La Plata County Colorado Ancestry
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La Plata County Colorado Ancestry

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please contact our State Coordinator.

 

La Plata COGenWeb provides free genealogy resources for researching your family history.  Were your ancestors from La Plata County?  Please share your genealogical records with us for other researchers!  Looking for our ancestry and filling in our family trees is what we do here - I would like to get transcriptions of cemeteries, birth, marriage, and death certificates, photos and anything else you feel may benefit other researchers.
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La Plata County is in the San Juan Mountains in southwestern Colorado. This is the home of Durango and the famous Durango & Silverton Scenic Railroad. Named for the Spanish word for "silver" (la plata), La Plata County contains 1,692 square miles of land and 8 square miles of water. The county seat is Durango.

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  • Biographies

  • Census Records 


  • Cemeteries


  • Military Links


  • Durango Directories 1911-1912

  • Vital Records Links
    Register of Deeds, Births, Marriages, Deaths, Bible Records, Obituaries, Wills, and Land Deeds.


  • Genealogy Terms


  • Transcribed Books
    These will either be transcribed or in .pdf format


  • In Their Own Words

  • La Plata County Site


  • Maps

  • Miscellaneous Records
    Do you have some miscellaneous records to share?

  • African American Research

  • Families

  • Published Resources with Lookup Volunteers 

  • Where to Find Genealogical Books


  • Interesting Links


  • Church Information and Research

    • This link will take you to a page to research Church locations, transcriptions of Church records and where to go to find archives and information on the Church of your choice.

  • Durango Public Library


  • Glimpses Into The Past


  • The Neighbors


  • Colorado National Register of Historic Places


    • State Coordinator: Rebecca Maloney
    Assistant State Coordinators:
     Betty Baker - M.D. Monk - Norma Hass

    County Coordinator:  Volunteer Needed! 


     

     

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