Park, CO 80863 Mailing Address P.O. Box 6875 Woodland Park, CO 80866 Telephone 719) 686-7512 Website http://www.utepasshistoricalsociety.org/

Taxation
Colorado State Archives has put the Teller County Inheritance Tax Records Index for 1917-1936 online.

Vital Records
Colorado Vital Records Search

Websites

 * Teller County CO Trails to the Past
 * Linkpendium
 * USGenWeb Archives
 * USGenWeb Archives Backup site