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Colorado Prowers County
Guide to Prowers County Colorado genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
| Prowers County, Colorado | |
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 Location of Colorado in the U.S. | |
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| Founded | April 11, 1889 |
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| County Seat | Lamar |
| Courthouse | |
| Address | Prowers County Courthouse 300 S Main Street Lamar, CO 81052-2857 Phone: 719.336.4337 Prowers County Website |
County Courthouse
County Clerk has marriage, land and some death records 1889;
District Court has divoce and court recors. County Court has probate records.[1]
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County Seat
Lamar [2]
Parent County
11 April 1889: Prowers County was created from Bent County.
Neighboring Counties
Record Loss
Resources
Bible Records
Biography
Business Records and Commerce
Cemeteries
- Compilation of cemetery records including index from four cemeteries near Lamar, Prowers, Colorado FHL Collection
Census
For tips on accessing Prowers County, Colorado census records online, see: Colorado Census.
Church Records
Court Records
Directories
- Bent and Prowers Counties (Colorado) directories FHL Collection
- Polk's Lamar (Prowers County, Colorado) city directory: including Prowers County residents and ranchers FHL Collection
Emigration and Immigration
Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups
Gazetteers
Genealogy
History
Local History
- Prowers County history FHL Collection
Land and Property
- The homestead years: Prowers County, Colorado FHL Collection
Maps
- Prowers County, Colorado land ownership map, 1889 FHL Collection
Military
Naturalization and Citizenship
Newspapers
Obituaries
Periodicals
Probate
Public Records
School Records
Colorado State Archives Index to the Prowers County Amache School Teachers and Personnel for the period 1942-1945. This is an Index to the records of the teachers who were approved and hired at the Center.
Repositories
Archives
- Inventory of the county archives of Colorado, no. 50, Prowers County (Lamar) FHL Collection
Courthouse
Family History Centers
Libraries
- Holly Public Library
302 South Main Street
Holly, CO 81047
Telehone 719-537-6520
- Lamar Public Library
102 East Parmenter St
Lamar, CO 81052
Telephone 719-336-4632
Museums
- Big Timbers Museum
Prowers County Historical Society
7515 U.S. Hwy 50
P. O. Box 929
Lamar, CO 81052
Telephone 719-336-2472
Societies
Taxation
Vital Records
Birth
Marriage
Death
Divorce
Places
Web Sites
- Prowers County CO Trails to the Past
- Linkpendium
- USGenWeb Archives
- USGenWeb Archives (backup site)
- Family History Library Catalog
References
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Prowers County, Colorado. Page 100 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ WorldCat 50140092 ▲ FHL Collection Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed.] (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002)
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