Vital record extractions such as birth announcements, marriages, death notices/obituaries, and divorces beginning December 29, 1899. Beginning March 13, 1900, the Monte Vista Reporter and the San Luis Graphic combined into one paper. This is an ongoing project and will eventually include other newspapers.
Directories for all cities and towns in Rio Grande County in 1913/1914 and 1936, including Del Norte, South Fork, Summitville, and Monte Vista. Data from the more recent directories include all residents in
household, head of household, spouse, places of birth, names
Includes date and cause of death and place of birth.
A Note to Researchers
Research takes creative problem solving and an open mind. Research in Rio Grande County is no exception. Records are scattered among cemetery sextons and inside dusty boxes in the County Clerk's office. Most of the databases on this page are the result of original research and patience. Please check back often as we will update this page frequently. Happy hunting!
List of all cemeteries with some transcriptions in Rio Grande County, including those we are able to do lookups for. Monte Vista Cemetery now online!
Copyright note: All files on this site are copyrighted by their creator. They may be linked to, but they may not be reproduced on another site without specific permission from Dan and Linda Deslauriers (riograndeco@yahoo.com) or their contributor. Although public information is not copyrightable, the format in which it is presented and the notes and comments are. It is, however, permissible to print or save the files to a personal computer for personal use only.
Naturalization Index
An alphabetized list of Declarations of Intention(1881-1904) and Final Papers (1881-1905). Copies of these documents are available from the Rio Grande County Clerk's Office for a nominal fee.
Here is a list of members of the Women of Woodcraft, Monte Vista Circle No. 30, Monte Vista for the years 1898-1907. The Women of Woodcraft was the women's auxiliary for the Woodmen of the World. The information was taken from the Clerk's Record book and includes names of members and their sponsors, with the relationships of the sponsors to the members listed.
Names of past officers and board members of the the P. T. A. at Marsh School in Monte Vista for 1915 - 1924. This information is from the ledger with the Marsh P. T. A. notes.
