Lincoln County, Wyoming Genealogy

United States Wyoming  Lincoln County

Guide to Lincoln 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 20 February 1913 from Uinta County.
 * County Seat: Kemmerer 
 * Neighboring Counties:

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.

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


 * 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

History

 * 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

Newspapers

 * Wyoming Newspaper Project


 * Cokeville Register 1914–1919
 * Kemmerer Camera 1901–1921
 * Kemmerer Republican 1914–1920
 * Star Valley Pioneer/Star Valley Independent 1901–1922

Obituaries
1901-present  Star Valley Historical Society

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

Family History Centers

 * Afton Wyoming Family History Center
 * Cokeville Historical Society
 * Kemmerer Wyoming Family History Center
 * Star Valley Historical Society

Libraries

 * Lincoln County Library System

Societies

 * Cokeville Historical Society
 * Lincoln County Historical Society
 * Star Valley Historical Society

Marriage

 * Western States Marriage Index over 2,231 marriages dating from 12 Jan 1899

Websites

 * Lincoln County, WY History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Wyoming Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Wyoming Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * County Clerk
 * GenWeb
 * Lookups (GenWeb)
 * Star Valley Historical Photographs
 * Wikipedia