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Colorado is
a state
in the midwestern
United States. Denver is the capital
and the most populous city of Colorado. The state's population was estimated
to be 4,665,177 as of 2005.[2]
Colorado is also considered to be a part of the Mountain,
Southwestern, and Central regions of the
country. Residents of Colorado are known as Coloradans. The word
"Colorado" was selected by Congress in 1861 as the name for the Colorado Territory that is
today a state. The name has its origins in the Spanish
language, where it is directly translated as "colored
red." [4]
It is named after the Colorado River (Río
Colorado), itself named after its reddish-brown color. The territory that ultimately became
Colorado was added to the United States
by the 1803 Louisiana
Purchase and the1848 Mexican
Cession. In 1854 the Kansas
Territory was organized, including what is now much of Colorado.
The Colorado Gold Rush of 1859
(see also Fifty-Niner)
brought many settlers to the Denver area. A convention
was held to organize the provisional Jefferson Territory, but an
official break from the Kansas Territory didn't happen until 1861. The Colorado Territory was
organized as a United States territory
on February
28, 1861,
lame
duck President Buchanan signing
an Act of Congress. Colorado attained statehood August
1, 1876,
(earning it the moniker the "Centennial State"). Colorado women
were granted the right to vote starting on November
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ARCHIVES |
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Colorado State Archives, Centenniel Building, 1313 Sherman
Street, Rm. 1B-20, Denver, CO 80203; Tel: 303-866-2358, 303-866-2390, 800-305-3442 (Toll-free in Colorado only), Fax:
303-866-2257, E-mail: [email protected] National Archives-Rocky Mountain Region, Denver Federal Center, Building 48, West 6th Avenue and
Kipling Street, Denver, Colorado 80225-0307. Mailing Address: P.O. Box 25307,
Denver, Colorado 80225-0307; Tel: 303-236-0817, E-mail: [email protected],
Fax: 303-236-9297 Chautauqua Association, Archive and History
Room,
Administration Building, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, CO 80302; Tel: 303-442-3282, Fax: 303-449-0790 Colorado State University,
Special Collections & Archives, Fort
Collins, CO 80523; Tel: 970-491-3977 Information, 970-491-1841 Social
Sciences/Humanities, 970-491-1882 Government Documents, 970-491-1844
Archives-Voice, Fax:970-491-1195 Cortez Center, 25 North Market Street, Cortez, CO 81321; Tel: 970-565-1151,
Fax: 970-565-4075, E-mail: [email protected] Greeley Museums
Office, Municipal Archives, 919 Seventh Street, Greeley, CO 80631; Tel: 970/350-9220, Fax:
970/350-9570 |
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HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL SOCIETIES |
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Colorado Genealogical Society, P. O. Box 9218, Denver, CO 80209-0218 or E-mail the Society at
[email protected] Colorado Society of Daughters of the American Revolution Colorado Society of Sons of the American Revolution Colorado
Historical Society, Stephen H. Hart Library, 1300 Broadway, Denver, CO 80203; Tel:
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Berthoud Public Library, 236 Welch Ave, P.O. Box 1259, Berthoud, CO 80513; Tel:
(970)532-2757, Fax: (970)532-4372 Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, CO 80302; Tel: 303-441-3100 Carnegie Branch Library,
Local History Research Center, 1125 Pine Street, Boulder, CO 80302; Tel: 303-441-3110 Colorado Historical
Society, Stephen H. Hart Library, 1300 Broadway, Denver, CO 80203; Tel: 303-866-3682 Colorado State Library, 201 East Colfax Ave., Room 309, Denver, CO 80203, 303-866-6900
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Alphabetical lists of places in the U.S. State of
COLORADO |
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Adams
Alamosa
Arapahoe
Archuleta
Baca
Bent
Boulder
Chaffee
Cheyenne
Clear Creek
Conejos
Costilla
Crowley
Custer
Delta
Denver
Dolores
Douglas
Eagle
El Paso
Elbert
Fremont
Garfield
Gilpin
Grand
Gunnison
Hinsdale
Huerfano
Jackson
Jefferson
Kiowa
Kit Carson
La Plata
Lake
Larimer
Las Animas
Lincoln
Logan
Mesa
Mineral
Moffat
Montezuma
Montrose
Morgan
Otero
Ouray
Park
Phillips
Pitkin
Prowers
Pueblo
Rio Blanco
Rio Grande
Routt
Saguache
San Juan
San Miguel
Sedgwick
Shasta
Summit
Teller
Washington
Weld
Yuma |
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following are surnames of persons, found within our databases, as having been either born, married or
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Gardner; Harvey;
Jones; Loyd; Moreland;
Ollar;
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Huscher; Silar |
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each surname listed above click on the corresponding LINK. Additional information
regarding these surnames may also be found at: |
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Free Genealogy Surname Search Help from Google |
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Use this free genealogy site to help you
get the best genealogy searches from Google™
by using your family tree, for your research. It
will create a series of different searches using tips or "tricks" |
that will
likely improve your results.
The different searches will give you many different ways of using Google and
the Internet to find ancestry information about this or any other Surname. |
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The following named counties are associated with the history of our DIRECT
ancestors. To select a specific
ancestral county, click on the following link. Here you will find additional
links to our county pages where you can obtain information about our family
gen-sites, images of localities, and surnames of persons, in our database,
who have lived in the selected county. |
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Boulder;
El Paso |
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Genealogical County Research Links |
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Adams;
Alamosa; Arapahoe; Archuleta; Baca; Bent; Boulder; Broomfield; Chaffee; Cheyenne; Clear Creek; Conejos; Costilla; Crowley; Custer;
Delta;
Denver [City &
County of ]; Dolores; Douglas; Eagle; Elbert;
El Paso; Fremont; Garfield; Greenwood; Gilpin; Grand; Gunnison; Hinsdale; Huerfano; Jackson; Jefferson; Kiowa; Kit Carson; Lake; LaPlata; Larimer; Las Animas; Lincoln; Logan;
Mesa; Mineral; Moffat;
Montezuma; Montrose; Morgan;
Otero;
Ouray; Park; Phillips; Pitkin; Platte;
Prowers; Pueblo;
Rio Blanco; Rio Grande; Routt; Saguache; San Juan; San Miguel; Sedgwick; Summit; Teller; Washington; Weld;
Yuma;
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Adams | Alamosa | Arapahoe | Archuleta | Baca | Bent | Boulder | Broomfield | Chaffee | Cheyenne | Clear Creek | Conejos | Costilla | Crowley | Custer | Delta | Denver
| Dolores | Douglas | Eagle | El Paso | Elbert | Fremont | Garfield | Gilpin | Grand | Gunnison | Hinsdale | Huerfano | Jackson | Jefferson | Kiowa | Kit Carson | La Plata | Lake | Larimer | Las Animas | Lincoln | Logan | Mesa | Mineral | Moffat | Montezuma | Montrose | Morgan | Otero | Ouray | Park | Phillips | Pitkin | Prowers | Pueblo | Rio Blanco | Rio Grande | Routt | Saguache | San Juan | San Miguel | Sedgwick | Summit | Teller | Washington | Weld | Yuma |
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The Google search engine button
and following web sites
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with additional information to assist with your research about this
U. S. State. |
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GENERAL
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Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia ·
Free
Genealogy Search Help For Google ·
Linkpendium
> Genealogy > USA ·
Ancestry.com
(Reference Materials & Finding Aids) |
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Cyndi's List - United States Index ·
IGI
Batch Numbers - British Isles & North America ·
Libweb
- Libraries on the Web ·
50states.com - States and Capitals ·
StateGenSites
- U.S. Genealogy Sites by State |
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The
Colorado Migrations Project |
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StateGenSites - U.S. Genealogy (Colorado) ·
The
Olive Tree Genealogy - Colorado ·
Geneasearch: A Guide to Colorado Genealogy |
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The following Link will take you to our library of genealogy reference books that pertain to this U.S. State. Here you will find books about the history and records of this State, as well as its counties and other localities such as towns and churches. The collection also contains research works about State military units and personnel during America’s wars. In addition, there are resource texts about the ethnic and religious groups who settled in this State. |
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