Are you just beginning your ancestry research in Bent County, Colorado? Why not hire a professional genealogist to assist you with your genealogy search? Colorado became a U.S. state on August 1, 1876, and many types of records including land deeds, family wills, military records, family histories, and vital records are widely available for more than 100 years of the state's history. Contact our researchers today and learn how we might help you with your family tree search.

Many ethnic groups and nationalities settled or lived in Colorado in the past including Native American tribes like the Cheyenne, Ute, and Arapaho; African-Americans; and many settlers of European descent who migrated to the state from places like Texas, Nebraska, Kansas, and New Mexico starting in the 1800's. MyGenealogist.com is ready to assist you with your ancestry search. Contact a genealogist today and discover your unique ancestral heritage!

Colorado is an exciting state to do research in because of the extensive and high quality records available to the professional genealogist at the various libraries, county courthouses, archives, and other repositories located throughout the state, and at places like the LDS Family History Library in Utah. Contact our genealogists today to learn how we might help you with your genealogy search in Colorado using many of these great records and resources.

About Our Colorado Research Team

If you would like a professional genealogist to undertake a tailor-made genealogy search for you and your family, please contact us today to learn  more about our unique ancestry research services. Our researchers are looking forward to assisting you with your Bent County family tree
search. Genealogy research can be carried out for you in all Colorado
towns, cities, and counties.

Our Colorado genealogy research team consists of expert genealogists who live and work in Denver (doing research at the Colorado State Archives, etc.), another group that works in the U.S. capitol in Washington, D.C. (at places like the U.S. National Archives and Library of Congress), and a third team of researchers that works full time at the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The records collection of the Family History Library is the single most important resource for family tree research since it consists of literally billions of genealogy records from all parts of the globe, making it the largest and most important collection of genealogical information available in the world. Included in the Family History Library's collections are literally millions of genealogical records related to the state of Colorado which can be a great help to your ancestry search. Click here to read what our clients are saying about our genealogists and our unique family tree
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Did you know that millions of genealogy
records are NOT available on the internet?

Many people are unaware that many important records which
are crucial to their family tree search cannot be found online. Many Bent County, Colorado records, for example, are only available to researchers who physically visit repositories at the local level in Colorado, at the federal level in Washington, D.C., or at the LDS Family History Library in Utah. Our genealogy researchers have access to all of these records and are ready to assist you with your genealogy search in Colorado. So, if you have limited your past family tree research to exhaustive internet searches at Ancestry.com, Rootsweb, and other online databases and web sites, you may have reached a brick  wall because you're missing out on the literal gold mine of records available to our genealogists on microfilm, in books, and in other published works at these important locations.

     Many genealogical records related to your ancestry search, important records like family wills, court records, obituaries, death certificates, military records and land deeds are generally not available online and can only be obtained by mailing research requests to places like local public libraries or cemeteries, or by visiting the LDS Family History Library results are to be achieved during your project. For these and other reasons, it's sometimes a great idea to hire a in Utah. These records are critical to any comprehensive ancestry search and should not be overlooked if high quality and thorough research professional genealogist to assist you with your genealogy search.

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"Not to know what happened before we were born is to remain perpetually a child. For what is the worth of a human life unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history" -Cicero (106-43 B.C.

Family Tree Research - Bent County, CO (*If you don't know exact dates, please state circa 1880, 1881, etc.) Current genealogy research goals (i.e. trace ancestors, find family, etc.) Full name of ancestor Date of birth of ancestor Birthplace of ancestor Marriage date of ancestor Marriage place of ancestor Spouse's name (If more than one please give details) Ancestor's siblings' names Ancestor's children's names Additional details about ancestor(s) which might be helpful Type of ancestry research you have conducted in the past Home phone number where you can reached Mobile number Please send the information above to helpdesk@mygenealogist.com If you'd like to speak to a professional genealogist today about your  ancestry research in Colorado, please feel free contact us: 1-800-416-3497 (USA and Canada) We are looking forward to helping you trace your genealogy and  family history in Colorado. Thanks so much for visiting  MyGenealogist.com!

Bent County, Colorado Genealogy Resources

Census Records

Directories

USGenWeb Archives - Bent County City Directories

Estate Records

Colorado State Archives - Inheritance Tax Record 1929-1943   

Colorado State Archives - Will Records 1903-1938

History

Land Records

Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office - Land Patent Search

Libraries and Archives

Military Records

Societies

Colorado Genealogical Society - Denver, CO

Colorado Historical Society - Denver, CO

Vital Records

Divorce Records 1907-1919

Click Below to Learn More about Your Colorado Genealogy

County	Formation Date	County Seat	Origin
Adams County	1902	Brighton	Arapahoe County
Alamosa County	1913	Alamosa	Costilla and Conejos counties
Arapahoe County	1861	Littleton	One of the 17 original counties of the Territory of Colorado
Archuleta County	1885	Pagosa Springs	Conejos County
Baca County	1889	Springfield	Las Animas County
Bent County	1870	Las Animas	Huerfano County and former Cheyenne and Arapaho lands
Boulder County	1861	Boulder	One of the 17 original counties of the Territory of Colorado
Broomfield County	2001	Broomfield	Boulder, Adams, Jefferson, and Weld counties
Chaffee County	1879	Salida	Carbonate County
Cheyenne County	1889	Cheyenne Wells	Elbert and Bent counties
Clear Creek County	1861	Georgetown	One of the 17 original counties of the Territory of Colorado
Conejos County	1861	Conejos	One of the 17 original counties of the Territory of Colorado
Costilla County	1861	San Luis	One of the 17 original counties of the Territory of Colorado
Crowley County	1911	Ordway	Otero County
Custer County	1877	Westcliffe	Fremont County
Delta County	1883	Delta	Gunnison County
Denver County	1902	Denver	Arapahoe County
Dolores County	1881	Dove Creek	Ouray County
Douglas County	1861	Castle Rock	One of the 17 original counties of the Territory of Colorado
Eagle County	1883	Eagle	Summit County
Elbert County	1874	Kiowa	Douglas County
El Paso County	1861	Colorado Springs	One of the 17 original counties of the Territory of Colorado
Fremont County	1861	Cañon City	One of the 17 original counties of the Territory of Colorado
Garfield County	1883	Glenwood Springs	Summit County
Gilpin County	1861	Central City	One of the 17 original counties of the Territory of Colorado
Grand County	1874	Hot Sulphur Springs	Summit County
Gunnison County	1877	Gunnison	Lake County
Hinsdale County	1874	Lake City	Lake, Conejos, and Costilla counties
Huerfano County	1861	Walsenburg	One of the 17 original counties of the Territory of Colorado
Jackson County	1909	Walden	Larimer County
Jefferson County	1861	Golden	One of the 17 original counties of the Territory of Colorado
Kiowa County	1889	Eads	Bent County
Kit Carson County	1889	Burlington	Elbert County
Lake County	1861	Leadville	One of the 17 original counties of the Territory of Colorado
La Plata County	1874	Durango	Lake and Conejos counties
Larimer County	1861	Fort Collins	One of the 17 original counties of the Territory of Colorado
Las Animas County	1866	Trinidad	Huerfano County
Lincoln County	1889	Hugo	Elbert and Bent counties
Logan County	1887	Sterling	Weld County
Mesa County	1883	Grand Junction	Gunnison County
Mineral County	1893	Creede	Hinsdale, Rio Grande, and Saguache counties
Moffat County	1911	Craig	Routt County
Montezuma County	1889	Cortez	La Plata County
Montrose County	1883	Montrose	Gunnison County
Morgan County	1889	Fort Morgan	Weld County
Otero County	1889	La Junta	Bent County
Ouray County	1877	Ouray	Split from Hinsdale and Lake counties
Park County	1861	Fairplay	One of the 17 original counties of the Territory of Colorado
Phillips County	1889	Holyoke	Logan County
Pitkin County	1881	Aspen	Gunnison County
Prowers County	1889	Lamar	Bent County
Pueblo County	1861	Pueblo	One of the 17 original counties of the Territory of Colorado
Rio Blanco County	1889	Meeker	Garfield County
Rio Grande County	1874	Del Norte	Costilla and Conejos counties
Routt County	1877	Steamboat Springs	Grand County
Saguache County	1866	Saguache	Lake and Costilla counties
San Juan County	1876	Silverton	Lake County
San Miguel County	1883	Telluride	San Juan County
Sedgwick County	1889	Julesburg	Logan County
Summit County	1861	Breckenridge	One of the 17 original counties of the Territory of Colorado
Teller County	1899	Cripple Creek	Paso and Fremont counties
Washington County	1887	Akron	Weld County
Weld County	1861	Greeley	One of the 17 original counties of the Territory of Colorado
Yuma County	1889	Wray	Washington County

 your family and ancestors lived in the past. All U.S. states hold important collections of records which are critical
 to the success of any given genealogy search. Some major records of genealogical value include land deeds, vital
 records, local histories, biographical records, cemetery records, birth certificates, obituaries, newspapers, as well
as other types of records. Many of these records can be found be our researchers at county courthouses, state
 archives, public libraries, and other repositories of records and can be of great help to your family tree search.

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