Colorado Genealogy Resource List -
Updated May 2, 2008
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment: Health Statistics
and Vital Records
website for retrieving vital records. Includes applications for
death records for the entire state 1900 to present. Certified copies
of birth certificates are available in the county where birth occurred
for birth years 1910 to present. Marriage records for the entire
state are available for 1900 to 1939, and 1975 to present. Verifications
for the years 1940 to 1974 are not available from this office and
must be obtained from the county where the license was obtained.
Dissolution (divorce, separation and annulment) records for the
entire state are available for 1851 to 1939 and 1968 to present.
Verifications for the years 1940 to 1967 are not available from
this office and must be obtained from the county where the dissolution
was decreed. Some county vital records predate this office's collection
and should be contacted directly.
Colorado
State Archives. Search the Historical Records Database by
name, county, time span or record type (over 450,000 entries and
growing including the Statewide Divorce Index 1880-1939). Includes
numerous holdings including 1870 Federal Census Records, Bar Admission
Files 1899-1950, Birth Records (Pre-1907), Civil War Casualties,
Colorado Court of Appeals 1891-1911, Denver Death Index 1870-1905,
Divorce Records, Inheritance Tax Record, Land Patent Records, Old
Age Pension, Probate Records, School Records, Teacher Certificate
Applications, Teacher Experience Records and Vietnam War Casualties.
National
Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Rocky Mountain Regional
Facility archival holdings include federal population
censuses for all states, 1790-1930, indices for the 1880, 1900,
1910, and 1920 censuses, ship’s passenger lists, and Colorado
naturalizations.
Colorado
Historical Society. The holdings of the Stephen H. Hart
Library include the largest newspaper collection in Colorado for
birth, marriage and death records; books, maps, architectural drawings
to identify early buildings; private and business correspondence,
family albums, photographic prints, magazines and newspapers, and
a wealth of other historical resources. Online library catalog,
other indices and services available.
Denver Public Library
(DPL) Western History and Genealogy Department website
includes an online catalog, access to WorldCat for interlibrary
loan, photography collection, historical maps and a variety of microfilmed
indices.
Colorado
Genealogical Society (CGS)
JGSCO
Cemetery Project for CO, NM, UT & WY - February 1, 2008
Update
University
of Denver Center
for Judaic Studies, Ira Beck Archives and Rocky
Mountain Jewish Historical Society.
(303) 871-3037.
D.U. Ira Beck Archives' Online Collection Guide
Jewish
Consumptives Relief Society (JCRS) Indexing Project A
Denver tuberculosis hospital (1904-1954). Original patient
application records are held at D.U. Ira Beck Archives and are currently
being indexed online by The Jewish Genealogical Society of Colorado
and The Colorado State Digitization Project.
JGSCO
Private Genealogy Library at Congregation Emanuel
Newspapers/Journals
- Intermountain
Jewish News (IJN) Published since 1913, online index
for 2000-present. Morgue can be visited in person. (303) 861-2234.
- Denver
Post - Published since 1892, all issues on microfilm.
Archives online since 1993. The entire Post from 1895 to present
is also available on microfilm at the Western
History and Genealogy Department of the Denver Public Library’s
Main Branch in downtown Denver.
- Rocky
Mountain News - Published since 1859. Archives online
since 1989.
- The
Jewish Outlook A weekly journal devoted to the Jewish
communities of the Rocky Mountain Region in 10 volumes 1903-1911.
Vols. 1-4 in hardcopy and vols. 5-11 on microfilm held at the
Denver Public Library.
Denver
Area Family History Centers (Mormon Libraries)
Family
History Library Catalog
- Arvada
7080 Independence 303-421-0920
- Aurora
950 Laredo 303-367-0570
- Boulder
701 W South Boulder Road 303-665-4685
- Brighton
1454 Myrtle 303-659-8489
- Columbine
6705 S Webster 303-973-3727
- Denver
2710 S Monaco (at Yale) 303-756-0220
- Golden
610 Coors St 303-233-6304
- Lakewood
6465 W Jewell 303-935-3003
- Littleton
1939 E Easter Ave (just West of Southglenn Mall) 303-798-6461
- Louisville
701 S Boulder Rd 303-665-4685
- Northglenn
100 E Malley Drive 303-451-7177
- Parker
7160 Bayou Gulch Rd 720-851-0916
Historic
Colorado Jewish Synagogues Still in Operation
NOTE:
For a complete listing of all synagogues operating in Colorado
today, check
www.jewishcolorado.org.
- Congregation
Emanuel Founded in 1873, Reform, 51 Grape St., Denver,
CO 80220, 303/388-4013
- BMH-BJ
Congregation Founded in 1895, Orthodox, 560 S. Monaco
Pkwy, Denver, CO 80224-1227, 303/388-4203
- Hebrew
Education Alliance (HEA) Founded in 1932, Conservative,
3600 S. Ivanhoe St., Denver, CO 80237, 303/758-9400
- Temple
Shalom Jewish community created in 1895, Reform and
Conservative, 1523 E. Monument St., Colorado Springs, CO
80909, 719/634-5311
Colorado
Jewish Cemeteries
NOTE:
All Jewish gravestones in Colorado have been added to the
JewishGen
Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR).
NOTE: Many Jews are buried in interfaith cemeteries.
The cemeteries listed here are 100% Jewish or contain plots
affiliated with Jewish organizations. See also http://www.jewishgen.org/cemetery/northamerica/colorado.html.
- Denver
Rose Hill Cemetery (burials 1892-present): 303/288-1414,
6841 E. 62nd Ave., Commerce City, CO 80022. Established
1891 as United Hebrew Cemetery Association. @7,000 graves.
100% Jewish. Modern records computerized in office.
All records prior to 1950 at Jewish Historical Society.
- Denver
Mount Nebo Cemetery (burials 1904-present): 303/366-8264,
11658 East Colfax Ave., Aurora, CO 80010. Owned by BMH-BJ
Congregation since 1898. 100% Jewish. 6000-7000 graves.
Records held at synagogue. http://www.interment.net/data/us/co/arapahoe/mt_nebo.htm
has 15 burials listed online.
- Denver
Golden Hill Cemetery (burials 1908-present): 303/237-0573,
12000 W. Colfax Avenue, Lakewood, CO 80215. Established
as West Side Benevolent Society. 3787 Burials. 100% Jewish.
Neal Price of HEA holds records including original folio
ledger. The JGSCO has a copy of an Access database.
Online searchable index of burials prior to 1998 in alphabetical
order at http://www.ghostseekers.com/ and also searchable
on JewishGen at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/cemetery/.
- Emanuel
at Fairmount Cemetery (burials 1911-present): 303/399-0692,
430 South Quebec St., Denver, CO 80231. Founded in
1911 and still owned by Congregation Emanuel. About
6% of all burials are Jewish. 1000+ Jewish graves.
Records on index cards held by cemetery and synagogue.
- Denver
Pioneer Cemetery Old Jewish Section (burials 1867-1910):
Located east of Cheesman Park. Most Jewish bones and
gravestones moved to Fairmount, Riverside, Golden Hill and
Rose Hill Cemeteries in early 1900s. Occasional reports
of human bones surfacing in this vicinity.
- Denver
Riverside Cemetery (1896-1901): 303/293-2466. 5201 Brighton
Blvd., Denver, CO 80216. Less than 1% of all burials are
Jewish. 7 gravestones survive. Plot book available
for review but does not contain burials transferred from
Old Jewish Section at Pioneer Cemetery. Affiliated with
Congregation Emanuel and Fairmount Cemetery.
- Aspen
Red Butte Cemetery
- Boulder
Green Mountain Cemetery
- Boulder
Mountain View Cemetery
- Colorado
Springs Evergreen Cemetery Sons of Israel
- El
Paso Jewish Cemetery
- Fort
Collins Rose Lawn Cemetery
- Grand
Junction Congregation Ohr Shalom Cemetery
- Greeley
Beth Israel Congregation
- Greeley
Linn Grove Cemetery
- Leadville
Jewish Cemetery
- Pueblo
B'nai Jacob Cemetery
- Pueblo
Rose Lawn Cemetery
- Steamboat
Springs Municipal Cemetery
- Trinidad,
Las Animas County Congregation Aaron Cemetery
- Trinidad
Masonic Cemetery
Denver
Jewish Funeral Homes
Feldman
Mortuary Serving 1936-present - 303/322-7764, 1673 York, Denver,
Colorado 80206. Records available recent burials listed
on website. 100% Jewish.
Horan and McConaty Shalom Funeral Services Serving 1998-present
303/504-6266, - Shalom is Jewish portion of overall H&M
business.
Always
With You, Inc. Serving 2003-present - 303/283-1700, services
conducted in Russian, Yiddish, and Polish clientele mostly immigrants
records available to genealogists. 100% Jewish.
Denver
Jewish Memorial and Gravestone Cutters
Normans
Memorials Inc. Serving 1912-present 303/422-3425.
Erickson Monuments Serving 1925-present - 303/571-5151
records available to genealogists.
Watson Memorial Company Serving 1897-present - 303/388-4184
records begin 1970.Fairmount Memorials Serving 1988-present
- 303/399-0692.
Ted
Ruskin Memorials Serving 2003-present - 303/738-1755 or 303/246-8221.
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