Natrona County, Wyoming Genealogy

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

United States Wyoming  Natrona County

Historical Facts

 * Parent County: created 9 March 1888 from Carbon
 * County seat: Casper
 * Neighboring Counties: Albany | Carbon | Converse | Fremont | Johnson | 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.

Cemeteries
Casper and Casper Mountain


 * Casper Mountain... aka Laymon Cemetery, Echo Canyon Cemetery, Elkhorn Canyon Cemetery SE1/4 SEC4 T32N R79W. ASHES ONLY. CR III 1961-1989
 * Crimson Dawn... SEC23 T32N R79W. CR I 1889-1950
 * Eadsville... SEC19 T32N R79W. CR I 1889-1950
 * Fougstedt... SEC8 T23N R79W. CR I 1889-1950
 * Highland (1889 to present)... Owned by the City of Casper. Phone 1-307-235-8317. CR I 1889-1950, CR II 1951-1985
 * Memorial Gardens (1954 to present)... Privately owned. Phone 1-307-472-6345. CR III 1954-1989
 * Old Pioneer... Unknown number of unmarked graves. Eleven cenotaphs and one illegible marker on Fort Caspar grounds.
 * Oregon Trail (1984 to present)... Veterans cemetery. CR III 1984-1989
 * Red Buttes... SW1/4 NW1/4 SEC16 T33N R80W. ON PRIVATE LAND. Memorial to the soldiers who died here in 1865. NO GRAVES. CR I 1889-1950

Surrounding County


 * Annis Ranch... SEC14 T29N R85W. ON PRIVATE LAND.
 * Arminto... SE1/4 NW1/4 SEC14 T37N R87W. CR I 1889-1950
 * Bothwell... SE1/4 SEC21 T30N R85W. ON PRIVATE LAND. No visible graves. CR I 1889-1950 
 * Edgerton... SEC19 T40N R78W. CR I 1889-1950
 * Freeland...S1/2 SW1/4 SEC14 T31N R80W.CR I 1889-1950
 * Hiland... aka Wolton Cemetery SE1/4 SEC2 T36N R88W. CR I 1889-1950
 * Martins Cove... No visible graves.
 * Midwest... SEC21 T40N R79W. CR I 1889-1950
 * Natrona County Isolated Gravesites... Many of these graves lie near the historic trails that passed through Natrona County in the mid-1800s. CR I 1889-1950
 * New Alcova... SEC13 T30N R83W. CR I 1889-1950
 * O'Donnell... NW1/4 NE1/4 SEC25 T36N R89W. ON PRIVATE LAND. CR III
 * Old Alcova... NE1/4 NW1/4 SEC18 T30N R82W. CR I 1889-1950 
 * Pathfinder... SE1/4 SEC13 T29N R84W. One mile northeast of Pathfinder Dam. CR I 1889-1950 
 * Waltman... SEC20 T36N R86W. CR I 1889-1950

The Natrona County Genealogical Society has published records for these cemeteries and gravesites as noted above in ''Natrona County, Wyoming Cemetery Records, Vols. I through IV ''(CR I, CR II, CR III CR IV). These publications are available at the Natrona County Public Library and the LDS Family History Center in Casper. Many of these cemeteries also have extensive listings and photographs on Find A Grave.

Church Records
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Casper Stake 3931 W 45th St, Casper, Wyoming 82604 307-265-1834

History

 * History of Natrona County, Wyoming, 1888-1922

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 1847 to 1869 from Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah

Newspapers

 * Casper Journal
 * Casper Star-Tribune


 * Wyoming Newspaper Project Digitized and searchable newspapers published in Wyoming between 1849 and 1922.

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

Courthouse
County Clerk has marriage and land records from 1888, military discharge records, power of attorney, notary and commissions tax license-state and federal. Clerk District Court has divorce, probate and court records.

Family History Centers

 * Casper Wyoming Family History Center

Libraries

 * Natrona County Public Library 307 E 2nd St, Casper, Wyoming 82601, 307-237-4935
 * The Casper College Western History Center Located in the Goodstein Library on the Casper College campus.

Societies

 * Natrona County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 50665, Casper, Wyoming 82606

Marriage

 * Western States Marriage Index Over 390 marriages from 29 May 1890 to 15 Sep 1908.
 * Wyoming Marriages, 1877-1920

Websites

 * Natrona County, WY History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Wyoming Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Wyoming Genealogy Network Group on Facebook


 * Natrona County Website
 * Natrona County Clerk
 * GenWeb
 * Lookups (GenWeb)
 * Wikipedia