Denver Public Library Digital Collections has Colorado marriage records online, Colorado death records online, Colorado naturalization records online, Colorado military records online, and much more.

Marriage and Divorce Records

Marriage Records – Colorado Marriages Index: 1858-1939, “A special project of the Western History/Genealogy Department of the Denver Public Library and the Colorado Genealogical Society. Volunteers have generated an index to over 456,000 marriages cross listing the names of both bride and groom, the date and place of marriage and the license number.”

Marriage Records – Denver Marriages: 1940-1974

Marriage Records – Douglas County Marriage Index, 1800-2000

Divorce Records – Colorado Divorces: 1861-1941

Death Records

Death Records – Index of Arapahoe County Coroner’s Reports, 1876 – 1891

Death Records – Index to Sons of Colorado 1906 – 1908: Deaths and Obituaries

Death Records – Index to Trail Magazine 1908 – 1929: Volume I-XX Obituarys (sic) and Deaths

Death Records – Denver’s War Dead WWI

Cemeteries

Cemetery Records – Crown HIll Cemetery Interments

Cemetery Records – Farmer And Hale Mortuary Index 1889- 1909,  “Index to registers by the Farmer and Hale Mortuary.”

Cemetery Records – FarmerHaleMortuaryIndex1889_1909.Pdf

Cemetery Records – Horan Burial Index 1900-1956, “Index to registers of burial by the Horan Mortuary.”

Cemetery Records – Rogers and Nash Mortuary Records 1873 – 1979, “Index to registers of burial by Rogers and Nash Mortuary.”

Cemetery Records – Fairmount Sexton Records 1891 – 1953, “An index of Sexton [grave diggers] ledgers microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah in 1959. The index includes name of deceased, date of burial and location within the cemetery. Additional notes detail cremations, removals from other cemeteries or shipments to other sites.”

Cemetery Records – Riverside Cemetery African-American burials, 1876 – 2004, “Index to over 5000 African-American burials in Riverside Cemetery 1876-2004.”

Cemetery Records – Calvary Cemetery Listing, “Index to lot purchases in Denver’s first Roman Catholic Cemetery from 1889 to 1893. Calvary, also known as Mount Calvary was the catholic section of Old City Cemetery located on the site of the current Denver Botanic Gardens. Listings include name of purchaser or deceased, date, lot and plot. Most famous listing is Horace Tabor.”

Cemetery Records – Record of United States Soldiers for the Suppression of the Rebellion, buried in G. A. R., Old Riverside, Catholic, and Hebrew Cemeteries at Denver, Colorado

Cemetery Records – Denver Area Cemeteries

Obituaries

Obituaries – Denver Obituary Project, Index of obituaries and funeral notices that appeared in the Denver Post or Rocky Mountain News in ca. 1913-2016

Obituaries – Colorado Obituary Project, “Statewide index of approximately 50,000 non-Denver obituaries mostly from the 1970s through 1990.”

Obituaries – Colorado Statesman Index, Index of funeral notices, obituaries, and news articles from the leading weekly newspaper serving the African American community from 1904 to 1954.”

Obituaries – Index to Sons of Colorado 1906 – 1908: Volumes I and II, “Index of articles including biographies and obituaries of Colorado pioneers which appeared in the pages of the Sons of Colorado. This was published by the pioneer society, Sons of Colorado. The title was changed to The Trail.”

Obituaries – Index to Sons of Colorado 1906 – 1908: Deaths and Obituaries

Obituaries – Index to Trail Magazine 1908 – 1929: Volume I-XX Obituarys (sic) and Deaths, “Index of articles including profiles and obituaries of pioneers that was published 1908 – 1929 by the Sons of Colorado.”

Obituaries – Denver Obituary Indexes, “Index of obituaries and funeral notices that appeared in the Denver Post or Rocky Mountain News in 1900, 1918 – 1919, and 1928 through 2010.”

Obituaries – Intermountain Jewish News Obituary Index, “Index spans October 1918 to June 2011 and includes names of deceased, date and place of burial, age, date and place of birth, surnames of relatives, notation of photograph in obituary and if obit is available online.”

Obituaries – Colorado Obituaries Bibliography & Short Sketches

Obituaries – Clippings Files: Obituary Collection

Obituaries – Denver Public Library Microfilm Obituaries 1944-1959

Obituaries – Denver Public Library Fiche Obituaries 1975 – 1979

Census Indexes

Census Records – 1885 Colorado State Census – Arapahoe County “Schedules of population, agriculture, manufactures and mortality for Arapahoe County, Colorado, which later became Denver County.”

Directories

City Directories – 1924-1937 Denver Householder’s Directories

• Denver – 1924 Denver Householders’ Directory and Street and Avenue Guide v.1, DPL
• Denver – 1926 Denver Householders’ Directory and Street and Avenue Guide v.2, DPL
• Denver – 1927 Denver Householders’ Directory and Street and Avenue Guide v.3, DPL
• Denver – 1928 Denver Householders’ Directory and Street and Avenue Guide v.4, DPL
• Denver – 1929 Denver Householders’ Directory and Street and Avenue Guide v.5, DPL
• Denver – 1930 Denver Householders’ Directory and Street and Avenue Guide v.6, DPL
• Denver – 1931 Denver Householders’ Directory and Street and Avenue Guide v.7, DPL
• Denver – 1933 Denver Householders’ Directory and Street and Avenue Guide v.9, DPL
• Denver – 1934 Denver Householders’ Directory and Street and Avenue Guide v.10, DPL
• Denver – 1935 Denver Householders’ Directory and Street and Avenue Guide v.11, DPL
• Denver – 1936 Denver Householders’ Directory and Street and Avenue Guide v.12, DPL
• Denver – 1937 Denver Householders’ Directory and Street and Avenue Guide v.13, DPL

City Directories – Colorado ca. 1873-1923

• Denver – 1873 Corbett, Hoye & Co.’s Directory of the City of Denver for 1873 Volume 1, DPL
• Denver – 1874 Corbett, Hoye & Co.’s 2nd Annual Denver City Directory, DPL
• Denver – 1875 Corbett, Hoye & Co.’s 3rd Annual Denver City Directory, DPL
• Denver – 1876 Corbett, Hoye & Co.’s 4th Annual Denver City Directory, DPL
• Denver – 1877 Corbett, Hoye & Co.’s 5th Annual Denver City Directory, DPL
• Denver – 1878 Corbett, Hoye & Co.’s 6th Annual Denver City Directory, DPL
• Denver – 1879 Corbett, Hoye & Co.’s 7th Annual Denver City Directory, DPL
• Denver – 1880 Corbett, Hoye & Co.’s 8th Annual Denver City Directory, DPL
• Denver – 1881 Corbett & Ballenger’s 9th Annual Denver City Directory, DPL
• Denver – 1882 Corbett & Ballenger’s 10th Annual Denver City Directory, DPL
• Denver – 1883 Corbett & Ballenger’s 11th Annual Denver City Directory, DPL
• Denver – 1884 Corbett & Ballenger’s 12th Annual Denver City Directory, DPL
• Denver – 1885 Corbett & Ballenger’s 13th Annual Denver City Directory, DPL
• Denver – 1886 Corbett & Ballenger’s 14th Annual Denver City Directory, DPL
• Denver – The 1886 Denver Directory, Volume 1, version 2, DPL
• Denver – The 1887 Denver Directory, Volume 1, DPL
• Denver – 1887 Corbett & Ballenger’s 15th Annual Denver City Directory, DPL
• Denver – 1888 Corbett & Ballenger’s 16th Annual Denver City Directory, DPL
• Denver – 1889 Corbett & Ballenger’s 17th Annual Denver City Directory, DPL
• Denver – 1890 Corbett & Ballenger’s 18th Annual Denver City Directory, DPL
• Denver – 1891 Corbett & Ballenger’s 19th Annual Denver City Directory, DPL
• Denver – 1892 Ballenger & Richards 20th Annual Denver City Directory, DPL
• Denver – 1893 Corbett & Ballenger’s 21st Annual Denver City Directory, DPL
• Denver – 1894 Corbett & Ballenger’s 22nd Annual Denver City Directory, DPL
• Denver – 1896 Ballenger & Richards 24th Annual Denver City Directory, DPL
• Denver – 1899 Corbett & Ballenger’s 27th Annual Denver City Directory, DPL
• Denver – 1900 Corbett & Ballenger’s 28th Annual Denver City Directory, DPL
• Denver – 1905 Corbett & Ballenger’s 33rd Annual Denver City Directory, DPL
• Denver – 1907 Ballenger & Richards 35th Annual Denver City Directory, DPL
• Denver – 1911 Corbett & Ballenger’s 39th Annual Denver City Directory, DPL
• Denver – 1915 Corbett & Ballenger’s 43rd Annual Denver City Directory, DPL
• Denver – 1920 Corbett & Ballenger’s 48th Annual Denver City Directory, DPL
• Denver – 1923 Corbett & Ballenger’s 51st Annual Denver City Directory, DPL

City Directories – The 1887 Denver Directory VI

City Directories – The 1887 Denver Directory VII

Directories – Fiftyniners’ Directory: Colorado Argonauts of 1858 – 1859

Land Records

Land – Parcel Cards – Master Property Records

Maps

Maps – Place Names of Colorado

Maps – Denver Map Collections

Maps – Robison Atlas 1887

Maps – G. Wm. Baist Atlas 1905

Taxes

Pioneers – Colorado Tax Assessment Lists 1862 – 1866, “Federal Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for the Territory of Colorado 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865, and 1866. Listings include resident and absentee property holders. A useful resource for those who invested in Colorado with their time and energy or financial resources.”

Naturalization Records

Naturalization Records – Denver and Pueblo Naturalization Records, Naturalizations created in the Denver and Pueblo, Colorado Federal District Courts. Declaration of Intentions, 1877 – 1952; Denver, Colorado. Naturalizations, 1906 – 1950; Pueblo, Colorado. Declarations of Intentions, 1906 – 1949; Pueblo, Colorado. Naturalizations, 1912 – 1949; and Pueblo, Colorado Soldier’s Petition for Naturalization, 1918 – 1928.

Voting Records

Voters – 1861 Colorado Territorial Election Index

Workhouses

Workhouse/PoorHouse/Old Folk’s Home – Ladies Relief Society of Denver : Index To Residents of the Old Ladies Home 1897-1980

Church Records

Church Records – First Baptist Church of Denver Index of Selected Membership Records 1864-1996

Military

Military Records – Colorado World War I Draft Registrations – Minorities, “Index to World War I draft registration cards on microfilm.”

Military Records – Civil War Grand Army of the Republic – Colorado, “Listing of Colorado veterans who served in the United States military during the Civil War.”

Military Records – Record of U.S. Soldiers for the Suppression of the Rebellion, “Members of the Grand Army of the Republic from Colorado who were buried in the G.A.R. burial ground at Riverside Cemetery. Includes those buried and later removed from Calvary [Catholic], Hebrew, and Old City [Mount Prospect] cemeteries, Denver.”

Military Records – Roster of General Henry W. Lawton Camp No. 1 United Spanish War Veterans, “Digitization of these directories is ongoing, and they will be made available as they are completed.”

Military Records – Colorado World War I Casualties in Europe, “Location of the burial place of each fallen soldier is given.”

Military Records – Colorado World War I Draft Registration Cards, “Index to World War I draft registration cards on microfilm.”

Military Records – Colorado World War I Draft Registration Cards-Minorities, “Index to World War I draft registration cards on microfilm.”

Military Records – Counties Outside of Denver Draft Quotas 1917, “Names of men who were drafted for active service for World War I from Colorado counties, except Denver.”

Military Records – Fallen Heroes of World War I from Denver, Colorado, “Names of men and women from Denver who lost their lives during WWI. List taken from the article, “Hail, Heroes! Hail!” which appeared in the Denver Post, November 11, 1920.”

Military Records – Nebraska Civil War Veterans Records, “Lists of members of the Grand Army of the Republic and the name of their post in Nebraska.

Composed of 2 files:

Military Records – Nebraska Civil War Grand Army of the Republic, “A-D; E-K; L-R; S-Z”

Military Records – Nebraska Civil War Veterans’ Data “A-F; G-L; M-Q; R-Z”

Military Records – Nebraska WWI Draft Registration Cards 1917 – 18, “Alphabetical index of draft registration cards for men living in Nebraska.”

Military Records – World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing; State of Colorado, “Listing of Colorado’s war dead and those missing in action during World War II.”

Military Records – World War I Civilian Registration Index of Colorado Minorities (non-whites)

Military Records – 10th Mtn. Division Name Lookup Index

Biographies

Biographies – Colorado Portrait and Biography Index – Henrietta Bromwell, noted local historian and genealogist, indexed local, county and regional Colorado histories, newspapers, magazines and early land records. In 4 volumes and 2 supplements.

Biographies – Real Pioneers of Colorado, “List of some 1400 names of pioneers who arrived in Colorado prior to February 26, 1861. Names are organized alphabetically and include short biographical sketches.”

Biographies – And Index to Sons of Colorado 1906-1908 VI and VII

Biographies – Colorado Obituaries Bibliography & Short Sketches

Business Records

Business Records – Colorado Mine Accident Index: Fatal and Non-Fatal

Business Records – Colorado Mine Directory 1879-1910

Business Records – Railway Employee Records for Colorado VIII

Ethnic & Minorities

African Americans – American Woodmen Insurance Index “Index to life insurance files of insured and beneficiaries 1901 to 1907. American Woodmen’s Life was founded in Denver, Colorado in 1901 as a Fraternal Benefit Society established to provide life insurance for the “un-insurable” Black Community. The register shows in chronological order the name of the insured, “camp and state” of residence, age, name of beneficiary or beneficiaries, and their relationship to the insured. States covered in this first ledger include Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indian Territory [Oklahoma], Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, South Carolina, Texas, and Washington, D.C. This register represents the first of 40 ledgers. The company went out of business in 1993.”

African Americans – Colorado Statesman Index, Index of funeral notices, obituaries, and news articles from the leading weekly newspaper serving the African American community from 1904 to 1954.”

Newspapers

Newspapers – Guide to Colorado Newspapers, 1859-1963 (Oehlerts)

Oral Histories

Oral Histories – Elyria, Globeville, and Swansea Oral History Project

Photographs

Photographs – Denver Photograph Collections, more than 100,000 photos of the American West, Native Americans, African Americans, railroads, and more.

Pioneers

Pioneers – Bromwell Colorado Portrait and Biographical Index – “Henrietta Bromwell, local historian and genealogist, indexed local, county and regional Colorado histories, newspapers, magazines and early land records. In 4 volumes and 2 supplements.”

Pioneers – Sons of Colorado Index 1906 – 1908 – “Index of articles including biographies and obituaries of Colorado pioneers which appeared in the pages of the Sons of Colorado. This was published by the pioneer society, Sons of Colorado. The title was changed to The Trail.”

Pioneers – Trail Index 1908 – 1929, “Index of articles including profiles and obituaries of pioneers that was published 1908 – 1929 by the Sons of Colorado.”

Pioneers – 1885 Colorado State Census – Arapahoe County, “Schedules of population, agriculture, manufactures and mortality for Arapahoe County, Colorado, which later became Denver County.”

Pioneers – Clear Creek Pioneers Index, “Index of pioneers taken from Annals of Clear Creek County, Colorado by J. S. Randall. Listing includes the pioneer’s name, place and year of birth, residence or place and date of death.”

Pioneers – Colorado 1861 Territorial Election Index, “List of Colorado voters, boundaries, and poll locations in the 1861 territorial election.”

Pioneers – Real Pioneers of Colorado, “List of some 1400 names of pioneers who arrived in Colorado prior to February 26, 1861. Names are organized alphabetically and include short biographical sketches.”

Pioneers – 59ers’ Directory – Colorado Argonauts, “A directory of prospector arrivals, removals, deaths, marriages, children, property, mines, and ranches, with names of old towns, mining camps, gulches, mountains, rivers, creeks, and other matters relating to the setting of their lives in the Pikes Peak Region.”

Pioneers – McGrath’s – Men and Women Who Arrived in What is Now Colorado Prior to January 1, 1861, “Lists of miners, farmers and ranchers, builders, teachers and students; people who were the first arrivals in what became Colorado Territory.”

Pioneers – Genealogical Index to the Records of the Society of Colorado Pioneers, “Abstract of names including dates of arrival, occupations, geographic location and interests of men and women who joined the Society of Colorado Pioneers and other pioneer associations.”

Pioneers – Ladies Relief Society Index, “Ladies must own one good black dress and be of high moral standards. Index to residents of the old ladies home from 1897 to 1980.”

Pioneers – Pioneer Notebooks Index

Pioneers – Colorado Tax Assessment Lists 1862 – 1866, “Federal Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for the Territory of Colorado 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865, and 1866. Listings include resident and absentee property holders. A useful resource for those who invested in Colorado with their time and energy or financial resources.”

Police

Police – Denver Police Magistrates Court Records, 1895-1904

School Records

School Records – Kiowa County Colorado School Census Records 1900-1904

Government Records

Government Records – Denver Clerk and Recorder Records

Government Records – Denver Assessor Records

Government Records – Denver Building Permits (indexes and transcriptions, 1889-1914)

Government Records – Denver Building Permits (original permits, 1889-1955)

Index – Index of All Collections