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Interested in your family’s history? Check out these cool resources!

Interested in your family’s history? Check out these cool resources!

Does your family have deep roots in Colorado?  The Colorado State Library, the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) currently includes more than 5.1 million digitized pages, representing more than 840 individual newspaper titles published in Colorado from 1859 to 2024. New titles and issues are added regularly. And best of all the CHNC can be browsed and searched for free!

My friend Cindy recently posted about it:

If you had family in Colorado (1860-now), this site lets you easily search newspapers that have been digitized – like Rocky Mountain News. (I don’t see Pueblo Chieftain on the list, though! ) I found dozens of Denver articles about my family from 100 years ago. PS It helps to put a name in quotes in the search bar (“John Doe”) and click “exact phrase”…

Family History for Dummies

If you want to do a deep dive into your family history, FamilySearch is the best ancestry website in the world with access to millions of records. Build your family tree for free, take their free online tutorials in their learning library and more.  Also, RootsTech March 6-8, 2025 is the largest family discovery event and is available online.  Learn more! 

Mile High Mamas
Author: Mile High Mamas

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