Lincoln County, Wyoming Genealogy

United States Wyoming Lincoln County

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

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Description
Lincoln County was created February 21, 1911. The county was named for Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth president of the United States. Lincoln County is the Southwest area of the state. Kemmerer (the county seat).

County Courthouse
Lincoln County Courthouse PO Box 670 Kemmerer, WY 83101 Phone: 307.877.9056 Lincoln County Website County Clerk has marriage records from 1913 and land records. Clerk District Court has divorce and probate records from 1913 and court records.

Lincoln County, Wyoming Record Dates

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

Boundary Changes

 * Interactive Formation Boundary Map of Wyoming - shows boundary changes for Wyoming Counties
 * Wyoming Historical Boundary Changes - list of all boundary changes by county provided by Newberry Library

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.
 * Parent County: created 20 February 1913 from Uinta County.
 * County Seat: Kemmerer 

Populated Places

 * Kemmerer (county seat)
 * Afton
 * Alpine
 * Alpine Northeast
 * Alpine Northwest
 * Auburn
 * Bedford
 * Cokeville
 * Diamondville
 * Etna
 * Fairview
 * Fontenelle
 * Freedom
 * Grover
 * La Barge
 * Nordic
 * Oakley
 * Opal
 * Osmond
 * Smoot
 * Star Valley Ranch
 * Taylor
 * Thayne
 * Turnerville


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

State Census Records

 * 1860 - 1910 Wyoming Compiled Census, 1860-1910 at Ancestry Index ($)

Federal Census Records
Federal Censuses were taken for Wyoming starting in 1850. For links to Federal census indexes, see Wyoming Census.

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

Land and Property Records
Online Land Records
 * Land Patent Search - index to federal patents and homesteads on the Bureau of Land Management website, some images available
 * 1796 - 1907 - U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907 at Ancestry - index, info taken from Bureau of Land Management website
 * 1861 - 1936 - U.S. Homestead Records 1861-1936 at Ancestry.com - ($), index and images

Local Histories

 * History of the Upper Hamsfork Valley. 1974. By Jacob W Antilla. Kemmerer, Wyoming: J.W. Antilla;


 * Star Valley Oral Histories
 * Star Valley Pioneer Families (settled prior to 1886)

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Interactive Formation Boundary Map of Wyoming - shows boundary changes for Wyoming Counties
 * Historical Maps and Atlases of wyoming - maps and atlases of Wyoming

Migration
Early migration routes to and from Lincoln County, Wyoming Genealogy 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

Military Records
Civil War No known military units were raised specifically from Wyoming as it did not become a state until 1890. However men from the territories that became Wyoming fought in other units during the Civil War. World War I For further information see Wyoming Military Records.
 * 1861 -1865 at FamilySearch.— index
 * 1890 at FamilySearch.— index
 * 1917 - 1918 at FamilySearch — Index and images

Newspapers
 Wyoming Newspapers Online Wyoming Newspaper Catalogs
 * Wyoming Newspapers.
 * GenealogyBank - ($), contains images of Wyoming newspapers
 * Newspaper Archive - ($), contains images of Wyoming newspapers
 * Chronicling America - contains images of some Wyoming newspapers; searching tips
 * Elephind - Free; search engine that retrieves newspaper images from other free newspaper websites
 * U.S. Newspaper Directory, 1690-Present on Chronicling America - contains a list of all known newspapers and the dates they cover; once you locate a newspaper name, contact the local library to see if they have copies of the newspaper


 * 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
 * 1901-2015 - at | FamilySearch — index and images

Marriage

 * Western States Marriage Index - Index, incomplete, over 2,231 marriages dating from 12 Jan 1899 list of counties included
 * 1867 - 1941 Wyoming Marriages 1867-1941 at FindMyPast ($), index.
 * 1877 - 1920 at FamilySearch— Index
 * 1877 - 1920 Wyoming, Marriages, 1877-1920 at MyHeritage ($) — index.

Death

 * Wyoming Death Index at Wyoming State Archives — index (currently contains only A-E, it is a work in progress)

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

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