Albany County, Wyoming Genealogy

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


 * This article is about a southeastern Wyoming county. For other uses, see Albany.

United States Wyoming  Albany County

Historical Facts

 * Parent County: original county created 16 December 1868
 * County Seat: Laramie
 * Neighboring Counties: Carbon | Converse | Jackson | Laramie | Larimer | Natrona | Platte

Albany County was created 16 December 1868 from Laramie County of Dakota Territory. It became one of the five original counties of Wyoming Territory which included Laramie and Carter counties, created in 1867, Carbon and Albany counties created in 1868, and Uinta County.

The History of Wyoming, published 1918, and edited by I.S. Bartlette, includes a chapter on the counties of Wyoming. Albany County is first and includes photos of the original courthouse, post office and other early buildings in Albany 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.

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

Cemeteries
Established in 1881, Greenhill Cemetery listings include names, date of death, age, row, block, lot and space. The Green Hill Cemetery brochure includes a map of the cemetery and contact information.

Church Records
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Laramie

Directories
Many directories for Laramie/Albany County are available at the University of Wyoming Library Special Collections, starting from 1875.

Newspapers

 * Wyoming Newspaper Project

Public Records

 * University of Wyoming Yearbooks - misc. volumes digitzed and online at Internet Archive

Courthouse
The present Albany County courthouse was designed by Wilbur Hitchcock and constructed 1931 - 1932. (photo)

County Clerk has marriage records from 1869, burial records from 1885, land records from 1868 and military records from 1919; Clerk District Court has divorce, probate, court and naturalization records

Family History Centers

 * Laramie Wyoming Family History Center

Libraries

 * American Heritage Center University of Wyoming 1000 East University Ave Dept. 3924 Laramie WY 82061 (307)766-4114 The American Heritage Center includes a manuscript collection of Wyoming, the American West, mining and more. They have a digital collection of photos and documents and video and audio recordings.

Societies

 * Albany County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 6163 Laramie WY 82073

Marriage

 * Western States Marriage Index over 1,064 marriages 8 Jun 1869 to 6 Jan 1900

Websites

 * Albany County, WY History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Wyoming Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Wyoming Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * The Albany County WY GenWeb Project, a member of The WYGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project
 * Lookups (GenWeb)
 * Wikipedia
 * Albany County Genealogy (Wyoming Genealogy)
 * Albany County Genealogy (Wyoming Genealogy)