Who Used to Live in Your House?

Did you know that there are census records available for most Denver homes that were standing prior to 1940? These can be accessed through the Denver Public Library’s research portal.

1. Go to the Denver Public Library’s main page

2. Click on “research” at the top of the menu

3. Choose “Ancestry Library Edition” database

4. Log in with your library card number

5. Start your search!

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Here’s an example census from one of our projects. You can trace these individuals through multiple census years too and follow their life changes and such. Couple that with birth, death, marriage, and obituary records and you can start to get a sense for who these people really were. Cool, eh?