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The library subscribes to two
databases for genealogical research:
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HeritageQuest,
available with your library card login information
(name and card #)
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Ancestry.com, available on any public internet
terminal from within the
library.
Additional suggestions for
online genealogical searching include:
http://www.RootsWeb.com and
http://www.cyndislist.com
Local contacts and websites for GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH include:
Larimer County
Genealogical Society
PO
Box 270737, Fort Collins, CO 80527-0737
www.lcgsco.org
Loveland Family History Center (The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
3800
Mountain Lion Drive, Loveland, CO 80537
(970)
669-6498 or
http://www.lds.org/
Larimer County Clerk & Recorder (land records)
200
W. Oak St, Fort Collins CO
http://www.co.larimer.co.us/databases/
Colorado Birth, Death, Marriage, and Divorce
Certificates
http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/certs/index.html
Colorado State Archives
http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives
The library also has extensive
resources to help you search for
LOCAL FAMILY ROOTS
& LOCAL HISTORY RESEARCH. These include:
Loveland Vertical File (historic brochures &
newspaper clippings)
Local Newspapers on microfilm
link
Local Cemetery Records
link
City Directories and historic telephone books
link
High School Year Books
link
Books in the library's genealogy or history
collections
link
1.
Local Newspapers on Microfilm
The Loveland Public Library has
the following newspapers on
microfilm. We do not
necessarily have continuous copy
between the earliest and latest
copy dates. The microfilm is
considered a reference item and
as such is for in-house use.*
Newspaper
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Earliest Copy
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Latest Copy
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Loveland
Daily Herald |
October
30, 1914 |
December
31, 1921 |
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Loveland
Herald |
February
4, 1908 |
December
28, 1911 |
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Loveland
Leader |
January
1, 1892 |
August
25, 1893 |
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Loveland
Register |
December
20, 1894 |
June 28,
1906 |
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Loveland
Reporter |
January
1, 1891 |
December
31, 1921 |
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Loveland
Reporter-Herald |
January
2, 1923 |
Present |
*We have a card
file that has been compiled over
the years by staff and
volunteers that indexes
articles
from the above newspapers
covering death notices, along
with marriages, births and some
notable events.
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Cemeteries
of
Larimer
County
[Reference
Collection]
Volume I:
Grandview Cemetery, Fort
Collins, Colorado,
(1989)
Volume II:
Roselawn and Resthaves
Cemeteries (1991)
Volume III. Greenlawn
Cemetery, Berthoud, (1992)
Volume IV:
Lakeside Cemetery,
Loveland, Colorado, (1993).
First burial in this
cemetery was Mrs. Matthew
Burnett on February 22,
1880; earlier burials were
also moved here from other
burial grounds.
Volume V.
Loveland Burial Park,
Loveland, Colorado, (2001).
First burial in this
cemetery was Willard Ranson
in 1912.
Loveland
Cemetery
City of Loveland
Burial Park 1702 North
Cleveland,
Loveland 80538-3840
970-962-2430
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3.
City Directories & Historic Telephone Books
In addition to
resident and business listings,
these directories may include a
miscellaneous information
section with such information as
city, county, state and federal
officers, secret and benevolent
orders, etc. Resident entries
may include their occupation.
If you know an address and want
to know who resided there, you
can refer to the reverse listing
section if it has been included.
Search in our online catalog
using the subject terms:
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Larimer County (Colo.) –
Directories
or
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Loveland
(Colo.)
– Directories
[Reference Collection – Locked
Case]
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Some of
our directories cover
just the city of
Loveland, others include
additional towns located
in Larimer County |
1904,
1907-11, 1917, 1919,
1922, 1925, 1927, 1929,
1931, 1933, 1935-36,
1940, 1947,1950-51,
1954, 1956-58, 1960-62,
1964-79, 1981 (missing
83) to present
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Larimer
County, Colorado Farm &
Ranch Guide |
1982/83 |
Fort
Collins, Loveland and
Berthoud Districts
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1921-22
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Numerical
Telephone Classified
Directory
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1921-22
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Loveland,
Berthoud, Johnston &
Milliken
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1934-35,
1940-41, 1947-55,
1957-59
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Loveland
& Berthoud
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1960
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Big
Thompson Canyon Road
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1958(?),
1960, 1964, 1967
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Larimer
County Telephone
Directory
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1978-85,
1989
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Berthoud
Loveland (Mountain Bell) |
1961-85,
1988/89-1997/98
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Loveland
Berthoud (USWest
Dex) |
1998/99-2001/02 |
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4. High
School Year Books
High school
yearbooks provide interesting
source material for names of the
graduating class with
photographs, activities and
student involvement, along with
faculty names. Informative and
fun –
[In
Adult Reference
– locked case]
1.) Loveland High
School:
2.) Mountain View High
School: Summit from
2001- present
3.) Thompson Valley High
School:
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