Clear Creek County, Colorado Genealogy

United StatesColoradoClear Creek County

County Courthouse
Clear Creek County Courthouse 405 Argentine Street; Georgetown, CO 80444-2000; Phone: 303.679.2339

County Clerk has marriage and land records from 1862

Parent County
1 November 1861:Clear Creek County was created as an original county. County seat: Georgetown

Neighboring Counties

 * Gilpin
 * Grand
 * Jefferson
 * Park
 * Summit

History
Every Name Index to History of Clear Creek and Boulder Valleys, Colorado. Every Name Index compiled by Cathy L. O'Connor, 2011, original text by O. L. Baskin, 1880, reproduction by Unigraphic, Inc., 1971. EveryNameIndex.com

Probate
Colorado State Archives has put an Index to the Clear Creek County Will Records for the years 1950 to 1964 on-line.

School Records
Colorado State Archives has put and index to the official records of the Clear Creek County Superintendent of Schools that are in the custody of the State Archives. This record is a hand written document identifying the students who were enrolled in School District #5 in 1874. This district generally encompasses what today is the Idaho Springs area. The information contained in the record generally shows the name of the student, date of the record, and where in the school district the child resided. Taxation

Vital Records
Colorado Vital Records Search

Societies and Libraries
Clear Creek Library District

John Tomay Memorial Library 605 Sixth Street Georgetown, CO 80444 Telephone: (303) 569-2620 clearcreek.colibraries.org/

Idaho Springs Public Library 219 14th Avenue P.O. Box 1509 Idaho Springs, CO 80452 Telephone: 303-567-2020 http://clearcreek.colibraries.org/IdahoSprings

Foothills Genealogical Society of Colorado, Inc. P.O. Box 150382 Lakewood, CO 80215-0382 Telephone: 303-935-9192 http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cofgs/index.html

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Websites

 * Clear Creek County COGenWeb
 * Clear Creek County, Colorado Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * EveryNameIndex.com  Free online genealogy indexes for those big old county histories.
 * EveryNameIndex.com  Free online genealogy indexes for those big old county histories.