Don Elliott of Colorado Research Publications has announced the availability of two new publications: Cemeteries of Colorado: A Guide to Locating Colorado Burial Sites and Publications about Their Residents and Colorado Cemetery Index I: Individuals Interred in Small Colorado Burial Sites. Each is available in printed or CD-ROM formats. You can order these publications from the Colorado Research Publications site.

Here is an example of information found on the Colorado Cemetery Index I CD-ROM:

  • Put the CD-ROM into CD drive; it will load automatically.
  • Click on “Names” in the menu on the left side, then click on “G” to bring up the surnames beginning with “G.”
  • Scroll down to find a name of interest, for instance:
    Name
    Guymon, James N. [b1865 d1944]    		 Cemetery
    Mormon    		 Publication & Page No.
    158-1
  • Click “Contents” in the left-side menu, click “Cemeteries Indexed” in the menu at the top, then scroll down to find Mormon cemetery:
    Burial Site
    Mormon aka Old Mormon aka Weber No 1    		 County: Source & Starting Page No.
    Montezuma: 158-1
  • Click “Source Documents (Cataloged)” to find the source:
    158 Serious and Grave Plots: A Listing and Look at the Individuals Buried in the Mancos Valley Cemeteries, Darrel Ellis, 2002 [cataloged]
    Contents: Location, History, Block/Lot/Grave, Index
  • Using the Colorado Virtual Library site, locate the book at Pikes Peak Library District (Carnegie) and Fort Lewis College Southwest Center.