Fremont County, Wyoming Genealogy

United States Wyoming  Fremont County

Guide to Fremont County, Wyoming ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Historical Facts

 * Parent County: created 5 March 1884 from Sweetwater county
 * County seat: Lander
 * Neighboring Counties: Carbon | Hot Springs | Natrona | Park | Sublette | Sweetwater | Teton | Washakie

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Wyoming County boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Wyoming County Boundary Maps" (1848-1965) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Boundaries have been not changed since 1921.

Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Cemeteries
Cemetery records often reveal birth, marriage, death, relationship, military, and religious information.

Church Records
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Riverton

Migration
Early migration routes to and from for European and African American settlers included:


 * South Pass
 * Sweetwater River
 * Oregon Trail 1830s to 1890s from western Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon
 * California Trail 1846 to 1869 from western Missouri to northern California
 * Mormon Trail 1846 to 1869 from Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah

Newspapers

 * Wyoming Newspaper Project

Probate
The bulk of the probate case files from the 1880's to the 1940's have been transferred to the Wyoming State Archives in Cheyenne. Check their website for additional details.

Courthouse
County clerk has marriage and land records from 1884, burial and military records. Clerk of the District Court has divorce, probate and court records.

Family History Centers

 * Dubois Wyoming Family History Center
 * Lander Wyoming Family History Center
 * Riverton Wyoming Family History Center
 * Shoshoni Wyoming Family History Center

Birth
Fremont County has birth records beginning 1884. The State of Wyoming did not begin gathering birth records until 1909.

Marriage

 * Western States Marriage Index over 477 marriages 23 Jul 1867 to 31 Jan 1904

Websites

 * Fremont County, WY History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Wyoming Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Wyoming Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * GenWeb
 * Lookups (GenWeb)
 * Wikipedia