Hot Springs County, Wyoming Genealogy

United States Wyoming  Hot Springs County

Guide to Hot Springs County, Wyoming ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Historical Facts

 * Parent County: Hot Springs County was originally included in Fremont County. In 1890 Big Horn County was split off Fremont which included Hot Springs. Then in 1911 Hot Springs County was split off Big Horn.Big Horn County
 * County seat: Thermopolis 
 * Neighboring Counties: Fremont | Park | Washakie

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


 * Thermopolis-Gebo

Newspapers

 * Wyoming Newspaper Project

Courthouse
County clerk has marriage records from 1913 and land records; clerk district court has divorce, probate and court records; land records; land records transcribed from Fremont County

Family History Centers

 * Thermopolis Wyoming Family History Center

Marriage

 * Western States Marriage Index over 992 marriages from 1 Jan 1900

1913-1920 *

Websites

 * Hot Springs County, WY History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Wyoming Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Wyoming Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * County Clerk
 * GenWeb
 * Wikipedia