Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Saguache 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 & Recorder Abstract of Votes · 2013 archival inventory1878-1928
- Clerk & Recorder Board of Health Record · 2013 archival inventory1882-1901
- Clerk & Recorder Brand Records · 2013 archival inventory1878-1898
- Clerk & Recorder Estray Register · 2013 archival inventory1869-1904
- Clerk & Recorder Grocery License · 2013 archival inventory1913-1915
- Clerk & Recorder Index to County Records · 2013 archival inventory1867-1899
- Clerk & Recorder Location Records · 2013 archival inventory1874-1916; 1881-1893; 1894-1934
- Clerk & Recorder Map of · 2013 archival inventory1910
- Clerk & Recorder Mining Records · 2013 archival inventory1880-1882; 1880-1910; 1881-1885; 1888-1893; 1900-1907
- Clerk & Recorder Misc Records · 2013 archival inventory1882-1923; 1901-1917
- Clerk & Recorder Record Volumes · 2013 archival inventory1897; 1872-1880; 1880-1883; 1881-1929; 1882-1926; 1899-1911; 1916-1926
- Clerk & Recorder Register of County Warrants · 2013 archival inventory1875-1883
- Clerk & Recorder Register of Licenses · 2013 archival inventory1882-1913
- Clerk & Recorder Register Loco Weed Certs · 2013 archival inventory1884
- Clerk & Recorder Roll of Attorneys · 2013 archival inventory1872-1876
- Clerk & Recorder US Patent Records · 2013 archival inventory1820-1903; 1883-1890; 1890-1893
- County Commissioners Minutes · 2013 archival inventory1872-1958
Deeds and land
- Clerk & Recorder Chattell Mortgage Record · 2013 archival inventory1891
- Clerk & Recorder Deed Records · 2013 archival inventory1868-1881; 1876-1908; 1881-1919; 1886-1910; 1889-1905; 1894-1921
- Clerk & Recorder Grantee-Grantor Indexes · 2013 archival inventory1873-1913; 1905-1913
- Clerk & Recorder Land Claims · 2013 archival inventory1870-1876
- Clerk & Recorder Land Records · 2013 archival inventory1867-1950; 1876-1911; 1884-1905; 1885-1889
- Clerk & Recorder Mortgage & Lien Records · 2013 archival inventory1867-1881; 1881-1899; 1881-1961; 1889-1931
- Clerk & Recorder Quit Claim Deeds · 2013 archival inventory1868-1881; 1881-1905; 1890-1902; 1902-1909
Court records
- Clerk & Recorder Coroner’s Record · 2013 archival inventory1926-1943
- Clerk & Recorder Old Age pension Docket · 2013 archival inventory1933-1936
- County Court Civil Cases · 2013 archival inventory1879-1890; 1884-1927; 1921-1957
- District Court Civil & Criminal Cases · 2013 archival inventory1869-1921; 1917-1970
- District Court Civil Cases · 2013 archival inventory1881-1919
- District Court Criminal Cases · 2013 archival inventory1876-1919
Military records
- Clerk & Recorder Discharge Certificates · 2013 archival inventory1918-1944; 1942-1965
Marriages, births and deaths
- Clerk & Recorder Marriage Application Books · 2013 archival inventory1903-1933; 1931-1933; 1933-1941; 1941-1983
- Clerk & Recorder Marriage Certificate Books · 2013 archival inventory1881-1948; 1949-1959
- Clerk & Recorder Marriage Certificates · 2013 archival inventory1874-1957
- Clerk & Recorder Marriage Records · 2013 archival inventory1930-1949
- Clerk & Recorder Marriage Register · 2013 archival inventory1881-1914
Naturalization records
- County Court Naturalizations-Declarations of Intent · 2013 archival inventory1869-1940
- County Court Naturalizations-Filings · 2013 archival inventory1904-1906
- County Court Naturalizations-Records · 2013 archival inventory1880-1905; 1880-1906
- County Court Naturalizations-Stubs · 2013 archival inventory1907-1923
Wills and estates
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
- Saguache 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, Saguache" 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: Costilla County
Check the parent county for earlier records: Costilla County
Later formed partly from Saguache County: Mineral County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1866, 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.