Resources for Your Genealogy Research in Wyoming

Where to Look? How to Find It?

The Wyoming Territory was established on July 25, 1868.

Wyoming overcame the obstacles of low population and of being the only territory in the U.S. giving women the right to vote, and the United States admitted Wyoming into the Union as the 44th state on July 10, 1890.

There are many places to search for answers to your Wyoming genealogy questions. If you know what is available, you can make much better use of your time and effort in finding out all you can about your Wyoming ancestors in the US. Here is where to start some of your searching.

We have gathered together lists of those resources we are aware of for the most common resources, and also some of the less common places to look for information about your family. So, help yourself to the information below, and go hunting.

The Wyoming State Archives publishes a wonderful list of various state records and other sources to use in researching your ancestors in Wyoming. Most of this list does not have links to these sources, but it still provides you with a wide-ranging series of resources to consider. It is a list of the materials available at the Archives itself.

Vital Statistics information for Wyoming - a good guide to what is available and when.

There are further genealogy resources available here Cheyenne Genealogical & Historical Society

Here is the LDS Wiki page for Wyoming genealogy information

The US GenWeb project has specific state projects as part of it. Here is the Wyoming GenWeb site

It Helps When You Know Where to Look!