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Summit County, Colorado
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Summit County, Colorado Facts
When was Summit County, CO Created?
Summit County was established on November 1, 1861.
What is the County Seat of Summit County, CO?
The County Seat is located in Breckenridge and the county government website is http://www.co.summit.co.us/
What counties are adjacent to Summit County, CO?
Bordering Counties are Grand County, Clear Creek County, Park County, Lake County, Eagle County.
Summit County, CO Vital Records
Where can find Summit County Birth, marriage, Divorce and Death Records?
Summit 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 Summit 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.
Summit County, CO Census Records
What Summit County, CO census records are available?
There are many types of census records for Summit 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.
Summit Co. Mortality Schedules can be acquired for 1870 and 1880. Summit Co. Industry and Agriculture Schedules is available for 1870 and 1880. Summit Co. Union Veterans Schedules can be acquired for 1890. There are free online and printable census forms to aid with your research.
Summit County, CO Societies and Family History Resources
What genealogical and historical societies, archives, museums, associations and libraries are available for Summit County, CO?
A list of Summit 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)
- Frisco Historical Society, 120 Main St., Frisco, CO 80443; 970-668-3428
- Summit Historical Society, PO Box 745, Breckenridge, CO. 80424
- Summit County, Colorado Message Boards (boards.ancestry.com)
- Summit County, Colorado Genealogy Forum (genforum.genealogy.com)
- USGenWeb Archives for Summit County (usgwarchives.net)
Summit County, CO Courthouse and Government Records
What genealogical records can I find in the Summit County Courthouse?
Researchers frequently overlook the great importance of Summit 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 Summit 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.
- Summit County Courthouse (all departments listed below are located here, unless otherwise noted)
- Address: 208 E Lincoln Ave, Breckenridge, CO 80424
- Phone: (970) 453-3470
- Summit County Clerk & Recorder
- Marriage Records: 1862
- Land Records: 1861
- Summit County Clerk of Courts
- Probate Records:1861
- Court Records:1861
- Summit County Public Health Department
- Birth / Death Records: 1892–1905
Where can I connect with other Summit County, CO Researchers through message boards and forums?
What other genealogical resources are available in Summit County, CO?
The following are web links to Genealogy, Records and Resources pertaining to Summit County.
Summit 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)
- Summit County, Colorado Books (amazon.com)
- Search Colorado Obituaries (1985 to current) (genealogybank.com)
- Summit County Genealogy Books (books.google.com)
Summit 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.
Summit Co. CO Court, Probate Land and Tax Records
Summit Co. CO Census Records
- Summit County, CO Census Records Links
- Colorado, State Census, 1885 (familysearch.org)
- Summit County, CO Census QuickFacts
Summit Co. CO Cemeteries & Church Records
- Summit Co., Colorado Graves (findagrave.com)
- Summit County Tombstone Transcription Project (usgwtombstones.org)
- Summit Co., Colorado Cemeteries (Internment.net)
- Summit Co., Colorado Cemetery Books (amazon.com)
- Summit County, Colorado Church Books (amazon.com)
Summit Co. CO Family Websites, Pictures & Histories
- Colorado Family Group Sheet Project (fgs-project.com)
Summit Co. CO General and History Websites
- See Also State History for Colorado
- Summit County, Colorado Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
- Summit County, Colorado Wiki (familysearch.org)
- Summit Co. CO Genealogy (kindredtrails.com)
- Family History Library (familysearch.org)
- Summit County, Colorado (linkpendium.com)
- Cyndi’s List – United States – Colorado – Counties – Summit (cyndislist.com)
- Summit County Colorado (genealogytrails.com)
- Summit Co. COGenweb (cogenweb.com)
- Summit County Genealogy Queries (cousinconnect.com)
- Summit Co. Data Collections (search.ancestry.com)
Summit Co. CO Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers
- See Also Map of Colorado Links and Information
- Summit County D.O.T. Road and Highway Map (dtdapps.coloradodot.info)
- 1895 Summit County Map (livgenmi.com)
Summit 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 Summit County genealogists, researchers, historians plus much more.
Summit 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)