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GARFIELD
COUNTY, COLORADO
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and welcome to Garfield County! I'm Vikki Gray, the Garfield County
Coordinator. I wanted to extend a big thank you to the previous Garfield
County Coordinators, Judy Crook and Bruce O'Dell, whose hard
work and dedication made this site possible! |
| WHAT'S
NEW |
Easily
determine what has been changed since your last visit |
| ARCHIVES
- US GENWEB - COLORADO |
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| BIBLIOGRAPHY
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suggested
reading list for Garfield County |
| CASUALTY
LIST - VULCAN MINE |
1896-1918,
New Castle |
| CEMETERIES
& FUNERAL HOMES |
includes
some transcriptions |
CENSUS
- GARFIELD COUNTY 1920
(It isn't for all of Garfield County, just Precincts 17 and 22 surrounding
(then) Grand Valley)
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Surnames
A-C, D-J,
K-R, S-Z
, courtesy of Carol McManus |
| CITIES,
TOWNS, AND PLACES |
a list of ghost towns and populated places |
| CHURCHES |
Garfield
County churches and their addresses |
| COURT
RECORDS 1906-1916 |
At
the Colorado State Archives. Select "court records from the drop down
box. This includes Divorce records. |
| GARFIELD
COUNTY INHERITANCE TAX 1909-1919, 1926-1942 |
At
the Colorado State Archives |
| HISTORY
OF GARFIELD COUNTY |
by
Judy Crook |
LEST
WE FORGET INDEX
Surnames A-B
Surnames C-D
Surnames E-F
Surnames G-H
Surnames I-K
Surnames L-M
Surnames N-R
Surnames S-T
Surnames U-Z
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Lest
We Forget: A Short History of Early Grand Valley, Colorado, originally
called Parachute, Colorado, by Erlene Durrant Murray, Grand Junction,
Colo.: 1973.
This great local history book has been indexed courtesy of Judy Crook. |
| LOOKUPS
AND VOLUNTEERS |
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We
really, really,
really need help. Check here to see how
you can contribute! |
| MAPS |
Contains some historical maps |
| MINING
DEATHS |
Colorado
required mining deaths be reported long before other death records were
required.
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| MINES |
a
list of Garfield County mines from the USGS database |
| MORTUARY
RECORDS |
These
are in the Colorado GenWeb Archives. The Archives contain the Burdge and
Schwarz Mortuaries in Glenwood Spgs, and the Crawford Mortuary in New Castle |
| PHOTOS
- Places |
If
you have any Garfield County photos, please send them in! |
| PHOTOS
- People |
If
you have any Garfield County photos, please send them in! |
| PROGRESSIVE
MEN OF WESTERN COLORADO |
Index
from "Progressive Men of Western Colorado", Published 1905, transcribed
courtesy of Judy Crook. |
| QUERY
BOARDS |
The
query boards are a great resource and its important that you learn to use
them. |
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RESEARCH GUIDE TO COLORADO |
An
excellent article on Genealogical Research in Colorado. Part
1 and Part 2 |
| RESOURCES |
where to write for vital records |
| SURNAMES
- ARCHIVED |
This
surname registry will no longer be updated, but these are the surnames that
were registered previously. Please visit the Rootsweb automated query
boards to post you surnames and queries now. |
| TRAIN
WRECK AT NEW CASTLE |
Denver
Post newspaper account of two trains that collided at New Castle on Sept.
10, 1897. Contains partial list of dead and injured. Courtesy of Leona
Gustafson and Rita Timm. |
| VANADIUM
HAUL |
Details
of the U.S. Vanadium Corporation office at Rifle, CO in 1943, courtesy
of Lisa Perry |
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Please
send any corrections, updates or questions to the County
Website Administrator
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This
page was last modified:
Friday, 20-Apr-2012 20:04:25 EDT
You
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©
Copyrighted 1998 to present by Vikki Gray for the benefit of the COGenWeb
Project, all rights reserved. Should you feel like helping out in
COGenWeb Project please contact the State Coordinator
or Assistant State Coordinator by visiting the main website for the
Colorado GenWeb Project
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