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Gilpin County Clerk and Recorder Jessica Lovingier PO Box 429 Central City, CO 80427 TEL: (303) 582-5321 |
Gilpin County Assessor Anne Schafer PO Box 338 Central City, CO 80427 TEL: (303) 582-5451 |
| Birth and death records are generally recorded only by the state. Local patented mining claims, real estate transfers, and legal documents related to the operation of the county are recorded with the county. | |
| Gilpin County Historical Society Attn: Jim Prochaska P. O. Box 247 Central City, CO 80427 Tel/Fax:(303) 582-5283 http://www.coloradomuseums.org/gilpin.htm Research charges: $20/hr, minimum 1 hour. Copies $.25 per copy in addition to the time charge. The society maintains a photograph collection of about 500 photographs, has a newspaper collection of originals and microfiche back through the 1860s. Membership costs: individual $15/yr, family $25/yr. Membership includes one hour of research, a quarterly newsletter, and free admission to the museums. |
| Foothills Genealogical Society P. O. Box 150382 Lakewood, CO 80215-0382 The Foothills Genealogical Society of Colorado, Inc. has been publishing original records for Gilpin, Clear Creek, Jefferson and Park counties, both as stand-alone publications and in its quarterly publication, the Inquirer, since its organization in 1980. Some material FGS has published does not exist elsewhere. The Colorado Genealogical Chronicles Series is up to volume XXXII; the Colorado Collections Series up to volume XI. Additionally, FGS has indexed 36 publications for which no indexes previously existed. Foothills has a "Genealogist" on its Executive Board, whose responsibility it is to respond to queries regarding family history research in the 4-county area FGS serves. A small fee of $10.00 is charged to cover the cost of copying and postage. (These fees go as donations to the library fund for the Jefferson County Public Library and are tax deductible.) FGS maintains an office in the Jefferson County Public Library (Lakewood Public Library) at 20th and Miller Streets in Lakewood and are wholly responsible for the genealogy collection shelved in that library - books, periodicals, microfilm/microfiche, and CD-rom, with associated software. Phone number (303) 232-1483 ext: 2306, web page: www.foothillsgenealogy.org, e-mail address foothills@jefferson.lib.co.us. |
| Gilpin County Library Tel/Fax: (303) 582-5777 Hours: Tuesday, Thursday 9a-8p; Wednesday, Friday 9a-6p; Saturday 9a-4p; Closed Sunday, Monday. |
A good history of the Gilpin County area. The index mentiones these family names. Contact: Don Stanwyck for more information.
This book is a travelogue of the old mining camps in Gilpin County. It provides a useful set of descriptions of the old towns that will add color to your stories of the miners who lived there. Available from the author (by mail) at 8254 S. Jackson Street, Littleton, Colorado 80122-3629. Price $5.95 plus $1.50 postage and handling; Colorado residents add 3.2% sales tax. Contact: Don Stanwyck for more information.
A wonderful travelogue of the old mining towns of Colorado. Includes a mix of travelogue and history, descriptions of the mining operations and many beautiful drawings of building and other historical sites in the mining towns, all drawn by the author, an art department professor at the University of Colorado. Contact: Don Stanwyck for more information.
Photos from a graveyard above Central City can be viewed at http://www.agvdesign.com/miranda/cocem.html.
A letter, on official County letterhead sent in 1909 from Theovald Crook, Chairman, Board of Commissioners, to his sister in Denmark. (Not in English.)
A set of newspaper clippings (donated by Christine Boyd) related to Blackhawk residents Johnstones and a Miss Amy McBoyle are found here. The surnames mentioned in the clippings include: Aitchenson, Alexander, Armstrong, Barnes, Burns, Campbell, Chandler, Cheatley, Cowperwaite, Dillon, Fraser, Hale, Hazard, Jackson, Johnstone, Jones, Koch, McBoyle, McLeod, Morgan, Nelson, Queen, Rudolph, Shaw, Stiles, Strock, Taft, Tolles, Wolly, and Woodruff.
List of graduates from Gilpin County High School provided by Tony Fisher, grandson of Zelda Mills, with his comments:
Class Motto: Today we follow, tommorow we lead.
Here are indexes to 4 Gilpin County cemeteries. Thelma Kincheloe of Thornton, Colorado, has donated to our pages copies of her transcriptions of the stones in 4 Gilpin County cemeteries.
