Converse County, Wyoming Genealogy

Guide to Converse County Wyoming genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

United States Wyoming  Converse County

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.

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

Repositories
See also a List of Wyoming Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical & Genealogical Societies

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
Introduction to LDS 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