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

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

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


 * Oral Histories of the area by 64 individuals

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

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.

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.

Vital Records
Colorado Vital Records Search

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


 * Marriage Records 1881-1950

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

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

Web Sites

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