Uinta County, Wyoming Genealogy

United States Wyoming  Uinta County

County Courthouse
Uinta County Courthouse 225 9th Street; PO Box 810; Evanston, WY 82931 Phone: 307.783.0306 County Clerk has marriage records from 1872, land records from 1870 and military discharge records from 1902; Clerk Dis Ct has div &amp; pro rec; see Nebrasla for 1860 census

Parent County
1869-- Uinta County was created 1 December 1869 as an original county. County seat: Evanston

Neighboring Counties

 * Lincoln
 * Rich County, Utah
 * Summit County, Utah
 * Sweetwater

Cemeteries

 * Wyoming, Uinta, Almy - Cemeteries
 * Bonnett, Elaine F


 * “Cemeteries in Uinta Co. Wyoming” - Part 1, Fort Bridger Cemetery Book Transcript of Ft. Bridger, Lyman and Millburne Cemeteries – 1872-1992 Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives March 24, 2003 by Heather Dodge [mailto:hdodge@union-tel.com hdodge@union-tel.com] with permission from Project Coordinators: Patricia Robbins, Ruth Robbins, Susan Tippets

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Almy, Evanston, Evanston 1st, Evanston 2nd, Evanston 3rd, Hilliard Lyman Millburne Mountain View and Spring Valley

Wyoming, Uinta, Almy - Church records

Court

 * Uinta County Courthouse225 9th Street Evanston, WY 82930-3473 Mailing Address P.O. Box 810 Evanston, WY 82931-0810

The Uinta County Clerk and Recorder's office issues marriage licences and maintains records of land transactions

Land

 * County land records are maintained by the County Clerk and Recorder's office.
 * The Family History Library has microfilmed deeds, mortgages, and chattle mortgages in the Uinta County Clerk's office beginning around 1872. Check the Family history Library Catalog for exact dates and film numbers. All the records have indexes.
 * Also check the Bureau of Land Management and General Land office website for land patents in this county at http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/.

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


 * 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
 * Cherokee Trail 1850 from Salina, Oklahoma to Fort Bridger, Wyoming
 * Union Pacific Railroad 1925 from Grainger, Wyoming via Boise to Portland, Oregon

Vital Records
Uinta County Clerk and Recorder

4,384 marriages from 31 Jan 1862 are listed on the Western States Marriage Index.

Societies and Libraries

 * Fort Bridger Historical Association‎ Fort Bridger, WY 82933 (307) 782-7645‎

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Evanston Wyoming Family History Center
 * Lyman Wyoming Family History Center

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Uinta County, Wyoming Genealogysite contains historical information, and what appear to be links to many kinds of records. Many of the links don't appear to lead to records yet.