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

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Park County, Colorado
Map
Location in the state of Colorado
Location of Colorado in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	November 1, 1861
County Seat	Fairplay
Courthouse
Address	Park County Courthouse 501 Main Street Fairplay, CO 80440 Phone: 719.836.2771 Park County Website

County Courthouse

County Clerk has marriage records 1893 and land records;
Clerk District Court has divorce, probate and court records^[1]

History

Parent County

1861--Park County was created 1 November 1861 as an original county. County seat: Fairplay ^[2]

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

• Oral Histories of the area by 64 individuals

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places / Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Chaffee
• Clear Creek
• Douglas
• Fremont
• Jefferson
• Lake
• Summit
• Teller

Resources

Cemeteries

Courtesy of the Local Historical Archives of Park County, Colorado:

• Cemetery Surveys for this area

Census

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

Church

Court

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.

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

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.

Taxation

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

• Family History Library Catalog
• Park County, Colorado Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Park County, Colorado. Page 100 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).

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