Weston County, Wyoming Genealogy

United States Wyoming Weston County

Guide to Weston 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
Weston County Courthouse 1 W Main Street Newcastle, WY 82701 Phone: 307.746.4744 Weston County Website County Clerk has marriage records from 1890 and land records from 1886. Clerk of the District Court has divorce, probate, court records from 1890.

Weston County, Wyoming Record Dates

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 * width="91%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" colspan="7" | Beginning Dates for Major County Records
 * width="13%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Birth*
 * width="13%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Marriage
 * width="13%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Death*
 * width="13%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Court
 * width="13%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Land
 * width="13%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Probate
 * width="13%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | Census
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 * width="13%" align="center" | 1890*
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 * width="13%" align="center" | 1891
 * width="13%" align="center" | 1885
 * width="13%" align="center" | 1890
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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 12 March 1890 from Crook
 * County seat: Newcastle

Populated Places

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

Local Histories

 * Cambria, Weston County Wyoming ghost town. 1970. n.p.: n.p.;

Newspapers

 * Wyoming Newspaper Project

Marriage

 * Western States Marriage Index over 1,117 marriages 20 May 1890 to 31 Jul 1914

Family History Centers

 * Newcastle Wyoming Family History Center

Websites

 * Weston 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.