Broomfield County, Colorado Genealogy Records

Selected record inventories for Broomfield County, their listed years, and where to ask for access.

Selected inventory review: 2026-11-02. Selected inventory entries checked against official repository descriptions and geographic catalog metadata. Coverage and access limits are explained with the inventory. Official inventory or catalog

Formed
2001
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Broomfield CountyParent counties (search here for earlier records)Today's boundaries · U.S. Census Bureau

Listed record inventories

Selected records and local publications, with source links and the coverage described by each repository. Consult the access note for gaps, formats and research requirements.

Newspapers

Open the source inventory or catalog

Repository access note: The local library lists the Broomfield Enterprise database from 1999 onward; follow its link for library access requirements and current coverage. The earlier title is explicitly cataloged as published in Broomfield while it was part of Boulder County. Its date is publication history, not digital availability. These community newspapers span the period before and after Broomfield became a consolidated city and county.

Sources: City and County of Broomfield Library; Library of Congress newspaper directory.

Where to find the records

  • Broomfield County official website

    Hours, addresses and phone numbers for the county clerk and recorder and the district court, and any online record search the county offers.

  • The county clerk and recorder

    Deeds and other land records, and marriage licenses.

  • The district court

    Probate (wills and estates) in every county but Denver, which has its own probate court, plus divorces and civil cases.

  • The Colorado State Archives

    In Denver: county and court records, territorial records and indexes.

  • Colorado State Archivesfree

    The state archives in Denver, with county, court and territorial records and indexes to many of them.

  • FamilySearch Catalogfree

    Search by place for "Colorado, Broomfield" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.

Offices change their hours and access rules; call before you visit.

Boundaries and parent counties

Formed from: Adams County, Boulder County, Jefferson County, Weld County

Check the parent counties for earlier records: Adams County, Boulder County, Jefferson County, Weld County

Clear CreekGilpinLarimerArapahoeDenverBoulderWeldJeffersonAdamsBroomfieldBroomfieldBoulderWeldJeffersonAdamsClear CreekGilpinDenver
Broomfield as created in 2001Where its land was the day beforeToday's boundaryBoundaries: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries

Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 2001, search the parent county. The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries shows each boundary change.

Research tip

A 1907 law set up statewide registration of births and deaths in Colorado; the state's own records begin with deaths in 1900 and births in 1910. Before 1861 the area was part of Kansas, Nebraska, Utah and New Mexico territories, so an early settler's records can be in any of them.