Wyoming Fast Facts and Key Resources

• US territory status: Mostly part of Nebraska Territory in 1854. Northern area part of Dakota Territory in 1861, southern area in Idaho Territory in 1863. Became Wyoming Territory in 1868.

• First federal census: 1870

• Available state census: 1905

• Statewide birth and death records begin: 1909

• Statewide marriage records begin: 1941

• Public-land state

• Counties: 23

• Contact for vital records:

Vital Records Services

Hathaway Building

Cheyenne, WY 82002

(307) 777-7591

<wdh.state.wy.us/phsd/vital_records>

Web Sites

• Cheyenne Genealogical and Historical Society

<rootsweb.com/~wycgs>

• Cyndi’s List: Wyoming

<cyndislist.com/wy.htm>

• Laramie County Marriage Records Index: 1868 to 1906

<rootsweb.com/~wycgs/marriages.htm>

• Rocky Mountain Online Archive

<rmoa.unm.edu>

• Sheridan County, Wyoming, Marriages

<rootsweb.com/~wysherid/marriages/marriages1.htm>

• Western States Historical Marriage Index

<abish.byui.edu/specialcollections/westernstates/search.cfm>

• Western Trail Diaries

<wyoshpo.state.wy.us/westerntrails/archives.html>

• Wyoming GenWeb Project

<rootsweb.com/-wygenweb>

• Wyoming Memory Portal

<wyomingmemory.org>

RESOURCES

• The Family Tree Resource Book for Genealogists edited by Sharon DeBartolo Carmack and Erin Nevius (Family Tree Books)

• The Feminine Frontier. Wyoming Women, 1850-1900 by Denice Wheeler (self-published)

• Genealogical Guide to Wyoming by Joyce V.H. Spiros (Verlene Publishing)

• Guide to the County Archives of Wyoming edited by Jim Donahue (Wyoming State Archives)

• History of Wyoming by TA. Larson (University of Nebraska Press)

• In Tar and Paint and Stone: The Inscriptions at Independence Rock and Devil’s Gate by Levida Hileman (High Plains Press)

• Military Posts of Wyoming by Robert A. Murray (Old Army Press)

• Wyoming Atlas of Historical County Boundaries edited by John H. Long (Thomson Gale)

• Wyoming Biographies by Lawrence M. Woods (High Plains Publishing Co.)

• Wyoming Place Names by Mae Urbanek (Mountain Press Publishing Co.)

Organizations and Archives

• American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming

Dept. 3924,1000 E. University Ave., Laramie, WY 82071, (307) 766-4114, <ahc.uwyo.edu>

• Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office

Box 1828, Cheyenne, WY 82003, (307) 775-6256, <www.blm.gov/wy>

• Laramie County Public Library

2800 Central Ave., Cheyenne, WY 82001, (307) 634-3561, <www.lclsonline.org>

• NARA Rocky Mountain Region

Denver Federal Center Building 48, Denver, CO 80225, (303) 407-5751, <archives.gov/rocky-mountain>

• University of Wyoming Libraries

Dept. 3334,1000 E. University Ave., Laramie, WY 82071, (307) 766-3190, <www-lib.uwyo.edu>

• Wyoming State Archives

Barrett Building, 2301 Central Ave., Cheyenne, WY 82002, (307) 777-7826, <wyoarchives.state.wy.us>

• Wyoming State Historical Society

Wyoming State Historical Society PMB #184, 1740H Dell Range Blvd., Cheyenne, WY 82009, <www.wyshs.org>

• Wyoming State Library

516 S. Greeley Highway, Cheyenne, WY 82002, (307) 777-6333, <will.state.wy.us>