FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Wyoming Additional Census Info

Purpose
Add additional databases and fix a heading for the Wyoming Census section

Task List
Task List

Instructions
1. Go to the Task List and sign out a section of counties to work on.

2. Go do the Census heading on the first county.

Step 1 - take out previous content
3. Take out the following information:

==== State Census Records ==== *1860 - 1910 Wyoming Compiled Census

4. If there is a duplicate census entry to Ancestry that looks like the following, also remove it: *1860 - 1910 Ancestry Index ($)

Step 2 - add new content
5. Add the following wikitext in place of what you just deleted directly before the Federal Census heading

==== Territory and State Census Records ==== *1850 - at FamilySearch Historical Records — index and images; Wyoming was included in the 1850 Utah Territory Census. *1860 - 1910 - Wyoming Compiled Census at Ancestry.com — ($), index and images *1860 - at FamilySearch Historical Records — index and images; Wyoming was included in the 1860 Nebraska Territory Census *1870 - at FamilySearch Historical Records — index and images; Wyoming  Territory Census *1880 - at FamilySearch Historical Records — index and images; Wyoming Territory Census

6. Preview the page to make sure the links and information look correct.

7. Add to the Summary field, "added census databases" and save the page.

8. Once you are finished with your counties, go back to the Task List and add the date you completed your section of counties.

Territory and State Census Records

 * 1850 - at FamilySearch Historical Records — index and images; North Dakota was included in the 1850 Utah Territory Census.
 * 1860 - 1910 - Wyoming Compiled Census at Ancestry.com — ($), index and images
 * 1860 - at FamilySearch Historical Records — index and images; Wyoming was included in the 1860 Nebraska Territory Census
 * 1870 - at FamilySearch Historical Records — index and images; Wyoming Territory Census
 * 1880 - at FamilySearch Historical Records — index and images; Wyoming Territory Census

Federal Census Records
Federal Censuses were taken for the state of Wyoming starting in 1890, although no records survived. The 1900 Census is the next Federal Census available. For links to Federal Census indexes, see Wyoming Census.