Lincoln County, Wyoming Genealogy

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

United States Wyoming  Lincoln County

Historical Facts

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

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.

Cemeteries

 * Cokeville Headstones and Obituaries Sponsored by the Cokeville Historical Society


 * Border Cemetery
 * Cokeville Cemetery
 * Geneva Cemetery
 * Raymond Cemetery
 * Sage Cemetery
 * Smith Fork Cemetery


 * Kemmerer Headstones Sponsored by the Lincoln County Historical Society


 * Beaver Cemetrey
 * Diamondville Cemetery
 * Ham's Fork Cemetery
 * Holden Cemetery
 * Kemmerer Cemetery
 * Twin Creeks Cemetery
 * Viola-LaBarge Cemetery


 * Star Valley Headstones and Obituaries Sponsored by the Star Valley Historical Society


 * Afton Cemetery
 * Alpine Cemetery
 * Amesville Cemetery
 * Auburn Cemetery
 * Bedford Cemetery
 * Etna Cemetery
 * Fairview Cemetery
 * Freedom Cemetery
 * Grover Cemetery
 * Smoot Cemetery
 * Thayne Cemetery
 * Turnerville Cemetery


 * Star Valley Sexton Records
 * South Lincoln Cemetery

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

History

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

Migration
Early migration routes to and from 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

Newspapers

 * Wyoming Newspaper Project


 * Cokeville Register 1914–1919
 * Kemmerer Camera 1901–1921
 * Kemmerer Republican 1914–1920
 * Star Valley Pioneer/Star Valley Independent 1901–1922

Repositories
See also a List of Wyoming Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical &amp; Genealogical Societies

Courthouse
County Clerk has marriage records from 1913 and land records. Clerk District Court has divorce and probate records from 1913 and court records.

Family History Centers

 * Afton Wyoming Family History Center
 * Cokeville Historical Society
 * Kemmerer Wyoming Family History Center
 * Star Valley Historical Society

Societies

 * Cokeville Historical Society
 * Lincoln County Historical Society
 * Star Valley Historical Society

Marriage

 * Western States Marriage Index over 2,231 marriages dating from 12 Jan 1899

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