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Huerfano County, Colorado
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Huerfano County, Colorado Facts
When was Huerfano County, CO Created?
Huerfano County was established on November 1, 1861.
What is the County Seat of Huerfano County, CO?
The County Seat is located in Walsenburg and the county government website is http://www.huerfano.us/
What counties are adjacent to Huerfano County, CO?
Bordering Counties are Pueblo County, Las Animas County, Costilla County, Alamosa County, Custer County, Saguache County.
Huerfano County, CO Vital Records
Where can find Huerfano County Birth, marriage, Divorce and Death Records?
Huerfano 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 Huerfano 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.
Huerfano County, CO Census Records
What Huerfano County, CO census records are available?
There are many types of census records for Huerfano 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.
Huerfano Co. Mortality Schedules can be acquired for 1870 and 1880. Huerfano Co. Industry and Agriculture Schedules is available for 1870 and 1880. Huerfano Co. Union Veterans Schedules can be acquired for 1890. There are free online and printable census forms to aid with your research.
Huerfano County, CO Societies and Family History Resources
What genealogical and historical societies, archives, museums, associations and libraries are available for Huerfano County, CO?
A list of Huerfano 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
- Huerfano County, Colorado Message Boards (boards.ancestry.com)
- Huerfano County, Colorado Genealogy Forum (genforum.genealogy.com)
- USGenWeb Archives for Huerfano County (usgwarchives.net)
Huerfano County, CO Courthouse and Government Records
What genealogical records can I find in the Huerfano County Courthouse?
Researchers frequently overlook the great importance of Huerfano 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 Huerfano 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.
- Huerfano County Courthouse (all departments listed below are located here, unless otherwise noted)
- Address: 401 Main St, Walsenburg, CO 81089
- Phone: (719) 738-2370
- Huerfano County Clerk & Recorder
- Marriage Records: 1875
- Land Records: 1861?
- Huerfano County Clerk of Courts
- Probate Records: 1861?
- Court Records: 1861?
- Las Animas-Huerfano Counties District Health Department
- Birth / Death Records: 1902–06 ; Courthouse basement.
Where can I connect with other Huerfano County, CO Researchers through message boards and forums?
What other genealogical resources are available in Huerfano County, CO?
The following are web links to Genealogy, Records and Resources pertaining to Huerfano County.
Huerfano 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)
- Huerfano County, Colorado Books (amazon.com)
- Search Colorado Obituaries (1985 to current) (genealogybank.com)
- Huerfano County Genealogy Books (books.google.com)
Huerfano 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.
Huerfano Co. CO Court, Probate Land and Tax Records
Huerfano Co. CO Census Records
- Huerfano County, CO Census Records Links
- Colorado, State Census, 1885 (familysearch.org)
- Huerfano County, CO Census QuickFacts
Huerfano Co. CO Cemeteries & Church Records
- Huerfano Co., Colorado Graves (findagrave.com)
- Huerfano County Tombstone Transcription Project (usgwtombstones.org)
- Huerfano Co., Colorado Cemeteries (Internment.net)
- Huerfano Co., Colorado Cemetery Books (amazon.com)
- Huerfano County, Colorado Church Books (amazon.com)
Huerfano Co. CO Family Websites, Pictures & Histories
- Colorado Family Group Sheet Project (fgs-project.com)
Huerfano Co. CO General and History Websites
- See Also State History for Colorado
- Huerfano County, Colorado Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
- Huerfano County, Colorado Wiki (familysearch.org)
- Huerfano Co. CO Genealogy (kindredtrails.com)
- Family History Library (familysearch.org)
- Huerfano County, Colorado (linkpendium.com)
- Cyndi’s List – United States – Colorado – Counties – Huerfano (cyndislist.com)
- Huerfano County Colorado (genealogytrails.com)
- Huerfano Co. COGenweb (cogenweb.com)
- Huerfano County Genealogy Queries (cousinconnect.com)
- Huerfano Co. Data Collections (search.ancestry.com)
Huerfano Co. CO Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers
- See Also Map of Colorado Links and Information
- Huerfano County D.O.T. Road and Highway Map (dtdapps.coloradodot.info)
- 1895 Huerfano County Map (livgenmi.com)
Huerfano 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 Huerfano County genealogists, researchers, historians plus much more.
Huerfano 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)