Lincoln County, Wyoming Genealogy

United States Wyoming  Albany County

Guide to Lincoln County Wyoming genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.



County Courthouse
County Clerk has marriage records from 1913 and land records; Clerk District Court has divorce and probate records from 1913 and court records

Parent County
1913--Lincoln County was created 20 February 1913 from Uinta County. County seat: Kemmerer 

Cemeteries
The following is a list of cemeteries in Lincoln County:


 * South Lincoln Cemetery

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

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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

Star Valley Sexton Records

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

Local Histories
Star Valley Oral Histories

Star Valley Pioneer Families (settled prior to 1886)

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


 * Green River
 * Oregon Trail 1830s to 1890s from western Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon
 * Sublette-Greenwood Cutoff 1844 from South Pass, Wyoming to Fort Hall, Idaho
 * California Trail 1846 to 1869 from western Missouri to northern California

Cokeville

 * Cokeville Register 1914-1919 and other early Wyoming newspapers

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

Vital Records
2,231 marriages from 12 Jan 1899 are listed on the Western States Marriage Index.

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