Searchable Indexes to Obituaries of the Intermountain Jewish News (IJN) and Patient Applications of the Jewish Consumptives Relief Society (JCRS) Now on JewishGen 

Recently added on JewishGen, volunteers of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Colorado (JGSCO) have created indices to obituaries of the Intermountain Jewish News (1918-2011) and to patient application files between 1904-1940 of the Jewish Consumptives Relief Society (JCRS).

The IJN Obituaries Database contains 15,348 records. Searchable data includes reference to the newspaper date, surname, given name, death date, age at death, burial location, birth date, birth place, death place, surnames of relatives, and whether there is a photo. If a record is found listed in the index, copies of the full newspaper obituary can then be accessed on microfilm at the Denver Public Library Central Branch, the Colorado History Museum, and at the offices of the Intermountain Jewish News.

The JCRS Patient Application Database covers years of admission from 1904-1940 and contains 7,190 records. Searchable data includes surname, given name, name variation, gender, age at admittance, birth city, birth place, when came to the USA, occupation, contracted (disease) location, marital status, landsmanshaften affiliation, burial location and relative names. If a record is listed in the index, the full patient file can then be requested through the Beck Archives at the University of Denver, by contacting Thyria Wilson at (303) 871-3012. Patients who were in the hospital after 1940 can only be researched by phone inquiry.