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

Colorado Obituaries (recent)

Colorado Newspapers Obituaries Archive (recent) includes the Denver Post (6/3/1989-Current), Rocky Mountain News (1/1/1990-2/27/2009), and newspapers in Akron, Broomfield, Brush, Colorado Springs, Cortez, Craig, Durango, Estes Park, Ft. Morgan, La Junta, Lamar, Longmont, Loveland, Meeker, Montrose, Sterling, and others (copies of individual obituaries can be obtained online for a fee; coverage varies by newspaper)
Colorado Obituary Project Index, 1970s-1990 PDF file (does not include Denver - see the Denver section below)

Online Colorado Death 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 Index, 1970-1974; 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 Post and Colorado Newspapers Obituaries Archive (recent) includes the Denver Post (6/3/1989-Current), Rocky Mountain News (1/1/1990-2/27/2009), and other Colorado newspapers (copies of individual obituaries can be obtained online for a fee)
- 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...
- Colorado Springs Gazette Obituaries 4/2/1988-Current (copies of individual obituaries can be obtained online for a fee)
- 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 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

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