Carbon County, Wyoming Genealogy

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Carbon County, Wyoming is a county in southern Wyoming.



County Courthouse
Carbon County

Parent County
1868--Carbon County was created 16 December 1868 as an original county. County seat: Rawlins


 * Albany
 * Converse
 * Fremont
 * Jackson County, Colorado
 * Moffat County, Colorado
 * Natrona
 * Routt County, Colorado
 * Sweetwater

Neighboring Counties
Albany Converse Fremont Jackson County, Colorado Moffat County, Colorado Natrona Routt County, Colorado Sweetwater

Cemeteries
For a list of people buried in the folowing Cemeteries see FHL 978.786 V3m:

Baggs,  Baker,  Anderson,  Encampment,  Grand Encampment, Mountain View-Riverside,  Wyoming State Penitentiary,  Rawlins City,  Saratoga,  Cadwell,  Indian Creek,  Baggott,  Overland Crossing,  Higby,  Battle,  Graves in County,  Kennaday,  Reader,  Elk Mountain,  Hanna,  Fort Steele,  Medicine Bow-Trails End Cemetery,  Carbon,  Dixon,  Mexican Flats,  Birdgulch,  McCarger,  Anderson Ranch,  Saulsbury Ranch  (These were recorded in the summer of 1998.  At the beginning of each section is directions to find the cemetery and a map of the cemetery.)

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * . Record of Members 1924-1936.

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


 * Platte River
 * Sweetwater 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

Vital Records
1,432 marriages from 21 Nov 1870 to 24 Nov 1909 are listed on the Western States Marriage Index.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Baggs Wyoming Family History Center
 * Hanna Wyoming Family History Center
 * Rawlins Wyoming Family History Center
 * Saratoga Wyoming Family History Center

Web Sites

 * The Carbon County WY GenWeb Project, a member of The WYGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project
 * County Clerk
 * Lookups (GenWeb)
 * Wikipedia