Online Colorado Death Indexes, Records & Obituaries

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 Cemetery Listings -- includes Littleton Cemetery burials 1860-1950
Arapahoe County Probate Cases 1902-1937
Archuleta County Mortality Schedule 1884-1885
Boulder County...
- Columbia Cemetery Burials 1870-2001 in Boulder, CO (Boulder's famous Jane Doe is buried here)
- Lyons Cemetery Burial List 1888-2003 (Lyons, CO)
- Boulder County Cemeteries
- Boulder Daily Camera Obituary Index 1970-1974
- Boulder Daily Camera Obituaries 5/2/2001-Current (individual obituaries can be obtained online for a fee)
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)
- Colorado Newspapers Obituaries Archive (recent) includes the Denver Post (6/3/1989-Current), Rocky Mountain News (1/1/1990-Current), and other Colorado newspapers (individual obituaries can be obtained online for a fee)
- Denver Death Index 1870-1905 most records are from 1890s-1905 (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
Douglas County Cemetery Index
El Paso County...
- Colorado Springs Gazette Obituaries 4/2/1988-Current (individual obituaries can be obtained online for a fee)
- Pikes Peak NewsFinder - Colorado Springs Gazette Index 1872-2006 "contains citations to local news articles and obituaries from the Colorado Springs Gazette and other regional newspapers"
- El Paso County Cemeteries (includes Colorado Springs) from the El Paso County GenWeb Site
- El Paso County: Evergreen & Fairview Cemeteries Burial Search - Colorado Springs
Garfield County Cemeteries
Jefferson County...
- Jefferson County Obituary Index
- Jefferson County: Arvada Cemetery
- Jefferson County Cemeteries includes Mount Lindo Cemetery (near Morrison) and Golden Cemetery (in Golden)
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
Morgan County: City of Brush Memorial Cemetery Records downloadable PDF file
Otero County Cemeteries
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 Master Index indexes obituaries, cemetery records, probate records & much more

Colorado Obituaries
- Colorado Newspapers Obituaries Archive (recent) includes the Denver Post (6/3/1989-Current), Rocky Mountain News (1/1/1990-Current), and newspapers in Boulder, Broomfield, Brush, Colorado Springs, Craig, Ft. Collins, Ft. Morgan, Grand Junction, Lamar, Longmont, Loveland, Meeker and Sterling (individual obituaries can be obtained online for a fee)
- Colorado Obituary Project Index 1970s-1990 (does not include Denver - see the Denver section above)

Colorado 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 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 or Death Certificates Online from Vitalchek (fees and restrictions apply)

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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