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Kit Carson County, Colorado
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Kit Carson County, Colorado Facts
When was Kit Carson County, CO Created?
Kit Carson County was established on April 4, 1889 from Elbert County.
What is the County Seat of Kit Carson County, CO?
The County Seat is located in Burlington and the county government website is http://www.kitcarsoncounty.org/
What counties are adjacent to Kit Carson County, CO?
Bordering Counties are Yuma County, Cheyenne County, Kansas, Sherman County, Kansas, Wallace County, Kansas, Cheyenne County, Lincoln County, Washington County.
Kit Carson County, CO Vital Records
Where can find Kit Carson County Birth, marriage, Divorce and Death Records?
Kit Carson 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 Kit Carson 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.
Kit Carson County, CO Census Records
What Kit Carson County, CO census records are available?
There are many types of census records for Kit Carson County guide you in researching your family tree. Federal Population Schedules are available for 1890 (fragment), 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940.
Kit Carson Co. Union Veterans Schedules can be acquired for 1890. There are free online and printable census forms to aid with your research.
Kit Carson County, CO Societies and Family History Resources
What genealogical and historical societies, archives, museums, associations and libraries are available for Kit Carson County, CO?
A list of Kit Carson 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)
- Kit Carson County, Colorado Message Boards (boards.ancestry.com)
- Kit Carson County, Colorado Genealogy Forum (genforum.genealogy.com)
- USGenWeb Archives for Kit Carson County (usgwarchives.net)
Kit Carson County, CO Courthouse and Government Records
What genealogical records can I find in the Kit Carson County Courthouse?
Researchers frequently overlook the great importance of Kit Carson 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 Kit Carson 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.
- Kit Carson County Courthouse (all departments listed below are located here, unless otherwise noted)
- Address: 251 16th St, Burlington, CO 80807
- Phone: (719) 346-8946
- Kit Carson County Clerk & Recorder
- Marriage Records: 1889
- Land Records: 1889
- Kit Carson County Clerk of Courts
- Probate Records: 1889
- Court Records: 1889
- Kit Carson County Health and Human Services
- Birth / Death Records: 1893–1907; Courthouse basement; other deaths (1876–1907) at clerk and recorder’s office.
Where can I connect with other Kit Carson County, CO Researchers through message boards and forums?
What other genealogical resources are available in Kit Carson County, CO?
The following are web links to Genealogy, Records and Resources pertaining to Kit Carson County.
Kit Carson 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)
- Kit Carson County, Colorado Books (amazon.com)
- Search Colorado Obituaries (1985 to current) (genealogybank.com)
- Kit Carson County Genealogy Books (books.google.com)
Kit Carson 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.
Kit Carson Co. CO Court, Probate Land and Tax Records
Kit Carson Co. CO Census Records
Kit Carson Co. CO Cemeteries & Church Records
- Kit Carson Co., Colorado Graves (findagrave.com)
- Kit Carson County Tombstone Transcription Project (usgwtombstones.org)
- Kit Carson Co., Colorado Cemeteries (Internment.net)
- Kit Carson Co., Colorado Cemetery Books (amazon.com)
- Kit Carson County, Colorado Church Books (amazon.com)
Kit Carson Co. CO Family Websites, Pictures & Histories
- Colorado Family Group Sheet Project (fgs-project.com)
Kit Carson Co. CO General and History Websites
- See Also State History for Colorado
- Kit Carson County, Colorado Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
- Kit Carson County, Colorado Wiki (familysearch.org)
- Kit Carson Co. CO Genealogy (kindredtrails.com)
- Family History Library (familysearch.org)
- Kit Carson County, Colorado (linkpendium.com)
- Cyndi’s List – United States – Colorado – Counties – Kit Carson (cyndislist.com)
- Kit Carson County Colorado (genealogytrails.com)
- Kit Carson Co. COGenweb (cogenweb.com)
- Kit Carson County Genealogy Queries (cousinconnect.com)
- Kit Carson Co. Data Collections (search.ancestry.com)
Kit Carson Co. CO Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers
- See Also Map of Colorado Links and Information
- Kit Carson County D.O.T. Road and Highway Map (dtdapps.coloradodot.info)
- 1895 Kit Carson County Map (livgenmi.com)
Kit Carson 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 Kit Carson County genealogists, researchers, historians plus much more.
Kit Carson 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)