{"id":8318,"date":"2016-07-05T14:36:09","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T14:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raogk.org\/?page_id=8318"},"modified":"2019-02-05T23:17:57","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T23:17:57","slug":"montezuma-county","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/raogk.org\/colorado\/montezuma-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Montezuma County, Colorado Genealogy Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--Montezuma County, Colorado Begin-->\n\n<!--CONTENT Area Begin-->\n\n<h1>Montezuma County, Colorado Records<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Montezuma County, Colorado<\/strong> <em>(<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Montezuma+County,+CO\/\" title=\"Montezuma County Map\">Map It<\/a>)<\/em> was created on <strong>April 16, 1889<\/strong>  from <a href=\"\/colorado\/laplata-county\/\" title=\"Laplata County, Colorado\">Laplata County<\/a>. Montezuma County was named  in honor of Aztec\u00a0leader\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moctezuma_II\" title=\"Moctezuma II\">Moctezuma II<\/a>. Ruins in the area were once thought to be Aztec.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Montezuma County<\/strong> is bordered by <a href=\"\/colorado\/san-juan-county\/\" title=\"San Juan County, Colorado\">San Juan County<\/a> (northeast), <a href=\"\/colorado\/laplata-county\/\" title=\"Laplata County, Colorado\">Laplata County<\/a> (east), <a href=\"\/newmexico\/san-juan-county\/\" title=\"San Juan County, New Mexico\">San Juan County, New Mexico<\/a> (south), <a href=\"\/arizona\/apache-county\/\" title=\"Apache County, Arizona\">Apache County, Arizona<\/a> (southwest), <a href=\"\/utah\/san-juan-county\/\" title=\"San Juan County, Utah\">San Juan County, Utah<\/a> (west). <\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Montezuma County<\/strong> Cities and Towns include Cortez, Dolores, Mancos, Towaoc.<\/p>\n\n<p>A <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"\/\/dtdapps.coloradodot.info\/staticdata\/Downloads\/CountyMaps\/Montezuma.pdf\" title=\"Map of Montezuma County, Colorado\">Map of Montezuma County, Colorado<\/a> contains  detailed information about roads and boundaries, these maps may include rural communities, churches, and cemeteries. There is a collection of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/\/mapgeeks.org\/colorado\/\">old Colorado maps<\/a> at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/\/mapgeeks.org\/\">MapGeeks.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n<div align=\"center\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- RAOGK.org 300x250 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:300px;height:250px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3379891666494632\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3042016684\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div>\n\n<!--Courthouse Area Begin-->\n\n<h2>Montezuma County, Colorado Courthouse Records<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"secimgrt\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/_images\/courthouse\/co\/Montezuma_County_Colorado_Courthouse.jpg\" alt=\"Montezuma County, Colorado Courthouse\" title=\"Montezuma County, Colorado Courthouse\" border=\"0\"><br \/><em>Montezuma County, CO Courthouse<\/em><\/div>\n\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"\/\/www.co.montezuma.co.us\/\" title=\"Montezuma County Courthouse\">Montezuma County Courthouse<\/a> is located in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"\/\/www.cityofcortez.com\/\" title=\"Cortez, Colorado\">Cortez, Colorado<\/a>.  Learn More About State of Colorado <a href=\"\/court-records\/colorado\/\" title=\"State of Colorado Court Records\">Court<\/a>, <a href=\"\/court-records\/colorado\/#tax\" title=\"State of Colorado Tax Records\">Tax<\/a>, <a href=\"\/court-records\/colorado\/#land\" title=\"State of Colorado Land Records\">Land<\/a> and <a href=\"\/court-records\/colorado\/#probate\" title=\"State of Colorado Probate Records\">Probate<\/a> Records.<\/p>\n\n<p>The Clerk's Office <strong>DOES NOT DO RESEARCH<\/strong>.\u00a0Most staff will assist people in finding the materials, but it is up to the individual to do the research. <\/p>\n\n<p>The following dates indicates what vital, land, probate, and court records are in\u00a0Montezuma\u00a0county. The date listed for each record is usually the earliest registration filed. The date does not indicate that there are alot records for that year and does not mean that all such events were actually filed with the clerk. <\/p>\n\n  <ul>\n\n    <li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"\/\/www.co.montezuma.co.us\/newsite\/clerkhome.html\" title=\"Montezuma County Clerk & Recorder\">Montezuma County Clerk & Recorder<\/a> has Marriage Records from <strong>1889<\/strong> and has Land Records from <strong>1889<\/strong>. The County Clerk & Recorder is responsible for recording deeds, marriage licenses, issuing passports, titling and registering automobiles, issuing driver's licenses, registering voters, administering elections and maintaining records for the Board of County Commissioners.<\/li>\n\n    <li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"\/\/www.courts.state.co.us\/Courts\/County\/Index.cfm?County_ID=66\" title=\"Montezuma County Clerk of Courts\">Montezuma County Clerk of Courts<\/a> has Probate Records from <strong>1889<\/strong> and has Court Records from <strong>1889<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n    <li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"\/\/www.co.montezuma.co.us\/newsite\/healthhome.html\" title=\"Montezuma County Public Health Agency\">Montezuma County Public Health Agency<\/a> has Birth \/ Death  Records from <strong>?\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n\n  <\/ul>\n\n<!--Courthouse Area End-->\n\n<div align=\"center\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- RAOGK.org 300x250 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:300px;height:250px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3379891666494632\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3042016684\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div>\n\n<!--Census Records Area Begin-->\n\n<h2>Montezuma County, Colorado Census Records<\/h2>\n\n  <ul>\n\n    <li><strong>Learn More:<\/strong> <a href=\"\/census-records\/colorado\/\" title=\"State of Colorado Census Records\">State of Colorado Census Records<\/a><\/li>\n\n        <li><strong>U.S. Federal Population Schedules:<\/strong> <a href=\"\/census-records\/1890-census\/\" title=\"1890 U.S. Federal Census\">1890<\/a> <em>(fragmented)<\/em>, <a href=\"\/census-records\/1900-census\/\" title=\"1900 U.S. Federal Census\">1900<\/a>, <a href=\"\/census-records\/1910-census\/\" title=\"1910 U.S. Federal Census\">1910<\/a>, <a href=\"\/census-records\/1920-census\/\" title=\"1920 U.S. Federal Census\">1920<\/a>, <a href=\"\/census-records\/1930-census\/\" title=\"1940 U.S. Federal Census\">1930<\/a>, <a href=\"\/census-records\/1940-census\/\" title=\"1940 U.S. Federal Census\">1940<\/a><\/li>\n\n        <li><strong>State Population Schedules:<\/strong> None<\/li>\n\n        <li><strong>U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules:<\/strong> None<\/li>\n\n        <li><strong>Selected U.S. Federal Census Agriculture Schedules:<\/strong> None<\/li>\n\n        <li><strong>Selected U.S. Federal Census Industry Schedules:<\/strong> None<\/li>\n\n        <li><strong>Union Veterans Schedules:<\/strong> <a href=\"\/census-records\/veterans-schedule\/\" title=\"1890 Union Veterans Census\">1890<\/a><\/li>\n\n      <\/ul>\n\n<!--Census Records Area End-->\n\n<div align=\"center\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- RAOGK.org 300x250 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:300px;height:250px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3379891666494632\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3042016684\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div>\n\n<!--Vital Records Begin-->\n\n<h2>Montezuma County, Colorado Vital Records<\/h2>\n\n  <ul>\n\n    <li><strong>Learn More:<\/strong> <a href=\"\/vital-records\/colorado\/\" title=\"State of Colorado Vital Records\">State of Colorado Vital Records<\/a><\/li>\n\n        <li><strong>Birth Records:<\/strong> from July 1910 to present.<\/li>\n\n        <li><strong>Marriage Records:<\/strong> None,  but are available from the County Clerk of District Court.<\/li>\n\n        <li><strong>Death Records:<\/strong> from 1900 to present.<\/li>\n\n        <li><strong>Divorce Records:<\/strong> None,  but are available from the County Clerk of District Court.<\/li>\n\n        <li><strong>Locations:<\/strong>\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/\/www.colorado.gov\/pacific\/cdphe\/categories\/services-and-information\/birth-death-and-other-vital-records\" title=\"Vital Records Section, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment\">Vital Records Section, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment<\/a>, 4300 Cherry Creek Drive South, HSVRD-VS-A1, Denver, CO 80246-1530; PH (916) (303) 692-2224 General, (303) 756-4464 Information.<\/li>\n\n        <li><strong>Vital Records Online:<\/strong>\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"\/go\/colorado-vitalrecords\" title=\"USAVital.com\">USAVital<\/a> or <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"\/go\/ssdi\/\" title=\"Social Security Death Index\">Social Security Death Index<\/a><\/li>\n\n        <li><strong>Vital Records by Mail:\u00a0<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/\/www.colorado.gov\/pacific\/sites\/default\/files\/CHED_VR_Form_Birth_Certificate_Application_0116.pdf\" title=\"Birth Certificate\">Birth Certificate<\/a>,\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/\/www.colorado.gov\/pacific\/sites\/default\/files\/CHED_VR_Form_Marriage_Verification_Application_0116.pdf\" title=\"Marriage Verification\">Marriage Verification<\/a>,\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/\/www.colorado.gov\/pacific\/sites\/default\/files\/CHED_VR_Form_Marriage_Dissolution_Application_0116.pdf\" title=\"Divorce Verification\">Divorce Verification<\/a>,\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/\/www.colorado.gov\/pacific\/sites\/default\/files\/CHED_VR_Form_Death_Certificate_Application_English_0216b.pdf\" title=\"Death Certificate\">Death Certificate<\/a>\u00a0Applications.<\/li>\n\n      <\/ul>\n\n<!--Vital Records Area End-->\n\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"\/\/www.jdoqocy.com\/p3101kjspjr6EE9ECDA688C7BA87\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.tqlkg.com\/oq68g04tzxIQQLQOPMIKKOJNMKJ\" alt=\"Discover you family history through historical newspapers at Newspapers.com\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n\n<!--Resources Area Begin-->\n\n<h2>Montezuma County, Colorado   Resources<\/h2>\n\n  <ul>\n\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/deeplink?id=c5t0VAKPnsA&mid=50138&u1=MessageBoards&murl=https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/boards\/localities.northam.usa.states.colorado.counties.montezuma\/mb.ashx\" title=\"Montezuma County, Colorado Message Boards\">Montezuma County, Colorado Message Boards<\/a><\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n<!--Resources Area End-->\n\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n\n<!--Links Area Begin-->\n\n<h2>Montezuma County, Colorado External Links<\/h2>\n\n  <ul>\n\n  <li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"\/go\/colorado-newspaper\/\" title=\"Colorado Historical Newspapers\">Colorado Historical Newspapers - Newspapers.com<\/a><\/li>\n\n    <li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?ie=UTF8&tag=raogk-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=c055cc73635c0d39cc8048ee9d427558&camp=1789&creative=9325&index=books&keywords=Montezuma%20county%20Colorado\" title=\"Montezuma County, Colorado Books - Amazon\">Montezuma County, Colorado Books - Amazon<\/a><\/li>\n\n    <li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/\/www.findagrave.com\/\/cgi-bin\/fg.cgi?page=csr&amp;CCScnty=282\" title=\"Montezuma Co., Colorado - FindaGrave\">Montezuma Co., Colorado - FindaGrave<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"\/\/familysearch.org\/search\/collection\/location\/30?region=United+States+of+America&englishRegion=United+States+of+America\" title=\"Colorado Indexed Historical Records - Familysearch.org\">Colorado Indexed Historical Records - Familysearch<\/a><\/li>\n\n    <li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"\/\/www.cyndislist.com\/us\/co\/counties\/montezuma\/\" title=\"Montezuma County Links - Cyndi's List\">Montezuma County, Colorado Links - Cyndi's List<\/a><\/li>\n\n  <li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"\/go\/coloradonewspapers\/\" title=\"Historical Newspapers from Colorado (1859\u20131978)\">Historical Newspapers from Colorado (1859\u20131978)<\/a><\/li>\n\n    <li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"\/\/cogenweb.com\/montezuma\/\" title=\"Montezuma Co. 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COGenweb<\/a><\/li>\n\n    <li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/deeplink?id=c5t0VAKPnsA&mid=50138&u1=Data-TextLink&murl=https:\/\/www.ancestry.com\/search\/places\/usa\/Colorado\/Montezuma\/\" title=\"Montezuma County, Colorado Data Collections\">Montezuma County, Colorado Ancestry Database Collections<\/a><\/li>\n\n  <li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"\/\/www.tkqlhce.com\/click-7727563-10934994?sid=CO-Fold3Text&url=https:\/\/www.fold3.com\/search-results\/state\/colorado?&xid=1114&keywords=Montezuma+County\" title=\"Montezuma County, Colorado Military Records\">Montezuma County, Colorado Military Records<\/a><\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n<!--Links Area End-->\n\n<div style=\"padding: 5px\" align=\"center\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3379891666494632\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3379891666494632\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"2923883526\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<!--CONTENT Area End-->\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/affiliates.genealogybank.com\/b.aspx?id=9070&mm=13\" alt=\"genealogybank\" border=\"0\"\/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=0 width=1 height=1 src=\"https:\/\/ad.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/show?id=c5t0VAKPnsA\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.lduhtrp.net\/m7122p59y31NVVQVTURNPPTVOVSU\" alt=\"fold3\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"\/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.awltovhc.com\/ag106g04tzxIQQLQOPMIKLNPMLJR\" alt=\"newspaper\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"\/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=raogk-20&l=ur2&o=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Amazon Books\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/>\n\n<script>var clicky_site_ids = clicky_site_ids || []; clicky_site_ids.push(101215284);<\/script>\r\n<script async src=\"\/\/static.getclicky.com\/js\"><\/script>\r\n<noscript><p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Clicky\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"\/\/in.getclicky.com\/101215284ns.gif\" \/><\/p><\/noscript>\n\n<!--Montezuma County, Colorado End-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":3193,"menu_order":29,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/raogk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8318"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/raogk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/raogk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raogk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raogk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/raogk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8318\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raogk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/raogk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raogk.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=8318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}