El Paso County Genealogy Resources

Welcome! We hope this page helps you find your El Paso County, Colorado, ancestors and their history.

If you are not local and would like lookups in Pikes Peak Library District's Regional History & Genealogy department or other local repositories, see Research Help page. If you know of other useful sources to add to this page or can report a broken link, please let us know.

El Paso County was formed in 1859 from old Arapahoe County in Kansas Territory. On 28 February 1861 it became one of 17 original counties in the newly formed Colorado Territory. Colorado gained statehood on 1 August 1876. On 23 March 1899, Teller County was separated from El Paso County. The county seat is Colorado Springs. One of the best online sources for the county is Pikes Peak NewsFinder, a Pikes Peak Library District index with some links to document images.

Adoption

• Original Colorado birth certificates and other adoption records are open to adoptees over the age of 18.
• Colorado adoptee information.
• Access forms to request original Colorado birth certificates.
• Colorado State Archives holds El Paso County adoption case files 1901-52, 1918-49, 1949-69 and relinquishment cases, 1953-74; the records are available to adoptees and researchers authorized by adoptees; date of adoption and/or case number is necessary: Colorado State Archives Finding Aids Quick Index
• Adoption legislation by state

Cemeteries

• Tombstone Inscriptions of El Paso County and Teller County, Colorado (PPGS project) <add link>
• Findagrave.com
• Evergreen Cemetery and Fairview Cemetery, Colorado Springs
• Search Colorado Springs-owned cemeteries, Evergreen and Fairview
• Colorado Gravestones

Census Records

• 1885 Colorado State Census. Free at FamilySearch, also on Ancestry.com.
• 1860–1950 federal censuses for Colorado are available on FamilySearch, Ancestry.com, and more. In 1860, what is now El Paso County was enumerated in Arapahoe County, Kansas Territory. Also, before 1899, El Paso County included nearly all of what is now Teller County.

Church Records

• Catholic Church: The Diocese of Colorado Springs maintains within the Office of the Chancellor records for Roman Catholic churches across east central Colorado. The archivist, (719) 636-2345, accepts research requests over the telephone and will provide telephone replies after examining the microfilm and extracting the information as time is available. There is currently no charge for this service. Individuals may not access the microfilm/books to do their own research.   
• The weekly Intermountain Catholic newspaper, 1899-1910, held online by Chronicling America, Library of Congress, includes a column of news from the Colorado Springs Catholic community.
• Episcopal Church: Epiphany Parish Register, Good Shepherd Parish Register, Grace Church Parish Register, St. Stephen's Parish Register; mostly baptism, marriage, burial entries for various years. Registers are indexed and available at Regional History & Genealogiy, Pikes Peak Library District.
• First United Methodist Church, Archivist, 420 N. Nevada Ave., Colorado Springs, CO 80903. Founded 1871, first church in Colorado Springs.

Court Records / Law Enforcement

• El Paso County Combined Court, Fourth Judicial District: for records, click here and scroll down to "Records Department." Records are subject to redaction.
• El Paso County Civil District Court, Historical Records Index Search. In addition to the online index, Colorado State Archives holds civil case files, criminal case files, and other court-related records, but a case number is required to access them. See Colorado State Archives Finding Aids Quick Index.
• El Paso County Sheriff's Office says it has arrest records from 1987. Request records.
• Colorado Department of Corrections Current Offender Search

Directories

In addition to providing names and addresses of residents, city directories also usually offer street guides, information on city, county, and state governments, election precincts, lists of churches and clergy, hospitals and sanitariums, schools and colleges, businesses, labor organizations, clubs, societies, and secret organizations. The Colorado Springs directory often also contains Manitou Springs and Colorado City.

• Colorado Springs city directories, PPLD, online all extant editions, 1879–1922.
• HeritageQuest has online most Colorado Springs city directories, 1897–1963. If you hold a Pikes Peak Library District library card, go to this page, click on "HeritageQuest," enter card number and password, then click "City Directories."
• Regional History & Genealogy, PPLD, 20 N. Cascade, Colorado Springs, CO, paper and/or microfilm copies for all extant editions, 1879–present.
• El Paso County (Including Teller County) Rural Directory (microfilm reel for the year 1937-38 also contains: 1947, 1949, 1951, 1955, 1962, and 1969; 1972 as book on shelves), Regional History % Genealogy, PPLD.
• Ancestry.com ($) has most Colorado Springs editions, with some breaks, through 1961.
• Telephone books, most years from 1907 to present, PPLD Regional History & Genealogy microfilm, 384.6 C7192CM; covers county addresses not included in city directories.

Funeral Homes and Mortuaries

• Beyle Funeral Home Record Abstracts, 1897-1937, Colorado Springs and (Old) Colorado City, Colorado
• List of funeral homes, mortuaries, and undertakers. Compiled by the El Paso County Cemetery Project, the list includes facilities throughout Colorado. Some may no longer be in business.
• Colorado Springs Funeral Home records, Colorado Springs: mostly operated by the Beyle family: roll 1: 1906-17, roll 2: 1897-1914, roll 3, 1910-37; PPLD Regional History & Genealogy microfilm: 363.75 N787F R.1-3. PPGS has indexed these records; the index has been placed in Pikes Peak NewsFinder.
• Colorado Funeral Service History to 1997

History

• Colorado Encyclopedia
• Colorado Springs Century Chest (time capsule sealed August 1901, opened January 1, 2001; resealed for another century April 20, 2001, with new contents): View letters to descendants, photos, documents, local history.
• "The White Plague, Woodmen, and Great Uncle Hubert," pages 8-9, Columbine Genealogical & Historical Society Newsletter, July 2015, has information about the treatment of tuberculosis in Colorado Springs, letters from a patient at Woodmen Sanitorium, and photos of the TB huts.
• Pikes Peak Regional History Symposium books for purchase from Clausen Press.
• El Paso County ** information on early history and pioneers, prepared by Civil Works Administration, Jan. 11, 1934, held by History Colorado.

Land and Property Records

• Bureau of Land Management General Land Office homestead records
• United States Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1820-1908, FamilySearch
• El Paso [County] Claim Club, Books 1-2, 1859-1861, PPLD Digital Collections: scanned images of early land claims books and link to a PDF of content extracted by Larry Obermesik.
• Record Book of the El Paso County Claim Club, 1859-61, PPLD Digital Collections, a typed transcription of the registered land claims of the earliest settlers in El Paso County. Partial index on final two pages.
• El Paso County grantor/grantee index, deed, mortgage records on microfilm, Citizens Service Center, 1675 W. Garden of the Gods Rd., Colorado Springs; phone: 719-520-6200. Copies are 25 cents each. Clerks will not do searches. If you'd like a search done by PPGS volunteers, contact info@ppgs.org. Donations are suggested. 
• El Paso County grantor/grantee indexes from January 1, 1980 to present are available on computers in the Citizens Service Center, 1675 W. Garden of the Gods Rd., Colorado Springs, CO. Phone: phone: 719-520-6200. Clerks can retrieve documents. 
• El Paso County Building Permits, 1878-1974, held by PPLD Regional History & Genealogy. Click here for finding aid. Collection includes 1911-1974 Moving and Wrecking Permit index.
• The El Paso County Assessor's Office mapping room on the second floor of the Citizen's Service Center has very large indexes showing land transactions by section. They appear to start about 1890s.
• Current El Paso County property owners: El Paso County Public Record Real Estate Property Search

Law

• Colorado Constitution and Revised Statutes
• Colorado Session Laws, 1861-2021: Some legislative actions are on behalf of individuals. Search to see if your ancestors appear.
• Colorado Session Laws, 2016-present
• Colorado House and Senate Journals
• El Paso County Ordinances
• Colorado Springs Official City Documents
• Guide to Colorado's Open Records and Open Meetings Laws
• Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition is dedicated to ensuring the transparency of state and local governments in Colorado by promoting freedom of the press, open courts, and open access to government records and meetings

Maps

• Historic Map Explorer at Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum
• Colorado Springs, Manitou, Colorado City, 1883-1917, online at Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, University of Colorado at Boulder
• Sanborn fire insurance maps from El Paso County locations, Library of Congress
• Google Maps
• Regional History & Genealogy department, Pikes Peak Library District
• Palmer Divide Research is an ongoing project by Michael Christensen. The website offers a shared, working map of the history of the Palmer Divide, the high ground between Denver and Colorado Springs. It holds 680 places, from the gold camps of 1858 and the stage stops of the 1860s to the sawmills, dairies, fox farms, and one-room schools that came after; 173 of them are living communities today. Each place has a page with what we know and where it comes from. 

Medical

• PPLD Regional History & Genealogy's holdings on historical tuberculosis sanitariums in Colorado Springs.
• Wikipedia, "Tuberculosis Treatment in Colorado Springs."
• "A Healing Past," 15 July 2012, Gazette: TB treatment was a driving economic force in early Colorado Springs.
• History of Cragmor Sanatorium
• Wikipedia, Penrose Hospital with history that includes Glockner Sanatorium
• History of hospitals in Colorado Springs

Military

El Paso County is or has been home to many U.S. military installations, including:

• Camp Carson (also a World War II prisoner-of-war camp)
• Fort Carson
  • Fort Carson: A Tradition of Victory
  • 4th Infantry Division Museum, Fort Carson
• U.S. Air Force Academy
• Schriever Air Force Base
• Peterson Air Force Base
• North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD)
• Ent Air Force Base
• Fort Carson: Post Guide & Telephone Directory, held by PPLD, Regional History & Genealogy: 1962, 1964, 1965, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 2001, 2009, 2016 

Mining

• El Paso County Placer Mine Location Certificates, 1892-1942, Historical Records Index Search, Colorado State Archives
• Pre-1963 Colorado Mining Fatalities

Naturalization

Colorado State Archives holds many naturalization records from the county court and district court in Colorado Springs: Colorado State Archives Finding Aids Quick Index

Newspapers

• PPLD Pikes Peak NewsFinder index with Gazette 1871–present, Colorado City [now part of western Colorado Springs] Iris, Weekly Gazette,  Colorado Springs Independent, Colorado Springs Sun, Denver Post, El Paso County Democrat, Free Press, Out West, Manitou Journal, Pueblo Chieftain, Rocky Mountain News, Security Advertiser & Fountain Valley News, and seven early Cripple Creek newspapers. Various years are indexed and may not be complete. Request free copies of articles online from PPLD Regional History & Genealogy. Some article images before 1987 are linked to the index.
• PPLD has the Colorado Springs Gazette, 1988–present online; access is free with library card. From PPLD.org, select "Research & Learn," then "Search All Databases," then click on "A," then selection "Access World News." Enter your PPLD card number and PIN. Then select "Gazette, The (Colorado Springs), then Click on "Gazette, The (Colorado Springs)". Here you may search by keyword or date. 
• Ancestry.com ($) has Colorado Springs Gazette, 1873-78, 1878-87, 1887-94, 1900-15; Weekly Gazette, 1879-82, 1884-86, 1888-95, 1897-1900; Out West, 1872.
• GenealogyBank.com ($) has Colorado Springs Gazette, 1896–1922 and Eastonville World, 1894-95. Searchable on all words.
• Newspapers.com ($) has Weekly Gazette, 1872-1906, incomplete, and Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph, 1960-1978, incomplete. Searchable on all words.
• NewsBank has the Colorado Springs Gazette, 2 Apr 1988–present. Free access with Denver Public Library card, which is available free to anyone with a library card from any Colorado public library. (Click www.denverlibrary.org, Research Sources, Newspapers, Access World News, Colorado, Gazette.)
• Colorado Historic Newspapers has Gazette, 1873-78; Out West, March–December 1872; Colorado Mountaineer, 1876–77. Free.
• Colorado Springs Gazette Archive ($), www.gazette.com; from the Gazette's webpage: "The Gazette archive contains text-only archives from April 2, 1988, to November 30, 2002. Beginning December 1, 2002, the archive was expanded to include an electronic edition of the newspaper, which features searchable PDFs. These more recent issues are fully text searchable and reflect the full content and layout of the printed Gazette." Available to e-subscribers.
• Special Collections, Tutt Library, Colorado College, has bound volumes (1894-1922) of the weekly El Paso County Democrat, which has news from rural El Paso County communities. Not indexed, but easily searchable by community for a given period. Call to arrange an appointment.
• Current El Paso County newspapers include: Colorado Springs Gazette, Pikes Peak Bulletin (Manitou Springs, 2001- ), Tribune (Monument), SoCo Insider (formerly the Colorado Springs Independent).
• The weekly El Paso County Advertiser and Fountain Valley News was published on Wednesdays from 1958 to Dec. 28, 2022 and served the Security and Widefield area. Archives are held by the Security Public Library. 
• African American Voice (1991-present), monthly, Colorado Springs, includes links to archival issues from 2007.
• The New Falcon Herald covers Peyton, Falcon, and Black Forest in El Paso County. The monthly started in January 2004; it is published on the first Saturday of the month. 

Obituaries

• PPLD Pikes Peak NewsFinder index with Gazette 1871–present, Colorado City (part of  Colorado Springs since 1917) Iris, Colorado Springs Sun, and other newspapers. Request free copies of articles online from PPLD Regional History & Genealogy.
• www.legacy.com
• FamilySearch, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014, index

Occupations and Businesses/Organizations

• Look up Colorado licensed professionals or organizations at DORA, the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies: accountants, medical/dental/mental health/veterinary, trades (plumbing, electrical, barbers/cosmetology), funeral homes, architecture, and more. Includes current, expired, cancelled, and revoked licensees. Searchable by name or portion of name. Licensee mailing address available from occupation download link.
• Colorado business search: includes images of historic and current reports for businesses and nonprofit organizations. Click on "Filing history and documents" to see principles' names and addresses.
• Used bookstores specializing in local historical materials:
• Clausen Books
• DeWitt Enterprises, 404 N. Santa Fe Ave., Fountain, CO 80817; PO Box 25095, Colorado Springs, CO 80936; (719) 473-0330. Email: books@dewittenterprises.com. Best by appointment. See PikesPeakShadow on eBay or Etsy.

Oral Histories

• Pikes Peak Region Oral Histories, Pikes Peak Library District

Pensions

• El Paso County Old Age Pensions, 1933-36, Historical Records Index Search, Colorado State Archives

People

Links to information on prominent people in the Pikes Peak region:

• Gen. William Jackson Palmer, Colorado Springs 1871 founder: www.regionalhistoryseries.org/pikes-peak-pastcast
• People from Colorado Springs
• People from El Paso County, Colorado

Photographs

• Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Online Catalog, has hundreds of photos for Colorado Springs and other locales in El Paso County. Enter desired place name.
• Pikes Peak Library District Digital Collections

Place Names

• Place Names of Colorado

Probate/Wills

• PPLD Regional History & Genealogy: El Paso County Estate Index, 1874 thru 1966 (call no: SC 346.054 C719E, 1967 supplement: SC 346.054 C719E SUPP. 1967).
• El Paso County Probates, 1880-1969, Historical Records Index Search, Colorado State Archives; Colorado State Archives Finding Aids Quick Index

School Records

• District 11 is the largest and oldest public school district in Colorado Springs. Report cards and school census info is available.
• Colorado Springs High School/Palmer High School Alumni Association
• El Paso County School Census, District 3, 1911, Historical Records Index Search, Colorado State Archives
• El Paso County School Census, District 11, 1910, 1920, Historical Records Index Search, Colorado State Archives
• Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind, Colorado Springs. Archival records exist.

Taxation

• Assessment Rolls, 1877-99, Colorado State Archives, Colorado State Archives Finding Aids Quick Index
• El Paso County Tax Records, 1877-99, FamilySearch Library

Vital Records

>Birth Records

• Birth certificates, State of Colorado An employee at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environoment said in 2022 that they have Colorado birth certificates from 1902. Handybook for Genealogists says they have records from 1907. Order birth certs through VitalChek at 1-866-300-8540. 
• Birth certificates, El Paso County Health Department
• Pikes Peak NewsFinder: Search for births by parents’ last name(s). Not yet complete for some years, but names are continuing to be added. Digital images of microfilmed copies may be requested for free from the library if not already available.
• Entries in the Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry.com ($) include date and place of birth (usually a town or county) and parents' names. You can search on selected fields, including names and place of birth.

>Marriage Records

• Pikes Peak NewsFinder, marriages reported in various newspapers.
• 1858–1939, Colorado Marriage Index, WPA project, with some later, FamilySearch
• In 2020, Ancestry ($) added 613,745 marriage records for El Paso County to the database "Colorado, U.S., Select County Marriages, 1863-2018." Most records include marriage license and marriage certificate images. 
• If you don't find a marriage where you expect in southern Colorado, look in the "Gretna Green" of  Raton, Colfax Co., New Mexico. Many couples in the mid-1900s went there for a fun road trip with their friends and/or to avoid blood tests.

>Divorce Records

• Colorado Statewide Divorce Index, 1900-39
• El Paso County Divorces, 1903-41, Historical Records Index Search, Colorado State Archives; others may appear in Historical Records Index Search
• District Court Divorce Decrees, 1940-55, Colorado State Archives, Colorado State Archives Finding Aids Quick Index
• Pikes Peak NewsFinder, divorces reported in newspapers for various periods.
• Colorado Vital Records has a statewide index to divorces, 1900-1939 and 1975-present. Divorce decrees are held in the county courts in which they were filed or an archive.
• MyHeritage.com, available for free at FamilySearch Centers or by subscription, has a database "Colorado Divorces, 1878-2004" with 1.4 million records. It does not appear to have entries between 1940 and 1967.

>Death Records

Death certificates are available for $20 from the state or the El Paso County Health Department. To determine if you are eligible to order one, see the back of the form. Colorado is quite restrictive with vital records. 

• Death Certificates, State of Colorado
• Death Certificates, El Paso County Health Department
• Pikes Peak NewsFinder has death announcements and obituaries from area newspapers.
• 1870 El Paso County Mortality Schedule extraction
• 1880 El Paso County Mortality Schedule extraction
• 1885 El Paso County Mortality Schedule, available at U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885, Ancestry ($)
• El Paso County autopsy reports from 1971 to present are public records and can be requested by e-mail. It's best to have evidence (death certificate, newspaper account) that an autopsy was performed before requesting one. The coroner's office says autopsy reports before 1971 were destroyed, but El Paso County coroner's reports 1882-1942 are at the Colorado State Archives.
• Homicides of the Colorado Springs Area, 1872 to Present, vols. 1-6, compiled by Dwight Haverkorn, Regional History & Genealogy, PPLD, 20 N. Cascade, Colorado Springs. Call no.: SC 364.152 H767, indexed at Pikes Peak NewsFinder.
• El Paso County Coroner's Record, 1882-1933, 1933-42 at Colorado State Archives: Colorado State Archives Finding Aids Quick Index
• Colorado Springs Death Register, 1871-1920, Pikes Peak NewsFinder, has information on people who died in Colorado Springs and were buried here or shipped elsewhere, as well as people who died elsewhere and were shipped in for burial in city-owned Evergreen Cemetery. Some of the later years have information on people who died in other parts of El Paso County.
• The Social Security Death Index is an online searchable database of names of deceased individuals whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration. It has been kept since 1962, when operations were computerized. The index is reported to have about 50 percent of deceased persons from 1962 to 1971 and about 85 percent of deceased persons from 1972 to 2005. It also includes a few deaths from 1937 to 1961. Beginning in 2014, rules governing the SSDI changed and online databases have not been updated since then. 
• Beyle Funeral Home Record Abstracts, 1897-1937, Colorado Springs and (Old) Colorado City, Colorado

Voters

VoteRef has current Colorado registered voters.

Yearbooks

• Regional History & Genealogy, PPLD, has a good collection of Colorado Springs high school and college yearbooks.
• Ancestry.com ($) has a number of yearbooks from Colorado Springs high schools and colleges. See U.S. Yearbook Collection.

REPOSITORIES

Archives

• Colorado State Archives, Denver
  • Colorado State Archives Finding Aids Quick Index; El Paso County records pages 42-44; court records pages 197-114; education records, page 176.
  • Colorado State Archives, Genealogy
  • List of Records in Historical Records Index Search, Colorado State Archives
• Archives, Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum

Libraries

• Regional History & Genealogy, Penrose Library, Pikes Peak Library District, Colorado Springs. Also has archives. Email: RegionalHistoryGenealogy@ppld.org. Phone: 719-531-6333, ext. 7252.
  • Databases available from home with a library card include HeritageQuest, 19th Century U.S. Newspapers, and Newspaper Archive.
  • Databases available at any PPLD branch library include Ancestry.com Library Edition, MyHeritage,  and Fold3. You may also log on to these databases with your laptop computer from the branch libraries.
  • American Ancestors database from New England Historic Genealogical Society may be accessed only on computers at PPLD's Regional History & Genealogy.
  • InterLibrary Loan portal through PPLD.
• Special Collections, Tutt Library, Colorado College, Colorado Springs.
  • Tutt Library has on microfilm Rocky Mountain News, 1859--Dececember 1964, and Denver Post Jan. 1965--2012.
  • Newspapers held by Tutt Library, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, per Library of Congress.
  • Microfilm is held offsite. Make an appointment to pull the film you need before you arrive. Special Collections is on the Garden Level.
• Stephen H. Hart Research Center, History Colorado, Denver; has the best collection of microfilmed Colorado newspapers in state.
• U.S. Air Force Academy Libraries

FamilySearch Centers

Subscription databases available for free at all FamilySearch Centers include Ancestry.com, FindMyPast.com, Fold3.com, MyHeritage.com, ArkivDigital, Access Newspaper Archives.

FamilySearch Center Hours

Colorado Springs FamilySearch Center [Broadmoor]
150 Pine Ave.
Colorado Springs, CO 80906

719-634-0572

Email: CO_ColoradoSprings@familyhistorymail.org
Hours: By appointment only.

North FamilySearch Discovery Center
8710 Lexington Drive (at Research)
Colorado Springs, CO 80920

719-800-1610

Email: CO_ColoradoSpringsNorth@familyhistorymail.org

www.familysearch.org/en/centers/colorado_springs_colorado_north

• 12 desktop computer stations
• Reservations are required to use the scanners (photos/documents, slides/negatives, book scanners).
• Closed when Districts 20 or 38 are closed due to inclement weather.
• Classes are offered in person and via Zoom on the third Saturday of the month at 9 a.m. 

East FamilySearch Center
4955 Meadowland Blvd.
Colorado Springs CO 80918
719-653-2796

Email: CO_ColoradoSpringsEast@familyhistorymail.org

Hours: By appointment only.

Fountain FamilySearch Center
1310 Aeroplaza
Colorado Springs, CO 80916
719-550-2867
Email: CO_Fountain@familyhistorymail.org

Pikes Peak Library District, Regional History & Genealogical department, 20 N. Cascade, Colorado Springs, CO

Museums

Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum, Colorado Springs

National Museum of World War II Aviation, Colorado Springs

McAllister House Museum, Colorado Springs Springs

Miramont Castle Museum, Manitou Springs

4th Infantry Division Museum, Fort Carson

Old Colorado City Historical & History Center, Colorado Springs

Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site, Colorado Springs

U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum, Colorado Springs

Western Museum of Mining and Industry, Colorado Springs

MISC.

Societies: Historical, Genealogical, and Ethnic

African-American Historical and Genealogical Society of Colorado Springs

Colorado Native Club, call Dan & Ruth Tapio, 719-632-8117. Meets fourth Thursday.

Daughters of the American Revolution:

• Zebulon Pike Chapter, Colorado Springs, organized 1895
• Kinnikinnik Chapter, Colorado Springs, organized 1914
• Cheyenne Mountain Chapter, Colorado Springs, organized 2011

Old Colorado City Historical Society, Manitou Springs

• If you have ancestry in Colorado City (now Old Colorado City in Colorado Springs), do yourself a big favor and visit the Old Colorado City Historical Society. It has land records, information and old photos of houses, maps, information on saloons and the red light district, businesses, and city directories. Volunteer researchers answer genealogical and historical questions. 

Palmer Lake Historical Society, Palmer Lake

Pikes Peak Genealogical Society

Sons of the American Revolution, Pikes Peak Chapter (scroll down to Pike's Peak Chapter)

Sons of Norway, Colorado Springs

Ute Pass Historical Society, Woodland Park

Order Sons of Italy in America, Pikes Peak Lodge #2870

Pikes Peak Posse of Westerners International, a western-history organization. Meets second Monday (except July, August, December) at Masonic Temple, Panorama Dr., Colorado Springs, CO. Sheriff & "Rep" Doug Clausen, 622 N. Custer, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, (719) 633-1222, clausend@yahoo.com

Genealogical Societies in Colorado

Ethnic Research Groups at Denver Public Library

Italian Research Group, 10-12 a.m., first Wednesday, Denver Public Library

Germanic Genealogical Society of Colorado, 10:15 a.m., first Tuesday, Denver Public Library

French Genealogy Study Group, 10:30 - noon, fourth Tuesday, Denver Public Library

Swedish Genealogical Society of Colorado, 9:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m., first Saturday, Sept.-May, Denver Public Library

Hispanic Legacy Research Center, open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., second Saturday, Denver Public Library

El Paso County Genealogy Links

Ancestry, El Paso County message board

Cyndi's List, El Paso County

Genealogy Trails, El Paso County

Colorado Genealogist Surname and Subject Indexes; periodical available at PPLD Regional History & Genealogy, among other libraries.

Linkpendium, El Paso County

National Register of Historic Places in El Paso County

USGenWeb, El Paso County

Wikipedia, El Paso County, Colorado

Genealogy Classes

• Fountain Branch Library, first Thursday, 7-8:45 p.m., "Genealogy on the Internet"
• High Prairie Branch Library, second Saturday, 1-3 p.m., "The Genealogist's Internet"

Planning a Trip to Colorado Springs

• Visit Colorado Springs