Online Colorado Death Indexes, Records & Obituaries

Partial Colorado Death Index

Colorado, Select County Death Records, 1986-2017 at Ancestry/requires payment; most are from Denver, Arapahoe and Jefferson counties, coverage varies by county, not all counties are included, has 169,000 entries, a small number of the entries include images of the death certificates

Online Colorado Obituary, Cemetery and Death Records Indexes by County

Adams County...
- Adams County: Rose Hill Cemetery Burials Orthodox Jewish Cemetery in Commerce City, Colorado
- Adams County - also see Riverside Cemetery in Denver County below
- For the city of Aurora, see the Aurora section below
Arapahoe County...
- Arapahoe County: Columbine Genealogical and Historical Society Indexes includes: Nickels-Hill-Drinkwine Mortuary Records, 1915-1950; Obituary Index for the Littleton Independent Newspaper (ongoing project), and other items
  - Littleton Cemetery Interment Records, 1869-1981
  - Littleton Independent Newspaper Obituaries Index PDF
- Arapahoe County Cemetery Listings -- includes Littleton Cemetery burials, 1860-1950
- For the city of Aurora, see the Aurora section just below
Arvada - see Jefferson County below
Aurora (in Arapahoe, Adams, and Douglas Counties)
- Mount Nebo Memorial Park - Cemetery Burials Jewish Cemetery in Aurora, Colorado
Boulder County...
- Boulder Genealogical Society - Cemeteries and Obituaries includes: Boulder Daily Camera obituary indexes, 1950-1974; Boulder mortuary records; burial indexes for the following cemeteries: Columbia Cemetery, Green Mountain Cemetery, Hygiene Cemetery, Lyons Cemetery, Rowley Cemetery, "Roadside" Cemetery, Weisner Cemetery; and other items
  - Boulder County: Columbia Cemetery Burials (Boulder's famous Jane Doe is buried here)
- Longmont Genealogical Society Projects includes Shaw Mortuary Burial Records, Longmont Ledger Newspaper Index (births, marriages, and deaths), Ryssby Cemetery burials, and other items
Broomfield County: Lakeview Cemetery Index - Burials to 1955
Clear Creek County - see the Foothills Genealogical Society link below
Colorado Springs - see the El Paso County section below
Denver City and County
Note: the city of Denver was in Arapahoe County until 1902
- Denver Public Library Cemetery, Mortuary and Obituary Indexes includes...
  - Denver Public Library Obituary Indexes, 1913-2016 PDF files; for the Denver Post or Rocky Mountain News
    - Also see: Denver Obituary Indexes, 1900-2010 (some early years not included) for the Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News
  - Colorado Obituary Project (statewide index of non-Denver obituaries mostly from the 1970s through 1990)
  - Crown Hill Cemetery - see the Jefferson County section below
  - Fairmount Cemetery Sexton Records, 1891-1953 (includes burial dates for 85,000 burials)
  - Riverside Cemetery Burial Register Index, 1876-1963 (also see the Riverside Cemetery Burials section below)
  - Riverside Cemetery African-American Burials, 1876-2004
  - Calvary Roman Catholic Cemetery Listing, 1889-1893 (index to lot purchases)
  - Colorado Statesman Index, 1904-1954 (African American Newspaper)
  - Intermountain Jewish News Obituary Index, October 1918 to June 2011
  - Farmer and Hale Mortuary Index, 1889-1909
  - Horan Mortuary Burial Registers Index, 1900-1956
  - Rogers and Nash Mortuary Records Index, 1873-1979
  - Arapahoe County Coroner's Reports Index, 1876-1891
- Denver Death Index, 1870-1909 most records are from 1890s-1909 (part of the Colorado Historical Records Index)
- Denver County Probate Case Files, 1900-1925 at FamilySearch; digitized images only
- Fairmount Cemetery Records 1890-1906 extracted from the book, Burial Records of Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colorado 1891-1906 by Stella Putnam Irish (available at the Denver Public Library)
- Riverside Cemetery Burials...
  (note: the county line between Denver and Adams runs through the middle of the cemetery)
  - Riverside Cemetery Burial Register Index, 1876-1963 from the Denver Public Library
  - Riverside Cemetery Memorial Website includes a database of military burials in the cemetery and identifies over 7000 graves in the potter's field section (block 12)
  - Riverside Cemetery African-American Burials over 5200 listings (PDF files)
  - Riverside Cemetery Index (partial)
- For Ft. Logan National Cemetery see the Military Cemeteries section below
Douglas County...
- Douglas County Cemetery Index
- Douglas County Libraries: Archives and Local History Indexes includes a cemeteries index (some with headstone photos) and other items
Eagle County: Eagle Valley District Library Obituaries Search
El Paso County and Colorado Springs...
- Pikes Peak NewsFinder - Colorado Springs Gazette Index 1872-recent "Contains citations to local news articles and obituaries from the Colorado Springs Gazette and other local newspapers." Also includes an index for the Colorado Springs Death Registers from 1872-1920, the Colorado Veterans Graves Registration, 1870-1950, and other resources
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Colorado Springs Sacramental Records, 1800-1967 (at Ancestry/requires payment) includes baptism, marriage and burial records for parishes in Colorado Springs and nearby cities; coverage varies by parish
- El Paso County Cemeteries from the El Paso County GenWeb Site
- El Paso County: Evergreen and Fairview Cemeteries Burial Search - Colorado Springs
- El Paso County Cemeteries from the Colorado Tombstone Transcription Project
- El Paso County: Pikes Peak Genealogical Society Cemetery Database
- El Paso County: US Air Force Academy Cemetery Burials
- For Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery Burials (Diocese of Colorado Springs) see Elbert County just below
Elbert County: Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery Burials Diocese of Colorado Springs
Elbert County Cemeteries
Ft. Collins - see Larimer County below
Garfield County Cemeteries
Gilpin County - see the Foothills Genealogical Society link below
Grand Junction - see Mesa County below
Greeley - see Weld County below
Huerfano County: Tri-County Obituaries - also includes Pueblo County and Las Animas County
Jefferson County...
- Crown Hill Cemetery List of Burials, 1908-1950 in Wheat Ridge, Colorado; PDF from the Denver Public Library
  - Jefferson County: Wheat Ridge, Crown Hill Cemetery Records, 1900-1950 searchable database from FamilySearch
- Jefferson County Cemeteries includes Arvada Cemetery, Mount Lindo Cemetery (near Morrison), Golden Cemetery (in Golden), and others
- For Jefferson County Coroner Reports, 1868-1930, see the Colorado State Archives Historical Records Index
- For more Jefferson County cemeteries, see the Foothills Genealogical Society link below
Kit Carson County Death Records Index, 1893-1907 in the Colorado Historical Records Search
Kit Carson County: Fairview Cemetery Burials (Burlington, Colorado)
La Plata County...
- La Plata County: Animas City Cemetery Burials (Durango) includes photographs of the grave markers
- La Plata County: Greenmount and Animas City Cemeteries - Burials Map (Durango)
- La Plata County: Durango Burial Permits 1903-1906
- La Plata County Coroner Records, early 1893-early 1914
Lake County and Leadville...
- Lake County Cemetery Burial Indexes PDF files
- Lake County: Leadville Hebrew Cemetery Burials
Larimer County...
- Larimer County: Local History Archive includes burials in Grandview and Roselawn Cemeteries
- Larimer County Genealogical Society - Genealogy Indexes includes cemetery burials and indexed scanned obituaries from the Ft. Collins Coloradoan, March 1988-August 2002
- Larimer County: Greenlawn Cemetery Burials in Berthoud, Colorado
Las Animas County: see Huerfano County above
Littleton - see Arapahoe County above
Logan County: Riverside Cemetery Burials (Sterling, Colorado)
Mesa County...
- Grand Junction Daily Sentinel Obituaries Index from the Mesa County Libraries
- Mesa County Cemetery Records from the Mesa County Genealogical Society
- Veterans Memorial Cemetery of Western Colorado Honor Roll - In Memory of Our Interred Veterans, April 2020-recent (Grand Junction, Colorado)
- Mesa County: also see the Bud Werner Library Genealogy Database listed in the Routt County section below
Montrose County...
- Montrose Genealogy Center Cemetery Transcriptions also has some listings for Delta and San Miguel Counties
- Montrose County: Cedar Creek Cemetery Burials (Montrose, CO)
Morgan County: City of Brush Memorial Cemetery Records downloadable PDF file -- look for "Interment Directory"
Otero County Cemeteries
Park County Local History Archives - Genealogy Indexes includes indexes for obituaries, cemeteries and marriages
Pitkin County and Aspen...
- Pitkin County: Cemetery Records for Red Butte, Aspen Grove, Ute and Basalt Cemeteries (PDF file) also has census records, marriage records and city directories in PDF format; from the Aspen Historical Society
- Pitkin County: Aspen Grove Cemetery Grave Analysis (PDF) in Aspen
Pueblo County...
- Pueblo County: Pueblo Chieftain Obituary Index from the Pueblo City-County Library
- Pueblo County: Mountain View Cemetery Burial Index in Pueblo, Colorado
- Pueblo County: also see Huerfano County above
Rio Blanco County: Highland Cemetery Transcriptions in Meeker, Colorado
Routt County and Steamboat Springs...
- Routt County: Bud Werner Library Genealogy Database indexes some cemetery burials and obituaries; has some entries for Grand Junction; also has separate PDF files of deceased Steamboat Springs Veterans
- Routt County Burial Index PDF file
San Juan County: Hillside Cemetery Burials (Silverton, CO) (PDF files)
Weld County...
- Weld County Master Genealogy Index indexes obituaries, cemetery records, probate records and much more
- Weld County: City of Evans Cemetery Burials (PDF file)
- Weld County: Linn Grove Cemetery Burials (Greeley)
Wheat Ridge: see the Jefferson County section above

Foothills Genealogical Society: Genealogy Indexes assorted indexes for Clear Creek County, Gilpin County, Jefferson County and Park County, including cemetery listings for the first 3 of those counties
Colorado Obituary Project Index, 1970s-1990 PDF file (does not include Denver - see the Denver section above)

Colorado Cemeteries and Military Cemeteries
- Colorado Veterans Grave Registrations, 1862-1949
- Veterans Affairs Burial Search (includes Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver and Fort Lyon National Cemetery in Fort Lyon)
- Colorado Gravestone Photographs has over 60,000 tombstone photos
- Colorado Cemetery Indexing Project: Individuals Interred in Small Colorado Burial Sites

Colorado Wills and Probate Indexes
- Colorado Wills and Probate Indexes in the Colorado Historical Records Search includes...
  - Adams County Wills 1903-1938
  - Arapahoe County Probate Cases 1902-1937
  - Arapahoe County Probates 1958-1959
  - Boulder County Probates 1862-1900
  - Chaffee County Probates 1878-1979
  - Clear Creek County Will Records 1881-1947
  - Clear Creek County Wills 1950-1964
  - Conejos County Probates 1894-1918
  - Costilla County Probates 1876-1914
  - Custer County Wills 1887-1966 and Probates 1879-1989
  - Douglas County Wills 1886-1961 and Probates 1865-1962
  - Eagle County Probates 1884-1935
  - Elbert County Wills 1887-1966
  - El Paso County Probates 1880-1969
  - Gilpin County Probate Court Civil Case Filings 1874-1892
  - Jefferson County Probates 1862-1977
  - Lincoln County Probates 1890-1981
  - Mesa County Probates 1883-1910
  - Montrose County Probate Cases 1883-1939
  - Morgan County Probates 1890-1964
  - Ouray County Probates 1878-1919
  - Park County Will Record 1895-1926 and 1959-1976
  - Pitkin County Probates 1881-1953
  - Pueblo County Probates 1862-1961 and 1962-1965
  - Rio Grande Probate Cases 1874-1921
  - Routt County Wills 1888-1905
  - Teller County Wills 1894-1971
  - Weld County Probate Cases 1876-1981
  - Also indexes some Colorado Inheritance Tax Records for these counties: Adams (1929-1943), Boulder (1941-1943), Conejos (1918-1923), Custer (1907-1946), Denver (1909-1912), Douglas (1911-1944), Fremont (1913-1943), Garfield (1909-1919 & 1926-1942), Gilpin (1910-1922), Huerfano (1940-1946), Jefferson (1913-1945), Logan (1913-1942), Mesa (1920-1934), Moffat (1920-1943), Pitkin (1938-1956), Routt (1918-1923), and Teller (1917-1936)

Also See...
- Colorado Genealogy Databases at Ancestry (requires payment) includes census, military and vital records, plus newspapers and city directories
- Colorado Genealogy on the Internet

Ordering Colorado Vital Records

Order Colorado Birth, Marriage, Divorce and Death Certificates by Mail - Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (fees and restrictions apply) death certificates are available from 1900 to the present

Online Colorado Death Records & Indexes

A Genealogy Guide for Finding Obituaries, Cemetery Burials and Death Records