Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Fremont County, checked against the repository descriptions linked below. Date spans may contain gaps; an index is not a complete set of original records.
Census records
County government
- Clerk and Recorder Brand Book · 2013 archival inventory1869-1896
- Clerk and Recorder Claims Book · 2013 archival inventory1860-1874
- Clerk and Recorder County Comm Record Book · 2013 archival inventory1865-1870
- Clerk and Recorder Reception Book · 2013 archival inventory1874-1875
- Clerk and Recorder Register of County Warrants · 2013 archival inventory1875-1878
- County Commissioners Order Books · 2013 archival inventory1874-1895
Marriages, births and deaths
Court records
- Clerk and Recorder Mechanics Liens Judgments · 2013 archival inventory1872-1883
- Sheriff Cash Book · 2013 archival inventory1922-1949
- Sheriff Civil Process Docket · 2013 archival inventory1886-1896; 1909-1963
- Sheriff Criminal Process Docket · 2013 archival inventory1909-1946; 1956-1967
- Sheriff Execution Docket · 2013 archival inventory1909-1934
- Sheriff Prisoner’s Record Jail Reg · 2013 archival inventory1922-1943
- County Court Court Record Books · 2013 archival inventory1875-1918; 1933-1936
- County Court Index to Court Records · 2013 archival inventory1874-1932
- District Court Criminal, Civil & Domestic Cases · 2013 archival inventory1864-1947; 1909-1940
- District Court District Court Records · 2013 archival inventory1875-1911; 1880-1965
- District Court Domestic Relations Cases · 2013 archival inventory1983-1984
- District Court Judgment Docket Books · 2013 archival inventory1874-1897
- District Court Register of Actions · 2013 archival inventory1880-1890
Deeds and land
Wills and estates
- County Court Criminal, Civil, Probate, Juvenile Cases · 2013 archival inventory1874-1957
- County Court Probate-Index to Records · 2013 archival inventory1875-1947
- County Court Probate-Journal · 2013 archival inventory1878-1904
- County Court Probate-Record · 2013 archival inventory1868-1958
- County Court Probate-Registers · 2013 archival inventory1909-1942; 1949-1956
- County Court Probate-Wills · 2013 archival inventory1875-1965
Tax records
Naturalization records
- District Court Naturalizations-Adult & Minors · 2013 archival inventory1903-1906
- District Court Naturalizations-Court Orders · 2013 archival inventory1929-1967
- District Court Naturalizations-Decl of Intent & Final · 2013 archival inventory1869-1906; 1909-1965
- District Court Naturalizations-Final Certificates · 2013 archival inventory1883-1903
- District Court Naturalizations-Final Oaths · 2013 archival inventory1890-1903
- District Court Naturalizations-Index Cards · 2013 archival inventory1882-1966
- District Court Naturalizations-Petition Books · 2013 archival inventory1906-1929; 1929-1957
Other records
- Water District Water Decrees · 2013 archival inventory1860-1899; 1860-1909
See the repository's descriptions and search options
Repository access note: Selected county and court series from the Colorado State Archives 2013 Finding Aids Quick Index. Only unambiguous dated rows marked Open in that historical index are included. That label does not certify current access. Confirm custody and restrictions with the Archives. Spans summarize separate storage units and may contain gaps.
Sources: the catalogs and repository descriptions linked on the entries above. Selected inventories do not establish complete coverage of every record type or online access to original documents. Read the repository access note for source dates and limitations.
Where to find the records
- Fremont 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, Fremont" 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: Arapahoe County (Kansas Territory, extinct)
Check the parent county for earlier records: Arapahoe County
Later formed partly from Fremont County: Custer County, Teller County
The Atlas data for Fremont County begins in 1861, later than the 1859 date above, so this is the earliest boundary on file, not its original one.
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1859, 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.