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Phone: 303-866-2358
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Colorado State Archives
What's New


January - December, 2006 What Has Been New
2001   2002  2003 2004 2005

These web pages have been added to our site or significantly modified to improve public access to Colorado's archival records:

  • November 1, 2006 - We have digitized many original documents and are increasing the collection often. They are now on-line and categorized by subject. http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/digital/index.htm
  • October 4, 2006 - We have digitized some recordings from D-Day (June 6, 1944) so that you can now listen on-line to news broadcasts from that day. http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/digital/D-Day.htm
  • August 30, 2006 - Land patents issued by the State of Colorado from 1878-1970 have been indexed and loaded onto the Historical Records DatabaseThere are over 7,300 entries.
  • May 23, 2006 - Early Court of Appeals case files from 1891-1911 have been indexed by both plaintiff and defendant and added to the Historical Records Database. Besides civil cases between citizens of Colorado, the case files include many cases between individuals and corporations as well as criminal cases. Please note that these are cases appealed from the trial courts to the Court of Appeals.
  • April 20, 2006 - The Denver, Boulder and Elbert County pre-1907 Birth Index is now loaded onto the Historical Records Database. There are over 25,000 entries in these indexes.
  • April 19, 2006 - WWI Civilian Service Questionnaires -
    (1917-1922)
    have been added to the Online Indexes. This index is also part of our Historical Records Database.
  • March 2, 2006 - We have loaded over 10,000 entries onto the Historical Records Database from the Colorado State Reformatory (1889-1939).
  • February 8, 2006 - Poor Records for Arapahoe, Costilla, Huerfano and Weld Counties added to Online Indexes.
  • February 9, 2006 - Two new indexes have been added to the Historical Records Database since January 1 and we are working on a pre-1906 Denver, Boulder, Elbert County Birth Index  that should be up soon! We put up the Huerfano County Poor records (1916-1923) as well as World War I Civilian Questionnaires. These questionnaires document the civilian volunteer work in support of the war and may provide information especially about women that otherwise may not be available. As of February 9, we have 239,458 entries in this searchable database.

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