School District No. 7-Niwot
January 13, 2021
School District No. 7-Niwot was formed in 1863 but there are no extant census records before 1876. Barnett Dodd recorded the census in 1876, and he recorded the age of each student in year, month and day, e.g. Jacob Greub was 15Y, 1M and 22D old. These are some of the families whose children attended the school in 1876: Caywood, Dodd, Greub, hornbaker, Williamson, Bader, Gould, Williamson and Wilson.
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School District No. 6-Burlington
January 12, 2021
School District No. 6-Burlington was formed in 1863 but there are no extant census records until 1875. Mr. LaRue was a teacher in 1875 and L H Dickson was the Secretary of the district. These are some of the families whose children attended the school: Andrews, Black, Beckwith, Cushman, Greenley, Myers, Manners, McCoy, Taylor, Wilson, White and Wiswell.
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School District No. 5-Davidson
January 11, 2021
School District No. 5-Davidson was formed in 1863, but there are no extant census records until 1879. Edwin M Currier was Secretary of the District in 1879, and these are some of the families whose children attended the school: Beasley, Currier, Davidson, Leyner, Meikel, Prince, Rothrock, Rowe, Stecker, Sawdy, and Way.
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School District No. 4-Valmont
January 10, 2021
School District No. 4-Valmont was established in 1863 but there are no census records extant before 1879. C W Hayden was the Secretary for the school district that year, and these are some of the families whose children attended the school: Allen, Akins, Chambers, Ewing, Hayden, Hammontree, Lemmex, Platt, Pancost and Wier.
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School District No. 3-Boulder
January 9, 2021
School District No. 3-Boulder was the largest school district in the county. The district was formed in 1863, but there are no census records extant before 1877. There are more than 30,000 students, administrators and parents listed in this volume. R B Lockwood was the Secretary for the District in 1877, and these are the names of some of the families whose children attended school in the district in 1877: Allen, Berkley, Babcock, Cruikshank, Chase, Day, Eldred, Euler, Fonda, Green, Holstein, Jamison, Kingery, Leonard, Maxwell, Nobles, Oldenburg, Pickel, Quirk, Rowe, Sternberg, Sturtevant, Tourtellot, Van Deren, Widmore, Weiskopf and Young.
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School District No. 2-Shamrock
January 8, 2021
The Shamrock School District, No. 2 (also called Dry Creek School District) was formed in 1863, but there are no census records extant before 1876. And this census for this district is interesting because it counts children under the age of 6, presumably to help plan for the school years to come. Arizona Wilson was the Secretary of the District in 1876, and these are some of the families whose children were counted in this census: Barter, Beal, Coin, Duffy, McDonald Rosenbaum and Staples.
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Boulder County, Colorado Probate Case Files Index: 1862–1978
September 9, 2020
The Boulder County, Colorado Probate Case Files Index: 1862–1978 is an index to the physical estate case files located at the Colorado State Archives. There are almost 20,000 estate case files listed in this index thanks to the work of staff at the Colorado State Archives and a tireless group of volunteers.
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Another New Index Available
June 2, 2017
Boulder County, Colorado District Court, Grand Jury Records, 1867-1922: An Annotated Index
The Boulder County, Colorado District Court, Grand Jury Records, 1867-1922 is an annotated index of the records of District Court requesting men for service as grand jurors. Grand Jurors were summoned to examine cases in order to issue indictments but they were also used to examine public financial records and the safety of public buildings. Several special cases are found in this record set, including those investigating “considerable lawlessness especially in the illicit traffic of liquor and gambling,” and the Grand Jury statements of May Bradford Oles who was the adopted daughter of Andrew J Macky (a prominent Boulder citizen) and her attempt to claim a part of his large estate.
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New Index Available
June 2, 2017
Boulder County, Colorado District Court, Petit Jury Records, 1867-1936: An Annotated Index
The Boulder County, Colorado District Court, Petit Jury Records, 1867-1936 is an annotated index of the District Court’s call for men to serve as petit jurors mostly for trials, but occasionally for coroner’s inquests. There are more than 20,000 entries during this time period. Often the record gives the place where the juror lives and the miles from his home to the courthouse. Many records indicate that a potential juror was “not a resident,” which could mean that the person lived outside of the county (even just across the county line), or that the person was away from home, had moved to a new location within the county or had moved from the area. Some records give specific details as to why the juror cannot be located or cannot serve.
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New book – Boulder County Commissioner’s Journal, 1861-1871: An Annotated Transcription
August 21, 2012
If you had an ancestor in the Boulder area before 1871, chances are good that he (and sometimes she) is mentioned in the County Commissioner’s journal. Boulder County was one of the original 17 counties established when Colorado became a territory on 14 February 1861. The Boulder County Commissioner’s Journal, 1861-1871, chronicles the building of the county and the people who helped build it. During that time, citizens in Boulder built new roads, a jail and a courthouse, paid for the care and keep of paupers, and maintained law and order. All the while, the County Commissioners hired and paid for work on behalf of the county, chose grand and petit jurors, appointed road viewers and overseers, and took applications for business licenses. Includes an index to the original journal as well as an index to this modern version.
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