Boulder County, Colorado Genealogy

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

County Courthouse
County recorder has marriage records from 1863, land records from 1864 and military discharge records from 1917; County Health Department has birth and death records records from 1872 County Court has probate, divorce and court records.

County Seat
Boulder

Parent County
1 November 1861: Boulder County was created 1 November 1861 as an original county.

Neighboring Counties

 * Broomfield
 * Gilpin
 * Grand
 * Jefferson
 * Larimer
 * Weld

Cemeteries
Columbia Cemetery, 1201 9th Street, Boulder, CO 80302 (also called Pioneer, Masonic, City, Park, Boulder, and Old Cemetery) http://www.bouldergenealogy.org/bgs/cemeteries/columbia/columbia_intro.html

Green Mountain Cemetery, 290 20th Street, Boulder CO 80302 303 444-5695 http://www.bouldergenealogy.org/bgs/cemeteries/greenmnt/GMC_intro.htm

Lutheran

 * Records of the American Lutheran Church, Broomfield, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Court Records
Boulder County Mothers' Compensation Records 1914-1934. An Index compiled from the offical record of the applications granted by the Boulder County Commissioners during these years. Record may show the following:


 * Name of Applicant
 * Date and Amount of Compensation payment
 * Any adjustments to the pension
 * Person's age
 * Town nearest to where they lived
 * Other Actions done by the County.

Boulder County Old Age Pension Records 1933-1936. An Index compiled from the offical record of the applications granted by the Boulder County Commissioners during these years. Record may show the following:


 * Name of Applicant
 * Date and Amount of pension payment
 * Any adjustments to the pension
 * Person's age
 * Town nearest to where they lived
 * Other Actions done by the County

Newspapers
Online Newspapers


 * 1869 - Boulder County Pioneer online at Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection - free.
 * 1869-1878 - Boulder County News online at Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection - free.
 * 1871 - Burlington Free Press online at Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection - free.
 * 1872-1882 - Longmont Press online at Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection - free.
 * 1875-1877 - Colorado Banner online at Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection - free.
 * 1878 - Boulder County Courier online at Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection - free.
 * 1879-1883 - Boulder News and Courier online at Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection - free.
 * 1888 - Longmont Times online at Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection - free.
 * 1891-1894 - Boulder Daily Camera online at Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection - free.
 * 1896 - Daily Times, Longmont, online at Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection - free.
 * 1897-1898 - Longmont Ledger online at Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection - free.
 * 1900-1901 - Lyons Recorder online at Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection - free.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Boulder Colorado Family History Center
 * Longmont Colorado Family History Center

Libraries

 * Boulder Public Library 1000 Canyon Blvd Boulder, CO 80302 Phone: (303) 441-3100 boulderlibrary.org/


 * Lafayette Public Library 775 W Baseline Rd Lafayette, CO 80026 Phone: (303) 665-5200 www.cityoflafayette.com/SectionIndex.asp


 * Longmont Public Library 409 4th Ave Longmont, CO 80501 www.ci.longmont.co.us/library/index.htm


 * Louisville Public Library 951 Spruce Street Louisville, CO 80027 Phone: (303) 335-4849 www.louisville-library.org/


 * Lyons Depot Library 430 Fifth Avenue Lyons, CO 80540 Phone: (303) 823-5165 www.townoflyons.com/index.php


 * Nederland Community Library 750 N. Highway 72 Nederland, CO 80466 Phone: (303) 258-1101 nederland.colibraries.org/

Societies

 * Boulder Genealogical Society P.O. Box 3246 Boulder, CO 80307-3246 Website http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bgs/index.html


 * Longmont Genealogical Society P.O. Box 6081 Longmont, CO 80501-2077 Website http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~colgs/index.htm#top


 * St. Vrain Historical Society P.O. Box 705 Longmont, Colorado 80502-0705 Telephone: 303-776-1870 Websiste http://www.stvrainhistoricalsociety.org/


 * Broomfield Genealogy Society Broomfield, CO Website http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cobgs/

Taxation
Boulder County Inheritance Tax Records Index (1941-1943) is one of many On-Line Indexes available at the Colorado State Archives website.

Vital Records
Colorado Vital Records Search

Divorce
The Colorado State Archives has put a name only index to the Boulder County Divorce Records for the period 5/14/1904 to 4/22/1912 on-line.

Populated Places
Longmont, Boulder County, Colorado

Hygiene, Boulder County, Colorado

Websites

 * Boulder County COGenWeb
 * Boulder County, Colorado Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Boulder County, Colorado Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)