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Custer County, Colorado
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Custer County, Colorado Facts
When was Custer County, CO Created?
Custer County was established on March 9, 1877 from Fremont County.
What is the County Seat of Custer County, CO?
The County Seat is located in Westcliffe and the county government website is http://www.custercountygov.com/
What counties are adjacent to Custer County, CO?
Bordering Counties are Fremont County, Pueblo County, Huerfano County, Saguache County.
Custer County, CO Vital Records
Where can find Custer County Birth, marriage, Divorce and Death Records?
Custer 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 Custer 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.
Custer County, CO Census Records
What Custer County, CO census records are available?
There are many types of census records for Custer County guide you in researching your family tree. Federal Population Schedules are available for 1880 (free index), 1890 (fragment), 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940.
Custer Co. Mortality Schedules can be acquired for 1880. Custer Co. Industry and Agriculture Schedules is available for 1880. Custer Co. Union Veterans Schedules can be acquired for 1890. There are free online and printable census forms to aid with your research.
Custer County, CO Societies and Family History Resources
What genealogical and historical societies, archives, museums, associations and libraries are available for Custer County, CO?
A list of Custer 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)
- Southeastern Colorado Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 1407, 100 E. Abriendo, Pueblo, CO 81004-4290
- Custer County, Colorado Message Boards (boards.ancestry.com)
- Custer County, Colorado Genealogy Forum (genforum.genealogy.com)
- USGenWeb Archives for Custer County (usgwarchives.net)
Custer County, CO Courthouse and Government Records
What genealogical records can I find in the Custer County Courthouse?
Researchers frequently overlook the great importance of Custer 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 Custer 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.
- Custer County Courthouse (all departments listed below are located here, unless otherwise noted)
- Address: 205 S 6th St, Westcliffe, CO 81252
- Phone: (719)783-2441
- Custer County Clerk & Recorder
- Marriage Records: 1877 ; Some earlier in Fremont County miscellaneous file.
- Land Records: 1877
- Custer County Clerk of Courts
- Probate Records: 1877
- Court Records: 1877
- Custer County Public Health Agency
- Birth / Death Records: 1902–07;
Where can I connect with other Custer County, CO Researchers through message boards and forums?
What other genealogical resources are available in Custer County, CO?
The following are web links to Genealogy, Records and Resources pertaining to Custer County.
Custer 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)
- Custer County, Colorado Books (amazon.com)
- Search Colorado Obituaries (1985 to current) (genealogybank.com)
- Custer County Genealogy Books (books.google.com)
Custer 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.
Custer Co. CO Court, Probate Land and Tax Records
Custer Co. CO Census Records
- Custer County, CO Census Records Links
- Colorado, State Census, 1885 (familysearch.org)
- Custer County, CO Census QuickFacts
Custer Co. CO Cemeteries & Church Records
- Custer Co., Colorado Graves (findagrave.com)
- Custer County Tombstone Transcription Project (usgwtombstones.org)
- Custer Co., Colorado Cemeteries (Internment.net)
- Custer Co., Colorado Cemetery Books (amazon.com)
- Custer County, Colorado Church Books (amazon.com)
Custer Co. CO Family Websites, Pictures & Histories
- Colorado Family Group Sheet Project (fgs-project.com)
Custer Co. CO General and History Websites
- See Also State History for Colorado
- Custer County, Colorado Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
- Arkansas Valley, Colorado History (search.ancestry.com)
- History of the Arkansas Valley, Colorado (search.ancestry.com)
- Custer County, Colorado Wiki (familysearch.org)
- Custer Co. CO Genealogy (kindredtrails.com)
- Family History Library (familysearch.org)
- Custer County, Colorado (linkpendium.com)
- Cyndi’s List – United States – Colorado – Counties – Custer (cyndislist.com)
- Custer County Colorado (genealogytrails.com)
- Custer Co. COGenweb (cogenweb.com)
- Custer County Genealogy Queries (cousinconnect.com)
- Custer Co. Data Collections (search.ancestry.com)
Custer Co. CO Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers
- See Also Map of Colorado Links and Information
- Custer County D.O.T. Road and Highway Map (dtdapps.coloradodot.info)
- 1895 Custer County Map (livgenmi.com)
Custer 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 Custer County genealogists, researchers, historians plus much more.
Custer 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)