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Wyoming Research Outline |
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Table of Contents
Records Of The Family History Library
Family History Library Catalog
Archives And Libraries
Bible Records
Biography
Cemeteries
Census
Church Records
Court Records
Directories
Emigration And Immigration
Gazetteers
Genealogy
History
Land And Property
Maps
Military Records
Native Races
Naturalization And Citizenship
Newspapers
Periodicals
Probate
Vital Records
For Further Reading
Comments And Suggestions
BIBLE RECORDS The Daughters of the American Revolution
The best collection of published biographies in Wyoming is at the Wyoming State Archives. The American Heritage Center at the University of Wyoming also collects biographical works.
The Family History Library has a good collection of biographical materials on subjects such as women, cowboys, and prominent pioneers. Some examples of helpful biographical collections are:
Bartlett, Ichabod S. History of Wyoming. 3 vols. Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1918. (FHL book 978.7 H2b; film 1000826 items 2-4.) Volumes 2-3 are biographical.
Beach, Cora May Brown. Women of Wyoming. 2 vols. Casper, Wyo.: S. E. Boyer, 1927. (FHL book 978.7 D3b.)
Beard, Frances B. Wyoming from Territorial Days to the Present. 3 vols. Chicago: American Historical Society, 1933. (FHL book 978.7 H2be; film 1000827.) Volumes 2-3 are biographical.
Progressive Men of the State of Wyoming. Chicago: A. W. Bowen, 1903. (FHL film 1000827 item 4.)
The Family History Library has some cemetery and sexton
Most of the federal census records are found at the Family History Library, the National Archives, and other federal and state archives. The United States Research Outline provides more detailed information about the federal records.
The Family History Library has copies of the 1870 and 1880 federal census reports for Wyoming Territory The library has the U.S. federal censuses 1900, 1910, and 1920 for the state of Wyoming. The 1890 census has been destroyed. The 1890 veterans schedule and index are available at the Family History Library and at the National Archives.
There are indexes to the 1860, 1870, 1880, and 1910 censuses in book and microfiche format. A soundex Mortality schedules
In addition to the federal censuses, a state census exists for 1905, which includes information on the entire household. It is available at the Wyoming State Archives. State censuses taken in 1915 and 1925 are missing.
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have compiled some Bible records from Wyoming. These are available on microfilm at the Family History Library (FHL film 848633). They are indexed by E. Kay Kirkham, An Index to Some of the Bibles and Family Records of the United States, Vol. 2 (Logan, Utah: Everton Publishers, 1984; FHL book 973 D22kk v.2; fiche 6089184).
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BIOGRAPHY
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CEMETERIES
records for Cheyenne. Tombstone inscriptions may have been published in periodicals (see the “Periodicals” section of this outline). Other suggestions for locating cemetery records are found in the United States Research Outline.
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CENSUS
Federal
. For Uintah County in 1850 and 1860, see the census reports for Salt Lake County, Utah. For eastern Wyoming in 1860, see “unorganized land” in the Nebraska census reports.
(phonetic) index is also available on microfilm for part of the 1880 and all of the 1900 and 1920 censuses.
(lists of deaths during the year preceding the census) exist for the 1870 and 1880 censuses. The schedules for these years are indexed in book format. The schedules and indexes are available at the Family History Library and at the Wyoming State Archives.
Territorial and State
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