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Colorado - Established Aug 1, 1876 - State Capital: Denver

Colorado

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346 free genealogy resources for researching family history and records in Colorado:

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Biographies (20) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
Cemetery Records (6) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
Census Records (10) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
Church Records (26) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
American Baptist Historical Society
American Catholic Historical Society
Centennial of the Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church in America, (formerly Ref. Prot. Dutch Church) 1784-1884
Colorado business directory and annual register for 1876 containing a classified list of all the business and professional men, officers, societies, schools, churches, etc., in all the cities and towns of Colorado, together with post office, express and telegraph, railroad and stage offices
Colorado state business directory and annual register for 1878
Colorado state business directory with Colorado mining directory and Colorado live stock directory departments, 1879
Colorado state business directory with Colorado mining directory and Colorado live stock directory departments, 1880
Early American Churches
History of the First Methodist Church of Loveland, Colorado the story of seventy-five years, 1866-1941
Inventory of the church archives of Colorado
Midwest Genealogy Center suggested links
Official directory of churches and other religious organizations in Metropolitan Denver
Polk's Colorado Springs and Manitou city directory, 1920
Polk's Colorado Springs and Manitou city directory, 1921
Polk's Colorado Springs and Manitou city directory, 1924
Polk's Colorado Springs, Colorado City, and Manitou city directory, 1904-1905
Polk's Colorado Springs, Colorado City, and Manitou city directory, 1914
Polk's Colorado Springs, Colorado City, and Manitou city directory, 1915
Polk's Colorado Springs, Colorado City, and Manitou city directory, 1916
Polk's Pueblo city directory, 1904-1905
Polk's Pueblo city directory, 1913
Polk's Pueblo city directory, 1921
Polk's Pueblo city directory, 1923
Polk's Salida city and Chaffee County directory, 1911-1912
Polk's Salida city and Chaffee County directory, 1913-1914
The R.L. Polk Directory Co.'s Pueblo city directory, 1914
Immigration Records (10) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
African-American Collections
Chinese Heritage (National Archives)
Cornell Making of America Digital Library
FindMyPast
Leonard Passenger Arrivals, Atlantic & Gulf Ports, 1820-1874
Markings on the Manifest's Left Margin
On the Trail of the Immigrant
Passengers and immigrants to America
The Great Migration - Colonial America
Where to find passenger lists
Local Histories (121) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
A brief history of Logan County, Colorado with reminiscenses by pioneers
A history Greeley and the Union Colony of Colorado
American Association for State and Local History
American Library Association (ALA)
Archival and Manuscript Repositories in the United States
Archive.org
Ballenger and Richards thirtieth annual Denver city directory, for 1902 containing a complete list of the inhabitants, institutions, incorporated companies, manufacturing establishments, business, business firms, etc
Ballenger and Richards thirty-eighth annual Denver city directory, for 1910 containing a complete list of the inhabitants, institutions, incorporated companies, manufacturing establishments, business, business firms, etc
Ballenger and Richards thirty-first annual Denver city directory, for 1903 containing a complete list of the inhabitants, institutions, incorporated companies, manufacturing establishments, business, business firms, etc
Ballenger and Richards twenty-eighth annual Denver city directory for 1900 containing a complete list of the inhabitants, institutions, incorporated companies, manufacturing establishments, business, business firms, etc
Ballenger and Richards twenty-fifth annual Denver city directory containing a complete list of the inhabitants, institutions, incorporated companies, manufacturing establishments, business, business firms, etc., in the city of Denver for 1897
Ballenger and Richards twenty-first annual Denver city directory containing a complete list of the inhabitants, institutions, incorporated companies, manufacturing establishments, business, business firms, etc., in the city of Denver for 1893
Ballenger and Richards twenty-fourth annual Denver city directory containing a complete list of the inhabitants, institutions, incorporated companies, manufacturing establishments, business, business firms, etc. in the city of Denver for 1896
Ballenger and Richards twenty-ninth annual Denver city directory for 1901 containing a complete list of the inhabitants, institutions, incorporated companies, manufacturing establishments, business, business firms, etc
Ballenger and Richards twenty-second annual Denver city directory containing a complete list of the inhabitants, institutions, incorporated companies, manufacturing establishments, business, business firms, etc., in the city of Denver for 1894
Ballenger and Richards twenty-seventh annual Denver city directory for 1899 containing a complete list of the inhabitants, institutions, incorporated companies, manufacturing establishments, business, business firms, etc
Ballenger and Richards twenty-sixth annual Denver city directory containing a complete list of the inhabitants, institutions, incorporated companies, manufacturing establishments, business, business firms, etc. in the city of Denver for 1898
Ballenger and Richards twenty-third annual Denver city directory containing a complete list of the inhabitants, institutions, incorporated companies, manufacturing establishments, business, business firms, etc., in the city of Denver for 1895
Ballenger and Richards' seventeenth annual Denver city directory containing a complete list of the inhabitants, institutions, incorporated companies, manufacturing establishments, business, business firms, etc., in the city of Denver, for 1889
Ballenger and Richards' twentieth annual Denver city directory containing a complete list of the inhabitants, institutions, incorporated companies, manufacturing establishments, business, business firms, etc., in the city of Denver for 1892
Biographical Review
Boggsville cradle of the Colorado cattle industry
Business directory of Pueblo, Colorado
Chronicling America
Colonial families of the United States of America, Vol. VI
Colorado Genealogical Society
Colorado State Archives
Colorado illustrated business directory for 1887-8
Colorado state business directory with Colorado mining directory and Colorado live stock directory departments 1882
Colorado state business directory with Colorado mining directory and Colorado live stock directory departments, 1881
Colorado state business directory with Colorado mining directory and Colorado live stock directory departments, 1883
Colorado state business directory with Colorado mining directory and Colorado live stock directory departments, 1884
Colorado state business directory with Colorado mining directory and Colorado wool growers directory departments, 1885
Colorado state business directory with Colorado mining directory department 1889
Colorado state business directory with Colorado mining directory department 1890
Colorado state business directory with Colorado mining directory department, 1894
Colorado state business directory with Colorado mining directory department, 1896
Colorado state business directory with Colorado mining directory department, 1899
Colorado state business directory with Colorado mining directory department, 1900
Colorado state business directory with Colorado mining directory department, 1901
Colorado state business directory with Colorado mining directory department, 1903
Colorado state business directory with Colorado mining directory department, 1906
Colorado state business directory with Colorado mining directory, Colorado live stock directory, and Colorado wool growers directory departments, 1886
Colorado state business directory with a complete classified directory of the entire state, including mines, reduction works, etc., 1920
Colorado state business directory with a complete classified directory of the entire state, including mines, reduction works, etc., 1921
Colorado state business directory with a complete classified directory of the entire state, including mines, reduction works, etc., 1923
Corbett and Ballenger's eleventh annual Denver city directory containing a complete list of the inhabitants, institutions, incorporated companies, manufacturing establishments, business, business firms, etc., in the city of Denver, for 1883
Corbett and Ballenger's fifteenth annual Denver city directory containing a complete list of the inhabitants, institutions, incorporated companies, manufacturing establishments, business, business firms, etc., in the city of Denver, for 1887
Corbett and Ballenger's ninth annual Denver city directory containing a complete list of the inhabitants, institutions, incorporated companies, manufacturing establishments, business, business firms, etc., in the city of Denver, for 1881
Corbett and Ballenger's sixteenth annual Denver city directory containing a complete list of the inhabitants, institutions, incorporated companies, manufacturing establishments, business, business firms, etc. in the city of Denver for 1888
Corbett and Ballenger's tenth annual Denver city directory containing a complete list of the inhabitants, institutions, incorporated companies, manufacturing establishments, business, business firms, etc., in the city of Denver, for 1882
Corbett and Ballenger's thirteenth annual Denver city directory containing a complete list of the inhabitants, institutions, incorporated companies, manufacturing establishments, business, business firms, etc., in the city of Denver, for 1885
Corbett and Ballenger's twelfth annual Denver city directory containing a complete list of the inhabitants, institutions, incorporated companies, manufacturing establishments, business, business firms, etc., in the city of Denver, for 1884
Corbett, Hoye and Co.'s Denver city directory for 1877
Corbett, Hoye and Co.'s eighth annual city directory of the inhabitants, institutions, incorporated companies, manufacturing establishments, business, business firms, etc., in the city of Denver, for 1880
Corbett, Hoye and Co.'s seventh annual city directory of the inhabitants, institutions, incorporated companies, manufacturing establishments, business, business firms, etc., in the city of Denver, for 1879
Corbett, Hoye and Co.'s sixth annual city directory of the inhabitants, institutions, incorporated companies, manufacturing establishments, business, business firms, etc., in the city of Denver, for 1878
Cornell Making of America Digital Library
Denver city directory, 1886
Early records of Gilpin County, Colorado, 1859-1861
F.A. McKinney's Delta city and county directory, 1912-1913
FamilySearch
Highlights in the history of Windsor, Colorado the story of more than a half century of progress in schools, municipal growth, irrigation, general civic and social affairs
Historic Map Works
History of Clear Creek and Boulder valleys, Colorado containing a brief history of the state of Colorado from its earliest settlement to the present time...an account of the Ute trouble, a history of Gilpin, Clear Creek, Boulder, and Jefferson Counties, and biographical sketches
History of Colorado
History of Denver with outlines of the earlier history of the Rocky Mountain country
History of Larimer County, Colorado
History of the city of Denver, Arapahoe County, and Colorado
History, Genealogy, and Archives: Databases and E-Resources
Hoffhine's Sterling, Colorado directory for 1911-1912 containing an alphabetically arranged list of business firms and private citizens a directory of miscellaneous information and street guide and a complete classified business directory
Internet Public Library: History
Inventory of the county archives of Colorado, Alamosa County
Inventory of the county archives of Colorado, Arapahoe County
Inventory of the county archives of Colorado, Bent County
Inventory of the county archives of Colorado, Conejos County
Inventory of the county archives of Colorado, Costilla County
Inventory of the county archives of Colorado, Fremont County
Inventory of the county archives of Colorado, Hinsdale County
Inventory of the county archives of Colorado, Larimer County
Inventory of the county archives of Colorado, Logan County
Inventory of the county archives of Colorado, Morgan County
Inventory of the county archives of Colorado, Phillips County
Inventory of the county archives of Colorado, San Miguel County
Inventory of the county archives of Colorado, Washington County
Inventory of the county archives of Colorado, Yuma County
JSTOR Journals and Books online
Library of Congress
Life on the Frontier for the Williams Family
Map of the United States in 1800
Midwest Genealogy Center suggested links
Polk's Colorado Springs and Manitou city directory, 1920
Polk's Colorado Springs and Manitou city directory, 1924
Polk's Colorado Springs, Colorado City, and Manitou city directory, 1904-1905
Polk's Colorado Springs, Colorado City, and Manitou city directory, 1905-1906
Polk's Colorado Springs, Colorado City, and Manitou city directory, 1911
Polk's Colorado Springs, Colorado City, and Manitou city directory, 1912
Polk's Colorado Springs, Colorado City, and Manitou city directory, 1916
Polk's Pueblo (Colorado) city directory, 1930
Polk's Pueblo city directory, 1899-1900
Polk's Pueblo city directory, 1904-1905
Polk's Pueblo city directory, 1919
Polk's Salida city and Chaffee County directory, 1911-1912
Portrait and biographical record of Denver and vicinity, Colorado containing portraits and biographies
Representative women of Colorado a pictorial collection of the women of Colorado who have attained prominence in the social, political, professional, pioneer and club life of the state
Sketches of Colorado, being an analytical summary and biographical history of the State of Colorado as portrayed in the lives of the pioneers, the founders, the builders, the statesmen, and the prominent and progressive citizens who helped in the development and history making of Colorado
Southern Historical Association
Southwestern business directory including principal towns on Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway, Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad, Denver, Texas and Fort Worth Railway, Texas and Pacific Railway, Union Pacific Railway, Denver and Rio Grande Railway, Colorado Midland Railway, and Atlantic and Pacific Railroad
Souvenir of the centennial anniversary of Washington's inauguration, April 30, 1789, as first president of the United States the birth of the American republic with the program of ceremonies
Tales of the Colorado pioneers
The Colorado directory of mines containing a description of the mines and mills, and the mining and milling corporations of Colorado, arranged alphabetically by counties and a history of Colorado from its early settlement to the present time
The Colorado state business directory for 1909
The Colorado state business directory with a complete classified directory of the entire state, including mines, reduction works, etc., 1910
The Colorado state business directory with a complete classified directory of the entire state, including mines, reduction works, etc., 1911
The Giles city directory of Colorado Springs, Colorado City and Manitou, 1902
The Resources, wealth and industrial development of Colorado
The Union Colony at Greeley, Colorado, 1869-1871
The story of Colorado out where the West begins
Under ten flags, a history of Weld County, Colorado
Western History Association
Your Ancestors Magazine
Maps (10) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
Marriage Records (1) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
Military Records (26) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
Native American (7) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
Newspapers (11) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
Photos & Illustrations (9) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
Vital Records (6) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
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Additional Resources
American History & Genealogy
A godchild of Washington a picture of the past
Abraham Lincoln, lawyer
American Ancestors Jewish Heritage Center
American Association for State and Local History
American Catholic Historical Society
American Historical Association
American Jewish Historical Society
American Studies Electronic Crossroads
Archival and Manuscript Repositories in the United States
Civil War Soldiers Index 1861-1865
Coastal Georgia Genealogical Society
Colonial Daughters of the Seventeenth Century
Cumberland County Affidavits and Estate Inventories of Revolutionary War Pension Applicants
Curt Teich Postcard Archives Digital Collection
Emigrants from Scotland to America, 1774-1775 copied from a loose bundle of Treasury papers in the Public Record Office, London, England
Facts about the Civil War
Famous Mayflower Descendants
Final Rolls of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory
Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1871
FultonHistory online newspapers and postcards
Genealogy, A Journal of American Ancestry
Heads of families at the first census of the United States taken in the year 1790
Heads of families at the first census of the United States taken in the year 1790. Records of the state enumerations, 1782 to 1785
History Channel
History of Pike County, Illinois
History of Science Society
History, Genealogy, and Archives: Databases and E-Resources
Internet Public Library: History
Latin American Network Information Center
Linkpendium's State by State Search Engine
Lost amid the fogs sketches of life in Newfoundland, England's ancient colony
National Archives and Records Administration
National Endowment for the Humanities
Native American Genealogy Books for Sale
Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture
Organization of American Historians
Portraits of Native American Indians
Ray's Place - New England Genealogy and much more
Registers of the Huguenot Society of America
Society of American Archivists
Soldiers of the Civil War
Southern Historical Association
Souvenir of the centennial anniversary of Washington's inauguration, April 30, 1789, as first president of the United States the birth of the American republic with the program of ceremonies
The American Monthly Magazine
The narrative of Colonel David Fanning (A Tory in the Revolutionary war with Great Britain), giving an account of his adventures in North Carolina from 1775 to 1783
Twenty Years among our hostile Indians
U.S. Navy Personnel Research Guide
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Veterans History Project
Western History Association
WorldConnect
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