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United States Wyoming Laramie County

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

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County Courthouse
Laramie County Courthouse 309 W 20th Street Cheyenne, WY 82001 Phone: 307.633.4268 Laramie County Website County Clerk has marriage records from 1868 and land records. Clerk District Court has divorce, probate and court records.

Laramie County, Wyoming Record Dates

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 * width="84%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" colspan="7" | Beginning Dates for Major County Records
 * width="12%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Birth*
 * width="12%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Marriage
 * width="12%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Death*
 * width="12%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Court
 * width="12%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Land
 * width="12%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Probate
 * width="12%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Census
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 * width="12%" align="center" | 1868*
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 * width="12%" align="center" | 1868
 * width="12%" align="center" | 1867
 * width="12%" align="center" | 1868
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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
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 9 January 1867 as an original county

Populated Places

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

Church Records
'''LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Cheyenne

Court Records
Laramie County has a District Court, County Circuit Court, and Municipal Court. District and County Circuit courts are in Cheyenne and municipal courts are in Burns, Cheyenne, and Pine Bluffs. The District Court handles civil matters over $7000 (Judgments, Divorces, Torts, Adoptions, etc.), Criminal Felonies, Juvenile Crimes and Neglect, Paternity and Child Support Enforcement Cases, Probate Matters such as Estates or Involuntary Commitments. The Circuit Court is a limited jurisdiction court. It hears all misdemeanor criminal cases and smaller civil cases. Judges are full time and they must be lawyers. Municipal Court administers the operation of the judicial branch of the City Government according to the ordinances adopted by the City Council.


 * Laramie County District Court 309 W. 20th Street Room 3205 Cheyenne WY 82003-0787 307-633-4270
 * Laramie County Circuit Court 309 W 20th Street Room 2300, Cheyenne WY 82001 307-633-4298
 * Burns Municipal Court 102 East 1st Street Burns WY 82053 307-547-2206
 * Cheyenne Municipal Court 309 W 20th St Room 2100 Cheyenne WY 82001 307-633-4422
 * Pine Bluffs Municipal Court 220 Main Street, PO Box 429 Pine Bluffs WY 82082 307-245-3746

Newspapers

 * Wyoming Newspaper Project

Marriage

 * Western States Marriage Index over 214 marriages 7 Feb 1868 to 23 Aug 1899

Family History Centers

 * Cheyenne Wyoming Family History Center

Societies

 * Cheyenne Wyoming Genealogical and Historical Society P.O. Box 2539 Cheyenne, WY 82003-2539 Email: [mailto:cghswyoming@gmail.com cghswyoming@gmail.com] "Local research volunteers will give 30 minutes of time to research information located in the Laramie County Library Genealogy Room. Additional time needed to research data outside of the Genealogy Room may be billed per an agreement with the research volunteer." Requests for research should have the word "research" in the subject line of emails or on the envelopes of written requests.
 * Union Pacific Historical Society 1111 East Lincolnway Cheyenne, WY 82001-4849 Mailing Address: PO Box 4006 Cheyenne, Wyoming 82003 307–635-5197 The Society was founded in 1984 to preserve the rich and colorful history of the railroad from its beginning in 1862 to the present. It is not connected with the railroad, only with preserving history.

Websites

 * Laramie County, WY History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Wyoming Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Wyoming Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.