Digital Records

Many of our local history records have been digitized and are available to download.

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Lake County Archives Photo Collection

Copyright and Permissions

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Colorado Historic Newspapers Online

A service of the Colorado State Library, the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) currently includes more than 8.9 million digitized pages…

Lake County Cemetery Records

Listings for Lake County Cemeteries Including: Original Leadville Cemetery 1877-1879, Evergreen Cemetery 1879-1981, Mount Holy Cross and St. Joseph's Cemetery 1888-1981, Granite Cemetery, and Twin Lakes Cemtery.

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Lake County Census Indices

Includes indices of United States Federal Census records for Lake County for 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930.

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Leadville City Directories

Leadville City Directories, 1879-1918.

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Leadville City Jail Records

Various Leadville Jail, Warrants, and Municipal Court Records, 1898-1956.

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Marriage, Divorce, & Probate Indices

An alphabetical list of marriages recorded in Lake County, 1869-1989.

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