Uinta County, Wyoming Genealogy

United States Wyoming  Uinta County

Guide to Uinta 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 1 December 1869 as an original county
 * County seat: Evanston
 * Neighboring Counties: Lincoln | Rich County, Utah | Summit County, Utah | Sweetwater

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 Records
LDS Ward and Branch Records


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

Wyoming, Uinta, Almy - Church records

Court Records

 * Uinta County Courthouse 225 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 licenses and maintains records of land transactions.

Land and Property

 * 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

Newspapers

 * Wyoming Newspaper Project

Courthouse
Uinta County Clerk and Recorder

County Clerk has marriage records from 1872, land records from 1870 and military discharge records from 1902. Clerk Dis Ct has div and pro rec.

Family History Centers

 * Evanston Wyoming Family History Center
 * Lyman Wyoming Family History Center

Societies

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

Marriage

 * Western States Marriage Index over 4,384 marriages from 31 Jan 1862

Web Sites

 * Uinta 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.
 * Uinta County, Wyoming Genealogy historical information and links to records