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Ouray County, Colorado
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Ouray County, Colorado Facts
When was Ouray County, CO Created?
Ouray County was established on Janurary 18, 1877 from Hinsdale County and Lake County.
What is the County Seat of Ouray County, CO?
The County Seat is located in Ouray and the county government website is http://ouraycountyco.gov/
What counties are adjacent to Ouray County, CO?
Bordering Counties are Montrose County, Gunnison County, Hinsdale County, San Juan County, San Miguel County.
Ouray County, CO Vital Records
Where can find Ouray County Birth, marriage, Divorce and Death Records?
Ouray County vital records can be found at the Colorado Office of Vital Records which has copies of birth, marriage, divorce and death records. There is a fee for each copy requested. Please refer to the information to the Statewide Vital Records in Colorado for current fees and application process.
You can search online for Ouray County Birth, Marriage, Divorce or Death Records. You can also Order Electronically Online or can download an application for Colorado Birth Certificate, Marriage Verification, Divorce Verification, Death Certificate Applications to mail.
Ouray County, CO Census Records
What Ouray County, CO census records are available?
There are many types of census records for Ouray County guide you in researching your family tree. Federal Population Schedules are available for 1880 (free index), 1890 (fragment), 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940.
Ouray Co. Mortality Schedules can be acquired for 1880. Ouray Co. Industry and Agriculture Schedules is available for 1880. Ouray Co. Union Veterans Schedules can be acquired for 1890. There are free online and printable census forms to aid with your research.
Ouray County, CO Societies and Family History Resources
What genealogical and historical societies, archives, museums, associations and libraries are available for Ouray County, CO?
A list of Ouray County Historical and Genealogical Societies, Libraries, Archives. See also list of Statewide Colorado Archives, Historical & Genealogical Societies.
- Colorado Genealogy Community (plus.google.com)
- Colorado State Genealogy Network (facebook.com)
- Ouray County Historical Society, 420 6th Avenue, Ouray, CO 81427
- Ouray County, Colorado Message Boards (boards.ancestry.com)
- Ouray County, Colorado Genealogy Forum (genforum.genealogy.com)
- USGenWeb Archives for Ouray County (usgwarchives.net)
Ouray County, CO Courthouse and Government Records
What genealogical records can I find in the Ouray County Courthouse?
Researchers frequently overlook the great importance of Ouray County court, probate, and land records data as a useful resource of ancestry and genealogy information. Buried away in Colorado courthouses and archives everywhere are the ambitions and frustrations of countless Colorado residents.
The possibilities are excellent that your forefathers have left a comprehensive document of at least a number of facets of their lives in the Ouray County court records. Even if your forebears is not referred to in a Court case, contemplate all of the other procedures that could have lead to him or her to appear in court records. See Also Colorado Corthouse Records Research Guide.
- Ouray County Courthouse (all departments listed below are located here, unless otherwise noted)
- Address: 541 4th St, Ouray, CO 81427
- Phone: (970) 325-4961
- Ouray County Clerk & Recorder
- Marriage Records: 1881
- Land Records: 1877?
- Ouray County Clerk of Courts
- Probate Records: 1877?
- Court Records: 1873
- Ouray County Public Health Agency
- Birth / Death Records: 1880–1907 / 1894 ; Vital statistics registrar, Ouray; also clerk and recorder’s office deaths, 1880–1907
Where can I connect with other Ouray County, CO Researchers through message boards and forums?
What other genealogical resources are available in Ouray County, CO?
The following are web links to Genealogy, Records and Resources pertaining to Ouray County.
Ouray Co. CO Books, Newspapers & Publications
- Colorado Newspapers Books & Publications Research Guide
- Colorado historical newspaper archives online (newspapers.com)
- Historical Newspapers from Colorado (1859–1978) (genealogybank.com)
- Ouray County, Colorado Books (amazon.com)
- Search Colorado Obituaries (1985 to current) (genealogybank.com)
- Ouray County Genealogy Books (books.google.com)
Ouray Co. CO Birth, Marriage & Death Records
- Colorado Divorce Records, Various Sources 1851 – 2004 (archives.com) Various Public Records Sources
- Colorado Marriage Records 1975 – 2004 (archives.com) Colorado State Public Record Offices
- Colorado, Statewide Divorce Index, 1900-1939 (familysearch.org) Colorado Department of Health card index of divorces in Colorado from 1900-1939. The index is arranged in alphabetical order.
- Colorado, Statewide Marriage Index, 1900-1939 (familysearch.org) Card index created by the Division of Vital Statistics, Department of Health in Colorado. The index is arranged alphabetically by groom’s name providing county, names of husband and wife, age, race, date and place of marriage, certificate number.
Ouray Co. CO Court, Probate Land and Tax Records
Ouray Co. CO Census Records
- Ouray County, CO Census Records Links
- Colorado, State Census, 1885 (familysearch.org)
- Ouray County, CO Census QuickFacts
Ouray Co. CO Cemeteries & Church Records
- Ouray Co., Colorado Graves (findagrave.com)
- Ouray County Tombstone Transcription Project (usgwtombstones.org)
- Ouray Co., Colorado Cemeteries (Internment.net)
- Ouray Co., Colorado Cemetery Books (amazon.com)
- Ouray County, Colorado Church Books (amazon.com)
Ouray Co. CO Family Websites, Pictures & Histories
- Colorado Family Group Sheet Project (fgs-project.com)
Ouray Co. CO General and History Websites
- See Also State History for Colorado
- Ouray County, Colorado Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
- Ouray County, Colorado Wiki (familysearch.org)
- Ouray Co. CO Genealogy (kindredtrails.com)
- Family History Library (familysearch.org)
- Ouray County, Colorado (linkpendium.com)
- Cyndi’s List – United States – Colorado – Counties – Ouray (cyndislist.com)
- Ouray County Colorado (genealogytrails.com)
- Ouray Co. COGenweb (theusgenweb.org)
- Ouray County Genealogy Queries (cousinconnect.com)
- Ouray Co. Data Collections (search.ancestry.com)
Ouray Co. CO Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers
- See Also Map of Colorado Links and Information
- Ouray County D.O.T. Road and Highway Map (dtdapps.coloradodot.info)
- 1895 Ouray County Map (livgenmi.com)
Ouray Co. CO Military Records
- Colorado Military Records Research Guide
- Colorado Military Records (fold3.com) offers access to military records, stories, photos, and personal documents belonging to the Colorado men and women who served. Perfect for Ouray County genealogists, researchers, historians plus much more.
Ouray Co. CO Schools & Directories
- Colorado City Directories (search.ancestry.com) This database is a collection of city directories for various years and cities in Colorado. Generally a city directory will contain an alphabetical list of its citizens, listing the names of the heads of households, their addresses, and occupational information. Sometimes the wife’s name will be listed in parentheses or italics following the husband’s. Often, dates of deaths of individuals listed in the previous year’s directory are listed as well as the names of partners of firms, and when possible, the forwarding addresses or post offices of people who moved to another town. In addition to the alphabetical portion, a city directory may also contain a business directory, street directory, governmental directory, and listings of town officers, schools, societies, churches, post offices, and other miscellaneous matters of general and local interest.
- The Colorado state business directory: 1876, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1887-8, 1889, 1890, 1894, 1896, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1903, 1906, 1909, 1910, 1920, 1921, 1923 (search.ancestry.com)