Huerfano County and Las Animas County Databases

Huerfano County was one of the original Colorado Counties created Nov 1, 1861.
Las Animas County (below) was created February 9, 1866 from part of Huerfano County.

In 1870 the northern part became part of Bent County, and in 1889 the eastern part was split off to form Baca County


Census Records On Line for Huerfano and Las Animas Counties

1870 Huerfano County - Extracted names: Cruz, Lucero, Pineda, and Cordova by Rootsweb
1870 Colorado Census Index by Colorado Archives

1880 Colorado Census by Family Search - LDS

1885 Huerfano Co Extracted Names: Abila, all B's, Cordova, Cruz, and Ritter-McFarland families by Rootsweb

1900 Huerfano Co Extracted Names Ritter & Cruz by Rootsweb

Trentino, Italy Immigrants to Las Animas County
1900 Census and 1910 Census by Trentino Heritage.com

1910 Huerfano Co Extracted: Cruz by Rootsweb

1920 Huerfano Co Extracted: Hobbs by Rootsweb
1920 Huerfano Co Oakview Twp (District 3) by Rootsweb

Vital Records

1904-1956 Births at Lamme Hospital, Huerfano Co by Rootsweb

1975-present Marriage Records (All Colorado) by Colorado Archives

Huerfano County Marriages 1875-1900
by Bride A-L | by Bride M-Z
by Groom A-L | by Groom M-Z by USGenweb

Colorado Divorces Records 1851-1939 & 1968-present by Colorado State Archives

Miscellaneous Birth-Marriage-Death Records Huerfano Co submitted by Rootsweb

1870 Huerfano Co Mortality Schedule by USGenweb
1870 Las Animas Co Mortality Schedule by USGenweb

Huerfano County Burial Permits
1942 | 1943 | 1944 by Rootsweb

Mining Fatalities prior 1963 (All Colorado) by Denver Public Library
Social Security Death Index (All Colorado) by FTM

Cemetery Stone Transcriptions

Cemetery Name
Aguilar Catholic Cemetery
Location
Aguilar, Huerfano Co
Provided by
Rootsweb
Cemetery Name
Arenoso Cemetery
Location
Huerfano Co
Provided by
Rootsweb
Badito Cemetery (aka Huerfano & Pino Family Cemetery) Badito, Huerfano Co Tombstone Project Bloom Ranch Cemetery Hoehne, Las Animas USGenweb
Butte Cemetery Walsenburg, Huerfano Co USGenweb Catholic Cemetery E Main Street Trinidad Las Animas Tombstone Project
Chama Cemetery (aka Avila) SE of Chama, Huerfano Tombstone Project Chama Cemetery (aka Avila) S E of Chama, Huerfano Rootsweb
Chastain Cemetery aka Old Georgia Colony W of I 25, Huerfano Rootsweb near Gardner, Huerfano by Mark Martinez
Cisneros Cemetery (aka Turkey Creek & Rito de las Gallinas) Gardner, Huerfano Tombstone Project Cuchara Junction Cemetery (aka Bustos) E of Walsenburg, Huerfano USGenweb
Huerfano Co Tombstone Project Dolzanie Cemetery Huerfano Co Rootsweb
Doyle Cemetery Rural Huerfano Co Tombstone Project Erwin Cemetery (aka Pioneer Cemetery & Old La Veta) NE of La Veta Valley Rd, Huerfano Tombstone Project
Erwin Cemetery aka Pioneer & Old La Veta Cemetery NE La Veta Valley Rd, Huerfano Rootsweb Evergreen Cemetery near Chamberlain Clay Mines, Huerfano Rootsweb
Farisita Catholic Cemetery Farisita, Huerfano Tombstone Project Farisita Cemetery #1 W of Farisita, Huerfano Rootsweb
Farasita Cemetery #2 E of Farisita, Huerfano Rootsweb La Veta, Huerfano Co Tombstone Project
Fort Cemetery (aka Old Fort) near Badito, Huerfano Rootsweb Foster Cemetery Old Foster Stage Stop Las Animas USGenweb
Gardner Catholic Cemetery (aka Sacred Heart) E of Gardner, Huerfano USGenweb Gardner Catholic Cemetery Gardner, Huerfano Tombstone Project
Gardner Protestant Cemetery (aka Upper Huerfano Cemetery) NW of Gardner, Huerfano USGenweb Gardner Protestant Cemetery NW of Gardner, Huerfano Rootsweb
Georgia Colony Cemetery NE of La Veta, Huerfano USGenweb Gomez Cemetery Del Carbon, Huerfano Rootsweb
Redwing, Huerfano Tombstone Project Gomez Cemetery Redwing, Huerfano Rootsweb
Gonzales Family Cemetery Redwing, Huerfano USGenweb Huajatolla/Wahatoya Cemetery (aka La Veta Spanish Cemetery) La Veta, Huerfano USGenweb
Huajatolla/Wahatoya Cemetery La Veta, Huerfano Tombstone Project Knights of Pythias Cemetery Aguilar, Las Animas USGenweb
Knights of Phythias Cemetery Aguilar, Las Animas Tombstone Project Laguna Cemetery off Bear Creek Rd Huerfano USGenweb
Laguna Cemetery off Bear Creek Rd Huerfano Tombstone Project La Veta Public Cemetery La Veta, Huerfano Tombstone Project
Las Encinas Cemetery Rural Huerfano Co Tombstone Project Las Encinas Cemetery Rural Huerfano Co Rootsweb
Long's Canyon Cemetery Cokedale, Las Animas Tombstone Project Malachite Cemetery (aka Gonzales Family Cemetery) Malachite, Huerfano Tombstone Project
Malachite Cemetery (aka Gonzales Family Cemetery) Malachite, Huerfano Rootsweb Maes Creek Cemetery (aka Clover) Rural Huerfano Co Tombstone Project
Maes Creek Cemetery Huerfano Co Rootsweb Masonic Cemetery-Walsenburg, Huerfano A-L | M-Z USGenweb
Masonic Cemetery Walsenburg, Huerfano Co Tombstone Project Masonic Cemetery Photos Huerfano by Kevin Kozoriz
Masonic Cemetery Woodmen of the World Burials only Interment Net-Las Animas Masonic Cemetery Las Animas Tombstone Project
N of Hwy 69-Huerfano Tombstone Project North Veta Cemetery Hwy 160 W of Walsenburg-Huerfano USGenweb
North Veta Cemetery (aka Ojitos) Hwy 160 W of Walsenburg-Huerfano Rootsweb Oak Creek Cemetery SE of Farisita-Huerfano Rootsweb
Oakview Cemetery near old Oakview Mining Camp-Huerfano USGenweb Ojitos Cemetery Rural Huerfano Co Tombstone Project
Badito, Huerfano Tombstone Project 3 miles E of Badito Huerfano Co Tombstone Project
Pino Family Cemetery Badito, Huerfano USGenweb Red Wing Cemetery (aka Archuleta) Red Wing, Huerfano Tombstone Project
Rilling Cemetery off Hwy 12 Cuchara River Estates-Huerfano Rootsweb Sand Arroyo Cemetery (aka Chavez) W of Hwy 160-Huerfano Rootsweb
Santa Clara Cemetery (2 known burials)-Huerfano Rootsweb St Anthony Cemetery E of Aguilar-Las Animas USGenweb
St Anthony Cemetery Aguilar Las Animas Tombstone Project Sheltering Pines Cemetery Trinidad, Las Animas Tombstone Project
South St Mary's Cemetery G-M | N-Z Huerfano USGenweb South St Mary's Catholic Cemetery Walsenburg, Huerfano Tombstone Project
Thomas Rogers Cemetery S of Walsenburg-Huerfano Co has a few "colored" burials USGenweb Tijeras Cemetery Valdez, Las Animas Tombstone Project
Valdez Cemetery E of Walsenburg-Huerfano USGenweb Valdez Cemetery(aka Cuchara Junction Cemetery) E of Walsenburg-Huerfano Tombstone Project
Yellowstone Creek Cemetery off County Rd 520 Farisita-Huerfano USGenweb Yellowstone Creek Cemetery (aka Sanches) Huerfano Co SW of Farisita Tombstone Project


Military Records

Civil War Casualties (All Colorado) by Colorado Archives
Colorado Volunteers' Military Records 1861-1865 (all Colorado) Colorado Archives

1862-1949 Veteran Graves Registration Colorado Archives

Las Animas 1938 Published Pension Roll by Rootsweb

1918-1919 Draft Registration Huerfano Co (Partial) by Rootsweb

Huerfano Co Veteran List Various Service by Rootsweb

WWII Casualties Las Animas Access Genealogy
WWII Casualties Huerfano Co Access Genealogy

Newspapers and Obituaries

184 Obituaries from Huerfano World News Various Years
A-H | I-Z by USGenweb

Tri-County Obituaries Index (Huerfano, Pueblo, and Las Animas) by Rootsweb

Estates - Voters - Court Records

1861 First Territorial Elections Huerfano Co by Rootsweb

First County Transaction Book 1860s Huerfano Co (deeds, licenses, bonds..ect) by Rootsweb

Church Records

St Mary's Catholic Church Baptisms 1870-1901 (surnames: Avila, Cruz, Galvan, LaForet, & Pacheco) by Rootsweb

St Mary's Catholic Church Marriages
1870 | 1871 | 1872 | 1873 | 1874 | 1875 |
1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 |
1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1890 | 1891 |
1892 | 1893 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 by Rootsweb

Bibles and Bio's

Bio of Domenico & Mary Cimino Family Las Animas by Trinidad Co
Bio of Albert J Fouret Family Las Animas by Trinidad Co
Bio of Delores Fromang Family Las Animas by Trinidad Co
Bio of Louis Kreeger Family Las Animas by Trinidad Co
Bio of Najib & Lulu Hadad Family Las Animas by Trinidad Co
Bio of Pleasted Family Las Animas by Trinidad Co
Bio of Maria Ritz Family Las Animas by Trinidad Co
Bio of Jose Benigno Torres Family Las Animas by Trinidad Co
Bio of Asencion Vigil Family Las Animas by Trinidad Co

Naturalizations and Land Records

Huerfano Co Naturalizations & Declarations of Intent 1882- 1929 by Rootsweb

Land Records Prior to 1908 Extracted from BLM by Rootsweb
Homestead Claim of Ezekiel Gribble by Gribble Genealogy
Spanish- Mexican Land Grants of Colorado (prior to statehood) by Colorado Archives

Miscellaneous Databases

Index of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, in Walsenburg, Huerfano County from 1907 by Rootsweb

Surnames - Queries and Additional Databases by Rootsweb Huerfano Co

1871-1973 State Penitentiary Records by Colorado Archives
Ordering a photo ("Mug Shot") of Prisoner by Colorado Archives

School Records

Local History

Townships and Communities of Huerfano Co Current and non-exsistent by Rootsweb

1874 Letter to Washington DC lists Inhabitants of Spanish Peaks, Huerfano Co by Rootsweb

History of Sangre De Cristo Pass & Fort Stevens (Native Trail & Spanish Fort) Huerfano Co by Rootsweb

History of Trinidad Area Las Animas by Trinidad Co

Mining History in Huerfano Co by Rootsweb

Cultural Information

Trentino, Italian Immigration route to Las Animas by Trentino Heritage

Spanish- Mexican Land Grants of Colorado (prior to statehood) by Colorado Archives

Historical and Genealogical Societies & Libraries

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