Online Colorado Death Indexes, Records & Obituaries

Colorado Obituaries - Recent

Colorado Newspapers Obituaries Archive (recent) includes the Denver Post (6/3/1989-Current), Rocky Mountain News (1/1/1990-2/27/2009), and newspapers in Akron, Broomfield, Brush, Colorado Springs, Cortez, Craig, Durango, Estes Park, Ft. Morgan, Grand Junction, La Junta, Lamar, Longmont, Loveland, Meeker, Montrose, Sterling, and others (copies of individual obituaries can be obtained online for a fee; coverage varies by newspaper)
Colorado Obituary Project Index 1970s-1990 (does not include Denver - see the Denver section below)

Online Colorado Death Indexes by County

Adams County - see Riverside Cemetery in Denver County below
Alamosa County: Valley Courier (Newspaper) Archives (includes obituaries) San Luis Valley Area
Alamosa County: Early Alamosa County Deaths 1897-1923
Arapahoe County...
- Arapahoe County: Columbine Genealogical & Historical Society Indexes includes: Littleton Cemetery Interment Records 1869-1981, Nickels-Hill-Drinkwine Mortuary Records 1915-1950, Obituary Index for the Littleton Independent Newspaper (ongoing project), and other items
- Arapahoe County Cemetery Listings -- includes Littleton Cemetery burials 1860-1950
- Arapahoe County: Evergreen Cemetery Burials (Deer Trail, Colorado)
- Arapahoe County Probate Cases 1902-1937
Archuleta County Mortality Schedule 1884-1885
Arvada - see Jefferson County below
Boulder County...
- Boulder Genealogical Society - Cemeteries and Obituaries includes: Boulder Daily Camera Obituary Index 1970-1974; burial indexes for the following cemeteries: Columbia Cemetery (Boulder's famous Jane Doe is buried here), Green Mountain Cemetery, Hygiene Cemetery, Lyons Cemetery, Rowley Cemetery, "Roadside" Cemetery, Weisner Cemetery; and more
- Boulder County Cemeteries
Broomfield County: Lakeview Cemetery Index - Burials to 1955
Colorado Springs - see the El Paso County section below
Denver City & County
Note: the city of Denver was in Arapahoe County until 1902
- Denver Obituaries Index from the Denver Public Library (for assorted years - begins with 1936)
- Denver Post & Colorado Newspapers Obituaries Archive (recent) includes the Denver Post (6/3/1989-Current), Rocky Mountain News (1/1/1990-2/27/2009), and other Colorado newspapers (copies of individual obituaries can be obtained online for a fee)
- Denver Death Index 1870-1909 most records are from 1890s-1909 (part of the Colorado Historical Records Index)
- Fairmount Cemetery Records 1890-1906 extracted from the book, Burial Records of Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colorado 1891-1906 by Stella Putnam Irish (available at the Denver Public Library)
- William P. Horan Burial Records Index 1900-1956 includes mortuary & coroner's records (some years missing)
- Farmer & Hale Mortuary and William D. Nash Mortuary Burial Records Index 1889-1909
- Denver & Adams County: Riverside Cemetery Index (partial) (the county line between Denver & Adams runs through the middle of the cemetery)
- Colorado Statesman: Index of Funeral Notices, Obituaries & News Articles Oct 29, 1904-April 17, 1954 weekly newspaper serving the African American community
- For Ft. Logan National Cemetery see the Military Cemeteries section below
Douglas County Cemetery Index
El Paso County (includes Colorado Springs)...
- Colorado Springs Gazette Obituaries 4/2/1988-Current (copies of individual obituaries can be obtained online for a fee)
- Pikes Peak NewsFinder - Colorado Springs Gazette Index 1872-2008 "contains citations to local news articles and obituaries from the Colorado Springs Gazette and other regional newspapers"
- El Paso County Cemeteries from the El Paso County GenWeb Site
- El Paso County: Evergreen & Fairview Cemeteries Burial Search - Colorado Springs
- El Paso County Cemeteries from the Colorado Tombstone Transcription Project
Ft. Collins - see Larimer County below
Garfield County Cemeteries
Grand Junction - see Mesa County below
Greeley - see Weld County below
Jefferson County...
- Jefferson County Obituary Index also has indexes for Conifer Cemetery and Pleasant Park Cemetery
- Jefferson County Cemeteries includes Arvada Cemetery, Mount Lindo Cemetery (near Morrison) and Golden Cemetery (in Golden)
- Jefferson County: Ralston Cemetery Burials small pioneer cemetery in Arvada
Kit Carson County Death Register 1893-1907
La Plata County: Durango Herald Obituaries 1998-present
La Plata County: Durango Burial Permits 1903-1906
Lake County: Leadville Hebrew Cemetery Burials
Larimer County...
- Larimer County: Local History Archive includes burials in Grandview and Roselawn Cemeteries
- Larimer County Genealogical Society - Online Databases includes indexed scanned obituaries 1980s-1990s
Littleton - see Arapahoe County above
Mesa County Cemetery Records from the Mesa County Genealogical Society
Mesa County: for Grand Junction Daily Sentinel Obituaries (4/29/2002-Current) see the Colorado Newspapers Obituaries Archive below
Morgan County: City of Brush Memorial Cemetery Records downloadable PDF file
Otero County Cemeteries
Pitkin County: Cemetery Records for Red Butte, Aspen Grove, Ute and Basalt Cemeteries (PDF file) also has census records, marriage records and city directories in PDF format; from the Aspen Historical Society
Pitkin County: Ute Cemetery Burials - in Aspen includes some Civil War veterans
Pueblo County: Pueblo Chieftain Obituary Index (covers approximately 1920s to the present)
Rio Blanco County: Highland Cemetery Transcriptions in Meeker, Colorado
Summit County Death Records 1910-1950
Tri-County Obituaries - Huerfano County, Pueblo County & Las Animas County
Weld County...
- Weld County Master Genealogy Index indexes obituaries, cemetery records, probate records & much more
- Weld County: City of Evans Cemetery Burials (PDF file)
- Weld County Cemeteries - Tombstone Photographs from the Centennial State Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
- Weld County: Linn Grove Cemetery Burials (Greeley)

Colorado Cemeteries & Military Cemeteries
- Colorado Veterans Grave Registrations 1862-1949
- Veterans Affairs Burial Search (includes Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver & Fort Lyon National Cemetery in Fort Lyon)
- Colorado Gravestone Photographs has over 25,000 tombstone photos

Colorado Wills & Probate Indexes
- Colorado Probate Indexes includes...
  - Costilla County (1876-1914)
  - Eagle County (1884-1935)
  - Lincoln County Probate Records (1890-1931)
  - Mesa County (1883-1900)
  - Ouray County (1878-1919)
  - Pitkin County (1881-1953)
- Colorado County Will Records includes...
  - Adams County (1903-1938)
  - Clear Creek County (1950-1964)
  - Custer County (1887-1966)
  - Douglas County (1886-1961)
  - Elbert County (1887-1966)
  - Park County (1892-1925)
  - Routt County (1888-1905)
  - Teller County (1894-1971)
- Colorado Inheritance Tax Record Indexes includes...
  - Adams County (1929-1943)
  - Boulder County (1941-1943)
  - Conejos County (1918-1923)
  - Custer County (1907-1946)
  - Denver County (1909-1912)
  - Douglas County (1911-1944)
  - Fremont County (1913-1943)
  - Garfield County (1909-1919 & 1926-1942)
  - Gilpin County (1910-1922)
  - Huerfano County (1940-1946)
  - Jefferson County (1913-1945)
  - Logan County (1913-1942)
  - Mesa County (1920-1934)
  - Moffat County (1920-1943)
  - Pitkin County (1938-1956)
  - Routt County (1918-1923)
  - Teller County (1917-1936)

Also See...
- Colorado Genealogy Databases at Ancestry (requires payment) includes census, military & vital records, plus newspapers & city directories
- Colorado Genealogy on the Internet

Ordering Colorado Vital Records

Order Colorado Birth, Marriage, Divorce & Death Certificates by Mail - Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment (fees and restrictions apply) death certificates are available from 1900 to the present

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