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Fremont County, Colorado
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Fremont County, Colorado Facts
When was Fremont County, CO Created?
Fremont County was established on November 1, 1861.
What is the County Seat of Fremont County, CO?
The County Seat is located in Cañon City and the county government website is http://www.fremontco.com/
What counties are adjacent to Fremont County, CO?
Bordering Counties are Teller County, El Paso County, Pueblo County, Custer County, Saguache County, Chaffee County, Park County.
Fremont County, CO Vital Records
Where can find Fremont County Birth, marriage, Divorce and Death Records?
Fremont 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 Fremont 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.
Fremont County, CO Census Records
What Fremont County, CO census records are available?
There are many types of census records for Fremont County guide you in researching your family tree. Federal Population Schedules are available for 1870, 1880 (free index), 1890 (fragment), 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940.
Fremont Co. Mortality Schedules can be acquired for 1870 and 1880. Fremont Co. Industry and Agriculture Schedules is available for 1870 and 1880. Fremont Co. Union Veterans Schedules can be acquired for 1890. There are free online and printable census forms to aid with your research.
Fremont County, CO Societies and Family History Resources
What genealogical and historical societies, archives, museums, associations and libraries are available for Fremont County, CO?
A list of Fremont 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)
- Canon City Heritage Association, 612 Royal Gorge Blvd, Canon City CO 81212-3751
- Fremont County Genealogical Society, 1836 Flora Court, Canon City CO 81212
- Southeastern Colorado Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 1407, 100 E. Abriendo, Pueblo, CO 81004-4290
- Fremont County, Colorado Message Boards (boards.ancestry.com)
- Fremont County, Colorado Genealogy Forum (genforum.genealogy.com)
- USGenWeb Archives for Fremont County (usgwarchives.net)
Fremont County, CO Courthouse and Government Records
What genealogical records can I find in the Fremont County Courthouse?
Researchers frequently overlook the great importance of Fremont 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 Fremont 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.
- Fremont County Courthouse (all departments listed below are located here, unless otherwise noted)
- Address: 615 Macon, Canon City, CO 81212
- Phone:719.276.7330
- Fremont County Clerk & Recorder
- Marriage Records: 1865
- Land Records: 1862
- Fremont County Clerk of Courts
- Probate Records: 1874
- Court Records: 1868
- Fremont County Public Health Agency
- Birth / Death Records: 1884–1907
Where can I connect with other Fremont County, CO Researchers through message boards and forums?
What other genealogical resources are available in Fremont County, CO?
The following are web links to Genealogy, Records and Resources pertaining to Fremont County.
Fremont 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)
- Fremont County, Colorado Books (amazon.com)
- Search Colorado Obituaries (1985 to current) (genealogybank.com)
- Fremont County Genealogy Books (books.google.com)
Fremont Co. CO Birth, Marriage & Death Records
- Colorado, County Marriages, 1864-1995 (familysearch.org)
- 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.
Fremont Co. CO Court, Probate Land and Tax Records
- Inventory of the county archives of Colorado: Fremont County (search.ancestry.com)
Fremont Co. CO Census Records
- Fremont County, CO Census Records Links
- Colorado, State Census, 1885 (familysearch.org)
- Fremont County, CO Census QuickFacts
Fremont Co. CO Cemeteries & Church Records
- Fremont Co., Colorado Graves (findagrave.com)
- Fremont County Tombstone Transcription Project (usgwtombstones.org)
- Fremont Co., Colorado Cemeteries (Internment.net)
- Fremont Co., Colorado Cemetery Books (amazon.com)
- Fremont County, Colorado Church Books (amazon.com)
Fremont Co. CO Family Websites, Pictures & Histories
- Colorado Family Group Sheet Project (fgs-project.com)
Fremont Co. CO General and History Websites
- See Also State History for Colorado
- Fremont County, Colorado Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
- Arkansas Valley, Colorado History (search.ancestry.com)
- History of the Arkansas Valley, Colorado (search.ancestry.com)
- Fremont County, Colorado Wiki (familysearch.org)
- Fremont Co. CO Genealogy (kindredtrails.com)
- Family History Library (familysearch.org)
- Fremont County, Colorado (linkpendium.com)
- Cyndi’s List – United States – Colorado – Counties – Fremont (cyndislist.com)
- Fremont County Colorado (genealogytrails.com)
- Fremont Co. COGenweb (cogenweb.com)
- Fremont County Genealogy Queries (cousinconnect.com)
- Fremont Co. Data Collections (search.ancestry.com)
Fremont Co. CO Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers
- See Also Map of Colorado Links and Information
- Fremont County D.O.T. Road and Highway Map (dtdapps.coloradodot.info)
- 1895 Fremont County Map (livgenmi.com)
Fremont 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 Fremont County genealogists, researchers, historians plus much more.
Fremont 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)