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San Juan County, Colorado
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San Juan County, Colorado Facts

When was San Juan County, CO Created?
San Juan County was established on  Janurary 31, 1876 from Lake County.

What is the County Seat of San Juan County, CO?
The County Seat is located in Silverton and the county government website is http://www.sanjuancountycolorado.us/

What counties are adjacent to San Juan County, CO?
Bordering Counties are Ouray County, Hinsdale County, La Plata County, Montezuma County, Dolores County, San Miguel County.

San Juan County, CO Vital Records

Where can find San Juan County Birth, marriage, Divorce and Death Records?
San Juan 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 San Juan 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.

San Juan County, CO Census Records


What San Juan County, CO census records are available?
There are many types of census records for San Juan County guide you in researching your family tree. Federal Population Schedules are available for 1880 (free index), 1890 (fragment), 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940.

San Juan Co. Mortality Schedules can be acquired for 11880. San Juan Co. Industry and Agriculture Schedules is available for 1880. San Juan Co. Union Veterans Schedules can be acquired for 1890. There are free online and printable census forms to aid with your research.

San Juan County, CO Societies and Family History Resources

What genealogical and historical societies, archives, museums, associations and libraries are available for San Juan County, CO?
A list of San Juan County Historical  and Genealogical Societies, Libraries, Archives. See also list of Statewide Colorado Archives, Historical & Genealogical Societies.

San Juan County, CO Courthouse and Government Records

San Juan County Courthouse

What genealogical records can I find in the San Juan County Courthouse?

Researchers frequently overlook the great importance of San Juan 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 San Juan 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.

Where can I connect with other San Juan County, CO Researchers through message boards and forums?

What other genealogical resources are available in San Juan County, CO?
The following are web links to Genealogy, Records and Resources pertaining to San Juan County.

San Juan Co. CO Books, Newspapers & Publications

San Juan Co. CO Birth, Marriage & Death Records

San Juan Co. CO Court, Probate Land and Tax Records

San Juan Co. CO Census Records

San Juan Co. CO Cemeteries & Church Records

San Juan Co. CO Family Websites, Pictures & Histories

San Juan Co. CO General and History Websites

San Juan Co. CO Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers

San Juan Co. CO Military Records

San Juan 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)