Research Resources

I hope you find these resources helpful in your search for your ancestors. The links are on the left. If you have any resources that you consider helpful, please let me know.

Arvada Historian  

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Golden Funicular

Lookout Mountain Funicular    #2


Colorado State Home

Jefferson County Vital Records Information
Jefferson County Vital Records Office
800 Jefferson County Parkway
Dakota Building
Suite 1300
Golden CO 80401
(303) 271-6450
 
The Jefferson County Vital Records Office has birth certificates available from 1909-present. Earliest death certificates on file from 1868. No marriage records.

Birth & Death Records
The Colorado State Archives has a microfiche index of approximately 3,000 Colorado births from 1863-1899 that is available for viewing on site. The State of Colorado Vital Records Section has birth records for the entire state for years 1910 to present and death records for 1900 to present. Go to Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment for ordering information

Marriage Records
Marriage records for the entire state are available for the following years: 1900 to 1939, and 1975 to present. Verifications for the years 1940 to 1974 are not available from this office and must be obtained from the county where the license was obtained. Dissolution (divorce, separation and annulment) records for the entire state are available for the following years: 1900 to 1939 and 1968 to present. Verifications for the years 1940 to 1967 are not available from this office and must be obtained from the county where the dissolution was decreed. Go to Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment for ordering information.

The Colorado State Archives has the following Marriage Records for Jefferson County:
Marriage Index 1868-1978
Certificates or License/Certificates 1868-1976

Ronald Boehm

Can look up newspaper obituaries or city directory names at the Denver Public Library. Also will look up census records or visit local cemeteries.

Frank Paige

Will look up obituaries, marriages and take pictures of headstones. Visits the Denver Public Library Western History and Genealogy Department once a month.

The Lakewood Public Library (303-232-7114) has a copies of the following:
Jefferson County, Colorado, marriage index, 1860-1899 : indexes of brides and grooms. Lakewood, Colo. : Foothills Genealogical Society of Colorado, Inc., c1998.
Justice of the Peace marriage index, 1900-1911, Jefferson County Colorado : records of four Justices of the Peace / [extracted by Barbara Olson ... [et al.]]. Lakewood, Colo. : Foothills Genealogical Society of Colorado, c1999.
Jefferson County Clerks Office
100 Jefferson County Parkway,
Suite 2560
Golden, 80419-2560
Fax (303) 271-8197
fgriffin@co.jefferson.co.us
smiller@co.jefferson.co.us
(303) 271-8168
(303) 271-8111

Colorado State Archives
1313 Sherman, Room 1B20
Denver, CO 80203
Phone: 303-866-2358
Fax: 303-866-2257

Bright & Brown Lateral Ditch and Irrigation Company

1940 Farmers High Line Canal  (A) 

1943 Annual Report   Receipt

1944 Annual Report  Receipts

1947 Receipt

1949 Annual Report

1950 Annual Report

Arvada Lumber Company

Transfer of Water Rights   1944   (A)   (B)   1946  (A)  (B)  (C)   (D)   1947  1949   (A)   1951

1946 Assessments   Receipt

 1947-1949 Receipts  1950 Receipts

1951 Stockholder Meeting    (A)

First National Bank  Receipts

Proxy Voter   1951   Misc Records  (A) 

Bank Deposits

Right of Way    Past Due Monies

Railroads in Jefferson County

The history of railroading in Jefferson County is a long tale, with the beginnings of the railroad being with the

Colorado Central Railroad, in the 1870’s. The railroad continued to serve the Jefferson County area, up until about the 1950’s.

 All in all, railroads have been a main contributing power in Jefferson County, which allowed it to grow to its full potential.

·         Colorado Central Railroad

·         Colorado and Southern Railroad

·         Denver and Middle Park Railroad

·         Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railroad

·         Denver and Rio Grande Railroad

·         Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad

·         Denver Pacific Railroad

·         Denver, Utah and Pacific Railroad

·         Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railroad