Wyoming Archives and Libraries

The archives, libraries, and societies listed below have major collections or services helpful to genealogical researchers.

Department of Commerce Division of Cultural Resources Wyoming State Archives 2301 Central Avenue Cheyenne, WY 82002 Telephone: 307-777-7826 Fax: 307-777-7044 Email: [mailto:wyarchive@state.wy.us wyarchive@state.wy.us] Internet: http://wyoarchives.state.wy.us/awardofexcellence2007.htm

National Archives—Rocky Mountain Region (Denver) Denver Federal Center Building 48 Denver, CO 80225 Telephone: 303-236-0817 Fax: 303-236-9354 Internet: http://www.archives.gov/rocky-mountain/

Wyoming State Library Supreme Court and Library Building 2301 Capitol Avenue Cheyenne, WY 82002-0006 Telephone: 307-777-7281 Fax: 307-777-6289 Internet: http://www-wsl.state.wy.us/

Laramie County Library Cheyenne Genealogical Society 2800 Central Avenue Cheyenne, WY 82001 Telephone: 307-634-3561 Fax: 307-634-2082 Internet: http://www.lclsonline.org/

University of Wyoming Library P.O. Box 3334 University Station Laramie, WY 82071-3334 Telephone: 307-766-3279 Fax: 307-766-3062 Internet: http://www-lib.uwyo.edu/

To learn more about the history and record-keeping systems of Wyoming counties, use the six inventories of the county archives published by the Historical Records Survey around 1940. Copies of these inventories are available at the Family History Library.

Computer Networks and Bulletin Boards
Computers with modems can be useful tools for obtaining information from selected archives and libraries. In a way, computer networks themselves serve as a library. The Internet, certain computer bulletin boards, and commercial online services help family history researchers:


 * Locate other researchers
 * Post queries
 * Send and receive e-mail
 * Search large databases
 * Search computer libraries
 * Join in computer chat and lecture sessions

You can find computerized research tips and information about ancestors from Wyoming in a variety of sources at local, state, national, and international levels. The list of sources is growing rapidly. Most of the information is available at no cost.

Addresses on the Internet change frequently. As of April 1997, the following sites are important gateways linking you to many more network and bulletin board sites:

USGenWeb
http://www.usgenweb.com/

A cooperative effort by many volunteers to list genealogical databases, libraries, bulletin boards, and other resources available on the Internet for each county, state, and country.

Roots-L
http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/usa/

A useful list of sites and resources. Includes a large, regularly updated research coordination list.

For further details about using computer networks, bulletin boards, and news groups for family history research, see the United States Research Outline, Second Edition, "Archives and Libraries" section.

FamilySearch™
www.familysearch.org

The Family History Library and some Family History Centers have computers with FamilySearch™. FamilySearch is a collection of computer files containing several million names. FamilySearch is a good place to begin your research. Some of the records come from compiled sources; some have been automated from original sources.