Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Larimer County, checked against the repository descriptions linked below. Date spans may contain gaps; an index is not a complete set of original records.
Tax records
Other records
County government
- Clerk & Recorder General Fund Book · 2013 archival inventory1879-1884
- Clerk & Recorder Index to Brands · 2013 archival inventory1868-1885
- Clerk & Recorder Medical License Records · 2013 archival inventory1881-1888
- Clerk & Recorder Proceedings · 2013 archival inventory1864-1875
- County Commissioners Correspondence · 2013 archival inventory1900-1905
- County Commissioners Minutes · 2013 archival inventory1864-1875
- County Commissioners Petitions · 2013 archival inventory1871-1904
- County Commissioners Proceedings · 2013 archival inventory1913
- County Commissioners Resolutions · 2013 archival inventory1904
Deeds and land
Marriages, births and deaths
Court records
- Clerk & Recorder Sheriff’s Certs of Purchase · 2013 archival inventory1887-1906
- County Commissioners Jail & Bridge Specifications · 2013 archival inventory1890-1891
- County Court Civil & Criminal Cases · 2013 archival inventory1866-1903; 1904-1964
- County Court Civil & Small Claims Files · 2013 archival inventory1980-1981
- County Court Civil & Traffic Cases - Estes Park · 2013 archival inventory1979-1983
- County Court Civil Cases · 2013 archival inventory1958–1979 · separate segments; gaps possible
- County Court Civil Cases - Estes Park Division · 2013 archival inventory1965-1974
- County Court Justice of the Peace Dockets · 2013 archival inventory1865-1881
- County Court Old Age Pension Docket Books · 2013 archival inventory1933-1936
- County Court Small Claims Cases · 2013 archival inventory1976-1979
- District Court Book of Bonds · 2013 archival inventory1876-1877
- District Court Civil & Criminal Cases · 2013 archival inventory1868-1879; 1879-1918
- District Court Civil Cases · 2013 archival inventory1950-1969
- District Court Court Reporter Notes · 2013 archival inventory1971-1975
- District Court Criminal Cases · 2013 archival inventory1868-1916
- District Court District Court Record · 2013 archival inventory1883-1895; 1895-1920; 1920-1932; 1932-1941
- District Court Domestic Relations Cases · 2013 archival inventory1988-1989; 1990; 1991-1996
- District Court Fee Books · 2013 archival inventory1882-1915
- District Court Public Trustee Documents · 2013 archival inventory1927-1946
- District Court Transcripts · 2013 archival inventory1911
Poor relief and institutions
Naturalization records
- County Court Naturalizations-Records · 2013 archival inventory1872-1906
- District Court Naturalizations-Certificate Stubs · 2013 archival inventory1907-1929
- District Court Naturalizations-Declarations · 2013 archival inventory1907
- District Court Naturalizations-Index · 2013 archival inventory1872-1958
- District Court Naturalizations-Records · 2013 archival inventory1903-1929; 1929-1941; 1941-1958
Wills and estates
- County Court Probate-Records · 2013 archival inventory1875-1939; 1887-1908
- County Court Probate-Will & Executor’s Record · 2013 archival inventory1911; 1918-1953; 1946-1960
- District Court Probate-Cases · 2013 archival inventory1882–1976 · separate segments; gaps possible
- Probate Court Probate-Fee Books · 2013 archival inventory1887-1915
- Probate Court Probate-Index to Cases · 2013 archival inventory1941-1962
- Probate Court Probate-Journals · 2013 archival inventory1881-1888; 1890; 1890-1903
- Probate Court Probate-Judges Docket · 2013 archival inventory1881-1917; 1887-1908
- Probate Court Probate-Records · 2013 archival inventory1909-1939; 1920-1942; 1939-1954
- Probate Court Probate-Will Records · 2013 archival inventory1868-1876; 1884-1911
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
- Find Larimer County's official website
We haven't checked this county's website yet, so this opens a web search. Look for an address ending in .gov, then find the county clerk and recorder and the district court.
- 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, Larimer" 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: Land not yet in any county
Later formed partly from Larimer County: Jackson County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1861, 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.