Resources

There are hundreds of genealogy-related websites to help you with your family history development. We hope you find these resource links helpful. If you have additional resources that you have found to be quite helpful, please share them with us.

• COGenWeb Archives
• FamilySearch
• USGenWeb Tombstone Project
• USGenWeb Archives Project
• USGenWeb Archives Obituaries Project – Colorado
• USGenWeb Kidz Project - genealogy resources for children!
• Internet Archive
• National Register of Historic Places
• Ghost Towns
• USGS GNIS - Geographic Names Information System
• Bureau of Land Management - land patents
• Colorado Secretary of State
• Historical Markers
• Larimer County Postcards

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Courthouse
Larimer County
 Clerk & Recorder 200 W. Oak Street
First Floor
Fort Collins, CO 80521
(970) 498-7860
(970) 498-7830 Fax Issues marriage licenses, records real estate transactions, issues liquor licenses, registers voters, conducts elections, operates Motor Vehicles Division in Fort Collins, Loveland and Estes Park for titling vehicles and issuing license plates. Marriage and land records began in 1862.
 

 County Court 201 LaPorte Avenue, Suite 100 Ft. Collins, CO 80521-2761 (970) 498-6100
Probate and court records began in 1862.

District Court 200 W. Oak Street, 2nd Floor PO Box 2066 Ft. Collins, CO 80522-2066 (970) 498-7918

Vital Statistics Section 1525 Blue Spruce Dr. Fort Collins, CO 80524-2004 (970) 498-6710 Issues Larimer County birth and death certificates, cost $15 (Subject to change). Issues burial permits to funeral homes. Birth and death records start in 1902.

Genealogical and Historical Societies
Berthoud Historical Society
P.O. Box 1020
Berthoud, CO 80513  
Cache la Poudre Chapter DAR
508 Villanova
Fort Collins, CO 80525
Contact: Karn Pope, Regent, (970) 482-2378Meetings: The 3rd Saturday at 10:00-noon in the Ludlow Room at The Lincoln Center at Magnolia & Meldum Streets in Fort Collins. Meet from Sep through May.
To promote awareness of American history. Must have a relative who fought in the American Revolution.
 
Estes Park Genealogical Society
The Estes Park Genealogical Society meets on the 2nd Thursday of the month - January through November at:
Estes Park Public Library 335 East Elkhorn Ave. Estes Park, CO 80517 (970) 586-8116
Fort Collins Historical Society
1413 Emigh Street
Fort Collins, CO 80524
  
Larimer County Historic Alliance
3711 N. Taft Hill Rd.
Fort Collins, CO 80524 Promotes countywide historic preservation, action and awareness.
 
Pioneer Association
P.O. Box 1732, FC
80522-1732
Contact: Gayle Watkinson 482-8590Meetings: Pioneer Association - Elks Club; Noon; Feb., May, Nov.; picnic in August. Pioneer Women - First Methodist Church,1st Fri. of each month, noon.
To preserve the history of Larimer County and to educate people in the history of northern Colorado.
Pioneer Women Association
 

Scottish Society of Northern Colorado
3200 Silverthorn Dr
 

Family History Centers

Fort Collins Family History Center
600 E. Swallow Road (west side of building)
Fort Collins, CO 80525
(970) 226-5999  

Loveland Family History Center
1417 W. 29th Street.
Loveland, CO 80538-2403
(970) 669-6498.  
 

Libraries
Berthoud Public Library
236 Welch Avenue
Berthoud, CO 80513
970-532-2757

Colorado State University, Morgan Library
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1019

Estes Park Public Library 335 East Elkhorn Ave. Estes Park, CO 80517 (970) 586-8116
Fort Collins Public Library 201 Peterson Street Fort Collins, Colorado 80524 Reference / Adult Services (970) 221-6380  

Loveland Public Library 300 N. Adams Avenue Loveland, CO 80537 (970) 962-2665 
Wellington Public Library 3800 Wilson Avenue Wellington, CO 80549 (970) 568-3040  

Museums
Estes Park Area Historical Museum 200 Fourth Street Estes Park, CO 80517 (970) 586-6256  

Fort Collins Museum 200 Mathews Fort Collins, CO 80524 (970) 221-6738  
Loveland Museum and Gallery 503 N. Lincoln Ave. Loveland, CO 80537 (970) 962-2410  

Funeral Homes
Vessey Funeral Service
2649 E. Mulberry A-1
Ft. Collins, CO 80524
970-482-5065
 
Rice changed to
Kendall-Hammond changed to
Hunter Funeral Home (1950-1954) changed to
Allnutt-Hunter Funeral Services (Current Owner) 1
Estes Park Chapel 1302 Graves Avenue Estes Park, CO 80517 (970) 586-3101
Allnutt Funeral Service - Drake Road Chapel 650 W. Drake Road Fort Collins, CO 80526 (970) 482-3208  

Allnutt Funeral Service - Hunter Chapel 2100 N. Lincoln Avenue Loveland, CO 80538 (970) 667-1121
Berthoud Funeral Home 549 4th Berthoud, CO 80513 (970) 532-2021

 
Goes Funeral Care & Crematory
3665 Canal Drive, Suite E
Fort Collins, CO 80524
970-482-2221
970-472-9245 FAX


Bell-Finey (in 1924) aka C.A. Lyons Mortuary changed to
Kibby Funeral Home changed to:           Kibbey-Fishburn Funeral Home & Crematory
         1102 N. Lincoln Ave.
         Loveland, CO 80537
         (970) 667-5885  

Reager Funeral Home and Crematory 1530 Riverside Avenue Fort Collins, CO 80524 (970) 482-2425   Resthaven Funeral and Cremation Services 8426 S. HWY 287, Ft. Collins, CO 80525
(970) 667-0202

Bohlender Funeral Chapel
121 W. Olive Street
Fort Collins, CO 80524
(970) 482-4244

 

Records
Larimer County, Colorado 1870 Mortality Schedule

Miscellaneous
Visit this page on the Overland Trail a great look at a historical place and it's treasures.
Here is a new historical link: the Big Thompson Canyon Flood

 

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