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Las Animas County, Colorado
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Las Animas County, Colorado Facts
When was Las Animas County, CO Created?
Las Animas County was established on February 9, 1866 from Huerfano County.
What is the County Seat of Las Animas County, CO?
The County Seat is located in Trinidad and the county government website is http://lasanimascounty.org/
What counties are adjacent to Las Animas County, CO?
Bordering Counties are Otero County, Pueblo County, Bent County, Baca County, Union County, New Mexico, Colfax County, New Mexico, Costilla County, Huerfano County.
Las Animas County, CO Vital Records
Where can find Las Animas County Birth, marriage, Divorce and Death Records?
Las Animas 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 Las Animas 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.
Las Animas County, CO Census Records
What Las Animas County, CO census records are available?
There are many types of census records for Las Animas 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.
Las Animas Co. Mortality Schedules can be acquired for 1870 and 1880. Las Animas Co. Industry and Agriculture Schedules is available for 1870 and 1880. Las Animas Co. Union Veterans Schedules can be acquired for 1890. There are free online and printable census forms to aid with your research.
Las Animas County, CO Societies and Family History Resources
What genealogical and historical societies, archives, museums, associations and libraries are available for Las Animas County, CO?
A list of Las Animas 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)
- Trinidad History Society and Museum, 312 E Main St., Trinidad CO 81082-2713
- Southeastern Colorado Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 1407, 100 E. Abriendo, Pueblo, CO 81004-4290
- Las Animas County, Colorado Message Boards (boards.ancestry.com)
- Las Animas County, Colorado Genealogy Forum (genforum.genealogy.com)
- USGenWeb Archives for Las Animas County (usgwarchives.net)
Las Animas County, CO Courthouse and Government Records
What genealogical records can I find in the Las Animas County Courthouse?
Researchers frequently overlook the great importance of Las Animas 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 Las Animas 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.
- Las Animas County Courthouse (all departments listed below are located here, unless otherwise noted)
- Address: 200 E 1st St, Trinidad, CO 81082
- Phone: 719) 846-3316
- Las Animas County Clerk & Recorder
- Marriage Records: 1868
- Land Records: 1866?
- Las Animas County Clerk of Courts
- Probate Records: 1866?
- Court Records: 1866?
- Las Animas-Huerfano Counties District Health Department
- Birth / Death Records: 1893–96 / 1893–1904; Also, city of Trinidad 1893–1907
Where can I connect with other Las Animas County, CO Researchers through message boards and forums?
What other genealogical resources are available in Las Animas County, CO?
The following are web links to Genealogy, Records and Resources pertaining to Las Animas County.
Las Animas 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)
- Las Animas County, Colorado Books (amazon.com)
- Search Colorado Obituaries (1985 to current) (genealogybank.com)
- Las Animas County Genealogy Books (books.google.com)
Las Animas 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.
Las Animas Co. CO Court, Probate Land and Tax Records
Las Animas Co. CO Census Records
- Las Animas County, CO Census Records Links
- Colorado, State Census, 1885 (familysearch.org)
- Las Animas County, CO Census QuickFacts
Las Animas Co. CO Cemeteries & Church Records
- Las Animas Co., Colorado Graves (findagrave.com)
- Las Animas County Tombstone Transcription Project (usgwtombstones.org)
- Las Animas Co., Colorado Cemeteries (Internment.net)
- Las Animas Co., Colorado Cemetery Books (amazon.com)
- Las Animas County, Colorado Church Books (amazon.com)
Las Animas Co. CO Family Websites, Pictures & Histories
- Colorado Family Group Sheet Project (fgs-project.com)
Las Animas Co. CO General and History Websites
- See Also State History for Colorado
- Las Animas County, Colorado Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
- Las Animas County, Colorado Wiki (familysearch.org)
- Las Animas Co. CO Genealogy (kindredtrails.com)
- Family History Library (familysearch.org)
- Las Animas County, Colorado (linkpendium.com)
- Cyndi’s List – United States – Colorado – Counties – Las Animas (cyndislist.com)
- Las Animas County Colorado (genealogytrails.com)
- Las Animas Co. COGenweb (roadsofthepast.com)
- Las Animas County Genealogy Queries (cousinconnect.com)
- Las Animas Co. Data Collections (search.ancestry.com)
Las Animas Co. CO Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers
- See Also Map of Colorado Links and Information
- Las Animas County D.O.T. Road and Highway Map (dtdapps.coloradodot.info)
- 1895 Las Animas County Map (livgenmi.com)
Las Animas 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 Las Animas County genealogists, researchers, historians plus much more.
Las Animas 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 Bensel Directory Company’s Trinidad directory for the year 1892 (search.ancestry.com)
- 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)