All of us have at least one ancestor of whom we have only sketchy information. Hopefully this site can provide some help to aid in your search for your elusive ancestors.  You should not expect to find people listed in any specific town or county on this site, although occasionally it may happen.



Off the Top
Colorado has two defunct counties. Greenwood County was formed from part of Huerfano County and the Arapahoe and Cheyenne Reserve.  Platte was abolished in 1874 and Bent and Elbert counties created from it. Platte County was formed in 1872 from Weld County.  In 1874 Platte was abolished and its territory return to Weld County

It is highly recommended that you post your Colorado genealogy questions on this site's Queries Forum as well as the state's email discussion list which covers the entire state, and there are many helpful people subscribed to it.  Don't get discouraged if you don't receive an answer right away. It could be that no one has the answer at that time, or perhaps they are caught up in a busy life. You will have to subscribe in order to post. Subscription information to the list is provided in the Communicate section of this site.  On the same page you'll also find information about message boards, an extremely helpful tool.

You will find a search engine for this site in the Research Center. 

However, if you'll click on the Search Engines link you'll be taken to a page full of engines to genealogy sites that may have help for you.



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Would you like to host a COGenWeb site? Have a look at our counties page and see what's open.  Then contact our State Coordinator, Gail Meyer Kilgore, or me, the Assistant State Coordinator. If the county you wish to host is already taken, we keep a waiting list you can be added you to.