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| For a small county library, we are
fortunate in having a surprising number of well organized tools for Lake
County Genealogical research. Visitors are urged to allow ample
time because genealogical research, to be really thorough, takes a lot
of time. The Local History clerk can assist you with your searches
and show you
where our sources are located and help you get started. |
| Our local history clerk can also search for
you. Requests are searched in the order received and you will be
billed
only for photocopies you request. Please send
details, including a return mailing address to: |
| Genealogy Department |
| c/o Lake County Public Library |
| 1115 Harrison Avenue |
| Leadville, CO 80461 |
| You may also submit your genealogical
request via email (Attention Janice Fox): genealogy@bresnan.net
or lakecountypl@bresnan.net |
| Not all Lake County sources are located at
the Library. The following is a list of materials located at the
Library, the Court House, City Hall and several churches. |
| Cemetery
Records - search online or visit Lake County Public Library -
12th and Harrison Avenue or phone: 719-486-0569 |
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Colorado
Mountain History Collection: |
Lake County Public
Library - 12th and Harrison Avenue -
Phone: 719-486-0569 |
| City Directories -
1879-1918 (no directory printed in 1893 or 1896) |
| Lake County census
records - (1860, 1870, 1885, 1900, 1910, 1920) |
| Indices to census,
marriage, divorce, probate, cemetery |
| Microfilm of Leadville
newspapers |
| Necrology file |
| Photo collection |
| City of Contrast
articles and index |
| Books written about
Leadville and Leadville people |
| Colorado Business
Directories - 1899, 1929, 1932, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1941, 1943 |
| Misc. material
pertaining to this area |
| Clerk of the District
Court: |
Lake County Courthouse, 2nd floor -
Phone: 719-486-0535 |
| Indices to district and county court
records |
| Probate records |
| Naturalization records |
| Clerk and Recorder's
Office: |
Lake County Courthouse, 1st floor
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Phone: 719-486-1410 |
| Marriage records |
| Preemption records |
| Mining claim records |
| Grantee - Grantor indices |
| County Commissioner's meeting
minutes |
| Walley - Nelson funeral record
books on microfiche |
| Index to 1885 census |
| Colorado Business Directories - 1897,
1904, 1917, 1920-27, 1930-33, 1935, 1939 |
| Treasurer's Office: |
Lake County Courthouse, 1st floor
- Phone: 719-486-4117 |
| Registrar of Vital
Statistics : |
Neil Reynolds, 115 East 5th Street / P.O.
Box 24 Leadville,
CO 80461 -
Phone: 719-486-0708 |
| Office hours are 9am-12 noon and 1pm-4pm -
Monday thru Thursday |
| Birth and death certificates: This
office handles Lake County records only. (Out
of county applications available. |
| Birth certificates
available for years 1910 to present. |
| Death certificates
available for years 1903 to present. A limited number of death
records exist for years prior to 1903, however, not all can be made into
certified records (informative only). |
| Cost for first
certified copy or record or search of files when no record found:
$15.00 |
| Each additional
certified copy of the same record ordered at the same time: $6.00 |
| A full name and date of
birth or death (must provide at minimum the year) required for search to
commence. Records searched + 3 years from date provided. |
| Records for years
1985-1992 must be obtained from State Vital records. |
| Birth and death records
are not open to the public. Staff must conduct search. |
| City Clerk's Office: |
Leadville City Hall, 8th & Harrison
Avenue
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Phone: 719-486-0349 or 719-486-2092 |
| City Council meeting minutes |
| Colorado Business Directories - 1903,
1905-09, 1923 |
| Misc. records of the City of Leadville |
| Catholic Community of
Leadville: |
609 Poplar Street - Phone:
719-486-1382) |
| Annunciation Catholic Church records
1878-present |
| St. Joseph's Catholic Church records
1899-present |
| St. George's Episcopal
Church: |
Contact Joan Brookshire - Phone:
719-486-2299) |
| Church records 1880-present |
| First Presbyterian Church: |
West 3rd & McWethy Drive -
Phone: 719-486-0673) |
| Lake County Court House |
| 505 Harrison Ave. , Leadville, CO 80461 |
| Phone: 719-486-1410 |
| Prior to that, write to Nancy Manley |
| c/o Lake County Public Library |
| 1115 Harrison Ave., Leadville, CO 80461 |
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