Washakie County, Wyoming Genealogy

United States Wyoming  Washakie County

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

Historical Facts

 * Parent County: created 9 February 1911 from Big Horn
 * County Seat: Worland
 * Neighboring Counties: Big Horn | Fremont | Hot Springs | Johnson | Natrona | Park

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

Church
LDS Church wards and branches


 * Worland 1st, Worland 2nd, Tensleep

Newspapers

 * Worland Grit - December 1905 to May 1939 Operated in Worland, Washakie, Wyoming. Archives at the Wyoming Newspaper Project.
 * Northern Wyoming Daily News- June 1939 to present 201 N. 8th Worland, Wyoming 82401 307–347–3241 Operated in Worland, Washakie, Wyoming. The name was changed from the Worland Grit in June 1939. A free archives database on their website for issues from January 3, 2006 to present.

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

Family History Centers

 * Ten Sleep Wyoming Family History Center
 * Worland Wyoming Family History Center

Marriage

 * Western States Marriage Index over 458 marriages 1 Jan 1900 to 31 Dec 1930

Websites

 * Washakie 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.