Where to find Colorado Catholic Records?
I am researching a French Canadian trader who died in Colorado in 1843. I do not know if there would have been any Catholic priests to perform his last rites but if there were there might be records. Does anyone know if a) the catholic church had a presence in the early west and b) if so where are the records?
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Hi,
First I don’t know for sure the answer to your question I simply have a couple of ideas that you could try.
When doing later Catholic research in Colorado I know you can reach out to the local diocese. Here is some info about the Roman Catholic ones from familysearch wiki:
Records remain with the local parishes.
Archives of the Archdiocese of Denver
1300 South Steele St.
Denver, CO 80210-2599
Phone: (303) 722-4687
Fax: (303) 331-8071
The Archdiocese includes the counties of: Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Clear Creek, Denver, Eagle, garfield, Gilpin, Grand , Jackson, Jefferson, Larimer, Logan, Moffat, Morgan, Phillips, Pitkin, Rio Blanco, Routt, Sedgwick, Summit, Washington, Weld and Yuma
Has microfilms of parish registers for the Archdiocese of Denver, including the Diocese of Colorado Springs and the Diocese of Pueblo.
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Diocese of Colorado Springs - pre-1984 parish registers available on microfilm at the Archdiocese of Denver
The diocese includes the counties of: Chaffee, Cheyenne, Douglas, Elbert, El Paso, Kit Carson, Lake, Lincoln, Park and Teller
Diocese of Pueblo - pre-1984 parish registers available on microfilm at the Archdiocese of Denver
The diocese includes the counties of: Alamosa, Archuleta, Baca, Bent, Conejos, Costilla, Crowley, Custer, Delta, Dolores, Fremont, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Huerfano, Kiowa, Las Animas, Mesa, Mineral, Montezuma, Montrose, Otero, Ouray, Prowers, Pueblo, Rio Grande, Saguache, San Juan and San Miguel
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Just figure out what county you need and then contact the corresponding diocese and see how early of records they have.
Your next option is searching in this collection on family search. here is the link: https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2353034
it covers Colorado Church Records from 1692-1942.
Hope one of these helps or someone has another solution.
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Sorry I had to send in multiple parts the answer box does have a length limit.
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