Niobrara County, Wyoming Genealogy

United States Wyoming Niobrara County

Guide to Niobrara 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
Niobrara County was founded in 1911. The County Seat is Lusk. It is located in the far central eastern area of the state. The county was named for the Niobrara River.

County Courthouse
Niobrara County Courthouse 424 S Elm PO Box 420 Lusk, WY 82225 Phone: 307.334.2211 Niobrara County Website County Clerk has marriage and land records from 1888. Clerk of the District Court has divorce, probate and court records.

Niobrara County, Wyoming Record Dates

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 * width="13%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Birth*
 * width="13%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Marriage
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 * width="13%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Land
 * width="13%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Probate
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 * width="13%" align="center" | 1889*
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 * width="13%" align="center" | 1883
 * width="13%" align="center" | 1913
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 * colspan="7" | * For earlier dates, try... Church &#124; Obituaries &#124; Cemeteries
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 * colspan="7" | * For earlier dates, try... Church &#124; Obituaries &#124; Cemeteries
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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: organized 14 February 1911 from Converse
 * County seat: Lusk 

Populated Places

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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.

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

 * Pioneering on the Cheyenne River. 2014. By Sylvie Marchant. Salt Lake City, Utah: Digitized by the Genealogical Society of Utah;

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

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

Marriage

 * Western States Marriage Index - Index, incomplete, over 105 marriages Feb 1913 to Jun 1916 and Oct 1927 to Nov 1928 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.

When searching marriages at the courthouse please note that the earliest marriages (1913-1927) are in volume 20, pp. 185-640, with subsequent years being in volume 19 (1927-).

Death

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

Websites

 * Niobrara County, WY History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Wyoming Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Wyoming Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * GenWeb
 * Wikipedia