Adams County, Colorado Genealogy

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Parent County
1901--Adams County was created 15 April 1901 from Arapahoe County. County seat: Brighton

Populated Places
Aurora (city) Bennett (town) Brighton (city) Commerce City (city) Dupont Eastlake Federal Heights (city) Henderson Irondale Northglenn (city) Strasburg Thornton (city) Watkins Welby Westminster (city

Neighboring Counties

 * Arapahoe
 * Broomfield
 * Denver
 * Jefferson
 * Morgan 
 * Washington
 * Weld

Archives
Adams County ARCHIVES

Aurora Family History Center

950 Laredo St Aurora, CO 80011 Brighton Family History Center

1454 Myrtle Brighton, CO 80601

Cemeteries
Bennett Cemetery Black Cemetery Eastlawn Memorial Gardens Elmwood Cemetery Fairview Cemetery Highland Memorial Gardens Mount Nebo Cemetery Riverside Cemetery Rose Hill Cemetery Wesley Chapel Cemetery Woolsey Cemetery

Court
Adams County Old Age Pension Records 1933 - 1936. An Index compiled from the offical record of the applications granted by the Adams 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

Divorce
The Colorado State Archives has put a name only Index to the Adams County Divorce Records for the period 1904-1913 on-line.

Local Histories
Ancestry and Family History

Maps
Ancestry maps - Top cities by ethnic group

Historic maps of CO cities - Library of Congress Historic maps of Colorado

Adams County Maps http://www.co.adams.co.us/index.cfm?d=downloads&amp;w=2

Military
American Battle Monuments Commission - Overseas cemeteries Civil War Soldiers &amp; Sailors database Military records - National Archives Nationwide grave locator - U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs Search military records (historic)

Newspapers
Aurora Sentinel

School Records
Colorado State Archives has put an index of the Adams County teachers who were approved to teach in the county by the County Superintendent of Schools for the years 1913-1935 on-line. This list shows their name and may include the date, type of teaching certificate they possess and the town of residence.

Taxation
Colorado State Archives has put the Adams County Inheritance Tax Record Index for the years 1929-1943 on-line. Read more.

Web Sites

 * Family History Library Catalog