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Delta County, Colorado
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Delta County, Colorado Facts
When was Delta County, CO Created?
Delta County was established on February 11, 1883 from Gunnison County.
What is the County Seat of Delta County, CO?
The County Seat is located in Delta and the county government website is http://www.deltacounty.com/
What counties are adjacent to Delta County, CO?
Bordering Counties are Gunnison County, Montrose County, Mesa County.
Delta County, CO Vital Records
Where can find Delta County Birth, marriage, Divorce and Death Records?
Delta 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 Delta 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.
Delta County, CO Census Records
What Delta County, CO census records are available?
There are many types of census records for Delta County guide you in researching your family tree. Federal Population Schedules are available for 1890 (fragment), 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940.
Delta Co. Union Veterans Schedules can be acquired for 1890. There are free online and printable census forms to aid with your research.
Delta County, CO Societies and Family History Resources
What genealogical and historical societies, archives, museums, associations and libraries are available for Delta County, CO?
A list of Delta 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)
- Delta County Historical Society, 251 Meeker St, Delta, CO 81416; Phone:(970) 874-8721
- Delta County, Colorado Message Boards (boards.ancestry.com)
- Delta County, Colorado Genealogy Forum (genforum.genealogy.com)
- USGenWeb Archives for Delta County (usgwarchives.net)
Delta County, CO Courthouse and Government Records
What genealogical records can I find in the Delta County Courthouse?
Researchers frequently overlook the great importance of Delta 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 Delta 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.
- Delta County Courthouse (all departments listed below are located here, unless otherwise noted)
- Address: 501 Palmer St, Delta, CO 81416
- Phone: (970) 874-6280
- Delta County Clerk & Recorder
- Marriage Records: 1883
- Land Records: 1883
- Delta County Clerk of Courts
- Probate Records: 1883
- Court Records: 1883
- Delta County Department of Health and Human Services
- Birth / Death Records: 1895–1909
Where can I connect with other Delta County, CO Researchers through message boards and forums?
What other genealogical resources are available in Delta County, CO?
The following are web links to Genealogy, Records and Resources pertaining to Delta County.
Delta 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)
- Delta County, Colorado Books (amazon.com)
- Search Colorado Obituaries (1985 to current) (genealogybank.com)
- Delta County Genealogy Books (books.google.com)
Delta Co. CO Birth, Marriage & Death Records
- Delta County Death Records 1984-2011 (archives.com) Delta County Clerk and Recorder
- Delta County Marriage Records 1982-2011 (archives.com) Delta County Clerk and Recorder
- 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.
Delta Co. CO Court, Probate Land and Tax Records
Delta Co. CO Census Records
Delta Co. CO Cemeteries & Church Records
- Delta Co., Colorado Graves (findagrave.com)
- Delta County Tombstone Transcription Project (usgwtombstones.org)
- Delta Co., Colorado Cemeteries (Internment.net)
- Delta Co., Colorado Cemetery Books (amazon.com)
- Delta County, Colorado Church Books (amazon.com)
Delta Co. CO Family Websites, Pictures & Histories
- Colorado Family Group Sheet Project (fgs-project.com)
Delta Co. CO General and History Websites
- See Also State History for Colorado
- Delta County, Colorado Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
- Delta County, Colorado Wiki (familysearch.org)
- Delta Co. CO Genealogy (kindredtrails.com)
- Family History Library (familysearch.org)
- Delta County, Colorado (linkpendium.com)
- Cyndi’s List – United States – Colorado – Counties – Delta (cyndislist.com)
- Delta County Colorado (genealogytrails.com)
- Delta Co. COGenweb (rootsweb.ancestry.com)
- Delta County Genealogy Queries (cousinconnect.com)
- Delta Co. Data Collections (search.ancestry.com)
Delta Co. CO Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers
- See Also Map of Colorado Links and Information
- Delta County D.O.T. Road and Highway Map (dtdapps.coloradodot.info)
- 1895 Delta County Map (livgenmi.com)
Delta 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 Delta County genealogists, researchers, historians plus much more.
Delta 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)