- Colorado Historical Society, Stephen H. Hart Library
30,000 books, many manuscripts including personal papers and diaries, thousands of maps, various microfilmed newspapers, 750,000 photographs, US Censuses (1870-1930) on microfilm, city directories, biographical reference and vertical files - Colorado Heritage Center
- Bemis Public Library
South-suburban library with holdings including the films of the 1885 Colorado state census - Jefferson County Public Library
Has best genealogical holdings in the Jefferson County Library system, including the films of the 1885 Colorado state census
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Some of the major records sources that can be used for genealogy research in Colorado include:
- Birth, marriage, and death records were kept by some towns as early as 1872
- Birth, marriage, and death records have been recorded by the state government from 1907 to the present
- Federal census records were recorded every 10 years starting in 1860
- State, territorial, and colonial censuses were recorded in 1860, 1866, 1885, and 1885
- Land records were kept by the towns and counties from the time they were settled
- Probate records were by the county courts (except in Denver which has its own probate court)
- Churches kept records of the christenings, marriages, deaths, or other information about their members
- Newspapers were written in many areas and time periods that contain information such as notices of marriages, notices of death, and obituaries
- Military records
- Town and county histories about the settlers and their families
- Naturalization and citizenship records were recorded by the courts since 1877
- Ship passenger lists, tax lists, and town records were recorded for many areas