March 2025
WELCOME to the Montrose Genealogy website sponsored by the Fore-Kin Trails
Genealogical Society in Montrose, Colorado.
Although we no longer have a library open to the public we continue to hold an
extensive collection of research materials. Included in the collection are:
*Historic Montrose newspapers 1899-1939
*Historic Olathe newspapers 1905-1973
*Montrose school district teacher registers 1884-1949
*School census records 1887-1962
*Montrose County history books
*School yearbooks—Montrose & Olathe
*Surname file (over 1350 names)
*Subject files—history of Montrose businesses and buildings, entertainment, veterans, etc.
*Funeral home records and client files 1902-abt.2000
*Newspaper obituaries ranging from 1880’s to 2024
The pages of this website contain many databases of information, such as indexes of
newspaper death notices and complete cemetery headstone information for Montrose
cemeteries.
Our society strives to help researchers who contact us by mail or e-mail.
Fore-Kin Trails Genealogical Society was organized in March 1981 and incorporated January 1982.
Our purpose is to promote interest in genealogical research, to share knowledge and
resources, to locate and preserve records, and to assist in the expansion of genealogical
materials in the Montrose area. We are a registered non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation.