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County Courthouse
Lincoln County Courthouse
PO Box 670;
Kemmerer, WY 83101
Phone: 307.877.9056
County Clerk has marriage records from 1913 and land
records; Clerk District Court has divorce and probate
records from 1913 and court records[1]
History
Parent County
'1913--'Lincoln County was created 20 February 1913 from Uinta County. County seat: Kemmerer [2]
Boundary Changes
Record Loss
Places/Localities
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Resources
Cemeteries
The following is a list of cemeteries in Lincoln County:
Cokeville Headstones and Obituaries (Sponsored by the Cokeville Historical Society)
- Border Cemetery
- Cokeville Cemetery
- Geneva Cemetery
- Raymond Cemetery
- Sage Cemetery
- Smith Fork Cemetery
Kemmerer Headstones (Sponsored by the Lincoln County Historical Society)
- Beaver Cemetrey
- Diamondville Cemetery
- Ham's Fork Cemetery
- Holden Cemetery
- Kemmerer Cemetery
- Twin Creeks Cemetery
- Viola-LaBarge Cemetery
Star Valley Headstones and Obituaries (Sponsored by the Star Valley Historical Society)
- Afton Cemetery
- Alpine Cemetery
- Amesville Cemetery
- Auburn Cemetery
- Bedford Cemetery
- Etna Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
- Freedom Cemetery
- Grover Cemetery
- Smoot Cemetery
- Thayne Cemetery
- Turnerville Cemetery
Census
For tips on accessing Lincoln County, Wyoming census records online, see: Wyoming Census.
Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records
- Afton
- Afton N.
- Afton S.
- Auburn
- Bedford
- Cokeville
- Cumberland
- Diamondvillle
- Diamondville-Kemmerer
- Elkol
- Etna
- Fairview
- Freedom
- Grover
- Kemmerer
- Kemmerer-Diamondville
- Oakley
- Osmond
- Smoot
- Thayne
- Turnerville
Court
Land
Local Histories
Star Valley Pioneer Families (settled prior to 1886)
Maps
Migration
Early migration routes to and from Lincoln County, Wyoming for European and African American settlers included:
- Green River
- Oregon Trail 1830s to 1890s from western Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon[3]
- Sublette-Greenwood Cutoff 1844 from South Pass, Wyoming to Fort Hall, Idaho
- California Trail 1846 to 1869 from western Missouri to northern California[4]
Military
Newspapers
Cokeville
Kemmerer Newspapers
- Read the actual issues of the early Kemmerer Camera from 1901 to 1921 and the Kemmerer Republican from 1914 through 1920.
Star Valley Newspapers
- Read the early issues of the Star Valley Pioneer/Star Valley Independent from 1901 through 1922. Other historical newspapers throughout the State of Wyoming may be found at this website as well
Probate
Taxation
Vital Records
2,231 marriages from 12 Jan 1899 are listed on the Western States Marriage Index.
Societies and Libraries
Family History Centers
- Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
- Afton Wyoming Family History Center
- Cokeville Historical Society
- Kemmerer Wyoming Family History Center
- Star Valley Historical Society
Web Sites
- County Clerk
- GenWeb
- Lookups (GenWeb)
- Star Valley Historical Photographs
- Wikipedia
- Family History Library Catalog
References
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists : United States of America, 10th ed., (Draper, UT: Everton Publishers, 2002), p. 766. Lincoln County, Wyoming
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
- ↑ Jim Tompkins, "The Oregon Trail 1841-1848 Map IV" in Oregon Trail Landmarks at http://www.oregonpioneers.com/OTMap4.jpg (accessed 18 July 2011).
- ↑ "Oregon California Trails Association" at http://octatrails.micromaps.com/ (accessed 18 July 2011).
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