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• Genealogy and Obituaries: General
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Research Tools (cont.)

• Genealogy and Obituaries: Colorado Deaths and Obituaries
• 59ers Directory – Colorado Argonauts
  
• America’s Obituaries and Death Notices (America’s Newspapers)
  
• Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library
  
• Colorado Mining Fatalities pre-1960
• Colorado Obituary Project
• Colorado WWI Casualties in Europe
• Denver Area Cemeteries
• Denver Obituary Index
• Denver’s War Dead - World War I
• Farmer and Hale Mortuary Index 1889 - 1909
• Horan Burial Index 1900 - 1956
  Registers are available for in library use only and need staff retrieval.
• Historic Materials Available in the Library
• Ladies Relief Society of Denver
• Social Security Death Index
• Sons of Colorado Index
• Trail Index
  
  
  

• Genealogy and Obituaries: Colorado Maps and Place Names
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• Library of Congress – American Memory – Map Collections
• Place Names of Colorado



• Genealogy and Obituaries: Colorado Pioneer Records
• 1885 Colorado State Census-Arapahoe County
• 1887 Denver City Directory
• Clear Creek Pioneers Index
  
• Colorado 1861 Territorial Election
• Colorado Argonauts – 59ers Directory
• Sons of Colorado Index
• Trail Index



• Genealogy and Obituaries: Colorado Military
• 10th Mountain Division Collection
• Civil War Grand Army of the Republic - Colorado
• Civil War Grand Army of the Republic - Nebraska
• Colorado WWI Casualties in Europe
• Colorado World War I Draft Registration – Minorities
• Colorado World War I Draft Registration Cards
• Denver’s War Dead  -  World War I
  
  
  
• Genealogy and Obituaries: Colorado Railroad Records
• Colorado Railroad Museum



• Genealogy and Obituaries: Colorado Vital Records
• Colorado Marriages
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• Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment: Vital Records
• Colorado State Archives
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• Genealogy and Obituaries: Colorado Newspapers
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• Genealogy and Obituaries: Universities, Historical Societies and Associations
  

• Colorado Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists
  Contact a member for in-depth genealogy research.
• Colorado Council of Genealogical Societies
  Addresses the needs and interests of the Colorado genealogical community through cooperation among, and support of, member organizations.
• Colorado Historical Society - Stephen H. Hart Research Library
  Books, maps, architectural drawings, private and business correspondence, family albums, photographic prints, magazines and newspapers, and a wealth of other historical resources.
• Colorado School of Mines – Arthur Lakes Library
  Mining history, photos and maps
• Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy
  Genealogical and historical research material found only in our in the CSGH library.
• Hispanic Genealogical Society
  Data Bases on families of Northern Mexico, South Texas, California, and New Mexico and links to more Hispanic ancestry research.
• Ira J. Taylor Library-Iliff School of Theology
  Taylor Library houses the archives of the Iliff School of Theology and the Rocky Mountain Conference of the United Methodist Church, as well as some records from other religious organizations.
• Ira M. Beck Memorial Archives-Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society
  Together with its Beck Memorial Archives, the Historical Society preserves the fascinating history of Jews in the West and serves the needs of scholars and other individuals interested in historical research.
• Society of Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research
  Provides assistance and access to Hispanic Genealogy Resources
• UC Denver - Auraria Library - Special Collections
  The primary mission of the Archives and Special Collections Department is to collect, organize, provide access to, and preserve records of historical, legal, fiscal, and administrative value to the institutions at the Auraria Higher Education Center including the original town of Auraria.
• University of Colorado, Boulder -Norlin Library- Special Collections
  Manuscript, photograph, mountaineering and other special collections focus primarily on Colorado.
  
  
  
• Building and Neighborhood History
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• New York Times and Wall Street Journal - Current
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Other Digital Image Collections:
• Alaska - Alaska State Library Online Historical Collections
• Alaska - Alaska's Digital Archive
• Arizona - Historical Photograph Collection at the Arizona State Archives
• Arkansas History Commission Photographs
• California - USC Digital Archive
• California Digital Library
• Connecticut's Heritage Gateway
• Florida - Photographic Collection at the Florida Memory Project
• George Eastman House Photography Collections Online
• Harvard University Library Visual Information Access Search
• Historical Picture Collections Available on the Internet
• Illinois - Chicago Imagebase
• Indiana - Allen County Public Library Digital Collection
• Kansas - Kansas City Public Library Local History Collection
• Library of Congress American Memory Search - Prints and Photographs
• Maryland Historical Society Library Photograph Collections
• Michigan - Willard Public Library - Historical Images of Battle Creek
• Minnesota - Visual Resources Database at the MN Historical Society
• Montana - Discovering Montana Photograph Collections
• Montana, Idaho, Wyoming - Museum of the Rockies Photo Archive
• National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian)
• Native American Photographs - The North American Indian (Edward S. Curtis Collection)
• New Mexico - Online Archive of New Mexico - Images of Historical Documents
• New York - Rochester Images
• New York Public Library - Mid-Manhattan Library Picture Collection
• New York Public Library- Digital Collection
• North Dakota - Fargo, North Dakota - Its History and Images
• North Dakota Rural Community Centers Photograph Collection
• Northern Great Plains - 1880-1920 - from North Dakota State University
• Ohio - Greater Cincinnati Memory Project
• Ohio - OhioPix (Ohio Historical Society)
• Oregon - Salem and Western Oregon Historic Photographs
• Panoramic Photographs at the National Archives
• Railroads - Denver and Rio Grande at the Colorado State Archives
• Railroads - Union Pacific Photo Gallery
• Touring Turn-of-the-Century America (Library of Congress)
• Utah - Historical Photograph Archives at USU
• Utah - Photograph Archives at J. Willard Marriott Library
• Virginia - Library of Virginia Photographic Collections
• Virginia - The Holsinger Studio Collection
• Washington - Digital Collections at the University of Washington Libraries
• Washington - Native American Indians of the Pacific Northwest
• Wisconsin Historical Images from the Wisconsin Historical Society

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