Park County, Colorado Genealogy

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

County Courthouse
County Clerk has marriage records 1893 and land records; Clerk District Court has divorce, probate and court records

County Seat
Fairplay

Parent County
1861--Park County was created 1 November 1861 as an original county.

Neighboring Counties

 * Chaffee
 * Clear Creek
 * Douglas
 * Fremont
 * Jefferson
 * Lake
 * Summit
 * Teller

Cemeteries
Courtesy of the Local Historical Archives of Park County, Colorado:


 * Cemetery Surveys for this area

Local History
Courtesy of The Park County Historic Preservation Advisory Committee and the Park County Local History Archives:


 * Oral Histories of the area by 64 individuals

Newspapers
Courtesy of Park County Historical Archives:


 * An index to obituaries published in their newspapers covering 19th and 20th centuries.

Probate
The Colorado State Archives has put the Park County Will Records Index (1892-1925) on-line.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Libraries
Park County Public Library 418 Main Street Fairplay, CO 80440 Telephone: 719-836-4299 Website http://parkcounty.colibraries.org/

Societies
Foothills Genealogical Society of Colorado, Inc. P.O. Box 150382 Lakewood, CO 80215-0382 Telephone: 303-935-9192 http://www.foothillsgenealogy.org

Vital Records
Colorado Vital Records Search

Birth
Birth records may become public records when 100 years have elapsed after the date of birth. EXCEPTION: The birth record of any individual who is known to be currently alive will remain confidential even if they are 100 years of age or greater.

Marriage
Donated by Lucille Brown through the Local Historical Archives, Park County, Colorado


 * Marriage Records 1881-1950

Death
Death records may become public records when 75 years have elapsed after the date of death.

Divorce
The Colorado State Archives has put a name only index to the Park County Divorce Records for the period 7/30/1957 to 6/3/1974 on-line.

Web Sites

 * Park County, Colorado Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Park County, Colorado Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)