Converse County, Wyoming Genealogy

United States Wyoming  Converse County

Guide to Converse 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 March 1888 from Laramie and Albany counties
 * County Seat: Douglas 
 * Neighboring Counties: Albany | Campbell | Carbon | Johnson | Natrona | Niobrara | Platte Weston

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.

Migration
Early migration routes to and from for European and African American settlers included:


 * Platte River
 * Oregon Trail 1830s to 1890s from western Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon
 * California Trail 1846 to 1869 from western Missouri to northern California
 * Mormon Trail 1846 to 1869 from Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah
 * Bozeman Trail 1863 from Fort Fetterman near Douglas, Wyoming to Virginia City, Montana

Newspapers

 * Wyoming Newspaper Project

Courthouse
County Courthouse Converse County

County Clerk has marriage, land, military discharge and tax records from 1888 and poll records from 1930; Clerk Court has divorce, probate and court records from 1888

Family History Centers

 * Douglas Wyoming Family History Center
 * Glenrock Wyoming Family History Center

Websites

 * Converse County, WY History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Wyoming Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Wyoming Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * GenWeb
 * Lookups (GenWeb)
 * Wikipedia