Larimer County, ColoradoEdit This Page

From FamilySearch Wiki

United States  Colorado Larimer County

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

	Colorado Online Records

Larimer County, Colorado
Map
Location in the state of Colorado
Location of Colorado in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	November 1, 1861
County Seat	Fort Collins
Courthouse
Address	Larimer County Courthouse 200 W Oak Street PO Box 1190 Fort Collins, CO 80522-1190 Phone: 970.498.7860 Larimer County Website

County Courthouse

County Clerk has marriage and land records from 1862;
County Health Department has birth and death records^[1]

Historical Facts

County Seat

Fort Collins ^[2]

Parent County

1861--Larimer County was created 1 November 1861 as an original county.

Neighboring Counties

• Albany County, Wyoming
• Boulder
• Grand
• Jackson
• Laramie County, Wyoming
• Weld

Record Loss

Resources

Bible Records

Biography

Business Records and Commerce

Cemeteries

• Larimer County Cemetery Records  -  US Gen Web Archives
• Colorado State Cemetery Records  -  I Dream of Genealogy,  Scroll/Browse to Larimer County
• Larimer County Cemetery Records  -  findagrave
• Larimer County Cemetery Map  -  findagrave
• Larimer County Cemetery Links  -  linkpendium
• Virginia Dale Community Church Cemetery, Livermore BillionGraves

Census

For tips on accessing Larimer County, Colorado census records online, see: Colorado Census.

Church Records

LDS Ward and Branch Records

• Fort Collins

Court Records

Larimer County Mothers' Compensation Records 1920-1933. An Index compiled from the offical record of the applications granted by the Larimer 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.
  

Directories

Emigration and Immigration

Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups

Gazetteers

Genealogy

History

Local History

Local histories are available for Larimer County, Colorado. County histories may include biographies, church, school and government history, and military information. For more information about local histories, see the wiki page section Colorado Local Histories.

Land and Property

Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents.

See Colorado Land and Property for additional information about early Colorado land grants.

After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent transactions were usually recorded at the county courthouse, where current records are also housed.

Maps

Military

Naturalization and Citizenship

Newspapers

Additional newspapers abstracts can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Larimer County, Colorado newspapers in online catalogs like:

• WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
• Do a Larimer County, Colorado Place-name search for these and other records in the Family History Library Catalog (For instructions see FHL Catalog Place-name Search).

Obituaries

Periodicals

Probate

Probate records have been kept by the county courts. Colorado probate records include bonds, affidavits, letters, claims, appraisals, fee accounts, minutes, judgments, dockets, calendars, case files, and wills. The Family History Library does not have copies of probate records from Colorado.

You may obtain copies of documents from the clerk's office in the county courthouse.

Public Records

School Records

Repositories

Archives

Courthouse

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Berthoud Colorado Family History Center
• Fort Collins Colorado Family History Center
• Longmont Colorado Family History CenterLoveland Colorado Family History Center
• Loveland Colorado Family History Center

Libraries

• Berthoud Public Library
  236 Welch Ave
  Berthoud, CO 80513
  Phone: (970) 532-2757
  Website berthoud.colibraries.org/
  

• Estes Valley Public Library District
  335 E Elkhorn Ave
  Estes Park, CO 80517
  Phone: (970) 586-8116
  Website www.esteslibrary.org/
  

• Fort Collins Regional Library District
  201 Peterson Street
  Fort Collins, CO 80524
  Phone: (970) 221-6740
  

• Loveland Public Library
  300 N Adams Avenue
  Loveland, CO 80537
  Phone: (970) 962-2665
  Website [http://www.lovelandpubliclibrary.org/ www.lovelandpubliclibrary.org/
  

• Wellington Public Library
  3800 Wilson Ave
  Wellington, CO 80549
  Phone: (970) 568-3040
  Website wellington.colibraries.org/
  

• Red Feather Mountain Library District
  71 Firehouse Lane
  Red Feather Lakes, CO 80545
  Phone: (970) 881-2664
  Website redfeather.colibraries.org/
  

Museums

Societies

Larimer County Genealogical Society
P. O. Box 270737
Fort Collins, Colorado 80527-0737
Website http://www.lcgsco.org/

Taxation

Colorado tax records complement land records and can be used as supplements to censuses. There may be gaps of several years in the records. To find tax records in the Family History Library Catalog, do a Place Search for the county.

Vital Records

Vital Records consist of births, adoptions, marriages, divorces, and deaths recorded on registers, certificates, and documents. A copy or an extract of most original records can be purchased from the Vital Records Section Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment or the County Clerk's office of the county where the event occurred.

For some online statewide indexes, see the FamilySearch Historical Record Collections for Colorado.

• Colorado Vital Records Search
• Larimer County, Colorado Obituary Collection Free from GenealogyBuff.com. From Various Funeral Homes in the Loveland and surrounding areas.

Birth

Marriage

Death

Divorce

Places

Web Sites

• Family History Library Catalog
• Larimer County, Colorado Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
• Larimer County  -  CO Gen Web Site
• Larimer County  -  US Gen Web Archives
• Larimer County  -  Rootsweb Site
• Larimer County  -  ancestry.com resources  -  $ requires ancestry.com subscription

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Larimer County, Colorado. Page 99 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).

This Colorado-related article is a stub. You can help by expanding it. While this page is under construction, may we suggest Cyndi's List.

• This page was last modified on 11 June 2013, at 22:58.
• This page has been accessed 1,852 times.