Update September 2025
Fore-Kin Trails Genealogical Society is now in the process of closing. Our collection of research materials has been preserved and is now in the capable hands of the Montrose County Historical Society. These materials may only be accessed by permission of the Historical society.
The Montrose County Historical Society may be contacted at P.O. Box 1882, Montrose CO. 81402
or by email at info@montrosehistory.org
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 1902-2016
*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.
Fore-Kin Trails Genealogical Society was organized in March 1981 and incorporated January 1982. We regret the current need to close, but are gratified to have helped many a researcher over the years.
Our purpose has always been 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.