Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Morgan County, checked against the repository descriptions linked below. Date spans may contain gaps; an index is not a complete set of original records.
Marriages, births and deaths
County government
Court records
- County Court Civil & Criminal Cases · 2013 archival inventory1889-1912; 1912-1915
- County Court Civil & Criminal-Miscellaneous · 2013 archival inventory1904-1917
- County Court Conservatorship · 2013 archival inventory1965-1978
- County Court Court Records · 2013 archival inventory1905-1915; 1915-1919; 1922-1941
- County Court Criminal Records · 2013 archival inventory1907-1930
- County Court Judges Docket · 2013 archival inventory1890-1901
- County Court Judgment Book · 2013 archival inventory1889-1924; 1930-1939
- County Court Judgment Docket · 2013 archival inventory1890-1917
- County Court Old Age Pension-Mother’s Comp · 2013 archival inventory1933-1936
- County Court Trusts · 2013 archival inventory1975-1978
- County Court Vacation Term Records · 2013 archival inventory1901
- District Court Bijou Extension Ditch Co Bonds · 2013 archival inventory1908-1914
- District Court Cash Books · 2013 archival inventory1914-1946
- District Court Civil & Criminal Cases · 2013 archival inventory1889-1912; 1912-1917; 1917-1921; 1921-1922
- District Court Journals · 2013 archival inventory1940-1959
- District Court Old Age Pension Dockets · 2013 archival inventory1933-1937
- Justice of the Peace Court Civil Cases · 2013 archival inventory1935-1954
Wills and estates
- County Court Probate-Guardianship · 2013 archival inventory1965-1978
- County Court Probate-Inventory Records · 2013 archival inventory1900-1945
- County Court Probate-Record Books · 2013 archival inventory1967
- County Court Probate-Register & Fee Books · 2013 archival inventory1936-1948; 1951-1973
- County Court Probate-Report Records · 2013 archival inventory1889-1937; 1889-1943
- District Court Probate-Admin & Guardians Records · 2013 archival inventory1889-1923; 1932-1943
- District Court Probate-Record Books · 2013 archival inventory1889; 1889-1926; 1891-1932; 1936-1943
- Probate Court Probate-Case Files · 2013 archival inventory1890-1916; 1916-1964
Naturalization records
- District Court Naturalizations-Certificates · 2013 archival inventory1907-1927
- District Court Naturalizations-Declarations · 2013 archival inventory1907-1952
- District Court Naturalizations-Petition and Record · 2013 archival inventory1889-1902; 1907-1929; 1930-1958
- District Court Naturalizations-Petitions Granted · 2013 archival inventory1929-1958
- District Court Naturalizations-Records · 2013 archival inventory1892-1904
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
- Morgan 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, Morgan" 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: Weld County
Check the parent county for earlier records: Weld County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1889, 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.