Thornton Genealogy (in Adams County, CO)

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NOTE: Additional records that apply to Thornton are also found through the Adams County and Colorado pages.


Thornton Birth Records

Colorado, Birth Records, 1910-present Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Thornton Cemetery Records

Evergreen Memorial Gardens Find a Grave online

Highland Memorial Gardens Billion Graves online

Olinger Highland Mortuary and Cemetery Find a Grave online

Thornton Census Records

1885 Colorado State Census MyHeritage online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Thornton Death Records

Colorado, Death Records, 1900-present Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Olinger Highland Mortuary and Cemetery Find a Grave online

Thornton Immigration Records

Colorado, State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1868-1990 Ancestry online

Thornton Land Records

Deed records, 1860-1927, grantor and grantee indexes, 1859-1903 FamilySearch Library

Thornton Marriage Records

1862-2006 Colorado County Marriages and State Indexes Ancestry online

1900-1939 Colorado Statewide Marriage Index Ancestry online

Thornton Newspapers and Obituaries

Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel 06/13/2011 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Offline Newspapers for Thornton

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

North Valley World. (Thornton, Adams County, Colo.) 1960s-1970

Thornton Probate Records

Adams County Wills 1903-1938 Colorado State Archives online

Thornton School Records

Highland High School - Sting Yearbook (Thornton, CO), 1980, 1981 E Yearbook online

Highland High School yearbook, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1986 Classmates online

Highland High School yearbook, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1986 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Meritt Hutton High School yearbook, 1962, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971 Classmates online

Meritt Hutton High School yearbook, 1962, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Meritt Hutton High School yearbook, 1962, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Our Forgotten Past Vol 1-4 published 1978-1981, Thornton High School, Vol 1 - Surname Index US Gen Web Archives online

Thornton High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Thornton, CO), 1979, 1980, 1988 E Yearbook online

Thornton High School yearbook, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Thornton High School yearbook, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 Classmates online

Thornton High School yearbook, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online


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