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Vital
records, as their name suggests, are connected with
central life events: birth, marriage, and death.
Maintained by civil authorities, they are prime
sources of genealogical information; but,
unfortunately, official vital records are available
only for relatively recent periods. These records,
despite their recent creation in the United States,
are critically important in genealogical research,
often supplying details on family members well back
into the nineteenth century.
The Source: A Guidebook of American
Genealogy, by
Loretto Szucs and Sandra Luebking.
Colorado Dept. of Health
4300 Cherry Creek Drive South
Denver, CO 80222-1450
Phone 303 692-2224
Fax 800 423-1108
Ancestry.com
Colorado State Database
A large collection of databases of births, deaths,
marriages, census, obituaries, directories, estate
records, and service records.
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Earliest birth and death records on file in Colorado
county offices
County vital records offices - Phone listing
Fax 800 423-1108
Colorado
County seats
Correct or change Colorado birth and death
certificates
Birth
$15.00 extra copy $6.00 1910 to
Current
Online Form
Birth and death certificate application forms (pdf
files)
Birth records are
available1910 to present. The person named on the
record, members of the immediate family, legal
representatives of those named above, and others
demonstrating a direct and tangible interest in the
record may request a copy.
Death
$15.00 extra copy $6.00 1900 to
Current
Online Form
Birth and death certificate application forms (pdf
files)
Death records are available from 1900 to
present. Parents, grandparents, step-parents,
siblings, spouses, or adult children may request a
certificate. Legal representatives of the above,
legal representatives of the deceased, probate
researchers, or others demonstrating a direct and
tangible interest may request a certificate.
Marriage
$15.00 extra copy
$6.00 1900 to 1939, 1975 to Current
Online Form
Marriage and divorce verification application forms
(pdf files)
Marriage verifications from 1975 to
present can now be found at the
Colorado Department of Public Health and
Environment Any individual may search. If
you find the record you want, please contact the
county clerk or recorder in that county from the
list to request a copy of the marriage record.
Ancestry.com
Mesa County, CO Marriages, 1883-1900
This database is a collection of marriage records
from three counties in Colorado, since this update
adds Arapahoe and Boulder counties to records from
Mesa County, Colorado. Taken from microfilm copies
of original county documents, each record provides
spouses' names, marriage date, and county of
residence. The database lists the names of more than
37,000 men and women.
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Divorce
$15.00 extra copy
$6.00 1900 to 1939, 1975 to Current
Online Form
Marriage and divorce verification application forms
(pdf files)
Divorce verifications from 1975 to
present can now be found at the
Colorado Department of Public Health and
Environment .Any individual may
search. If you find the record you want, please
contact the district court clerk in the county where
the divorce was finalized for a copy of the decree.
In most cases local registrars are the best
sources for early birth and death records. A
microfiche index of approximately 3,000 Colorado
births from 1863-1899 is available for free viewing
at the
Colorado State Archives.
Colorado Marriage and Divorce Records Online
Search on all marriages
(from1975 to 1998) and divorces (from 1975 to March
1999) in the state of Colorado. |
