Big Horn County, Wyoming Genealogy

United States Wyoming  Big Horn County

Big Horn County, Wyoming is a county in northern Wyoming



County Courthouse
County Clerk has marriage and land records from 1896; Clerk District Court has divorce, probate and court records from 1896

Parent County
1890--Big Horn County was created 12 March 1890 from Fremont, Johnson, and Sheridan Counties. County seat: Basin

Neighboring Counties

 * Big Horn County, Montana
 * Carbon County, Montana
 * Johnson
 * Park
 * Sheridan
 * Washakie

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Basin, Belfry, Burlington, Byron, Cody, Cowley, Greybull, Ionia, Lovell, Lovell West and Otto.

Probate
The bulk of the probate case files from the 1890's to the 1940's have been transferred to the Wyoming State Archives in Cheyenne. Check their website for additional details.

Vital Records
1,936 marriages from 20 Jan 1897 to 13 Nov 1922 are listed on the Western States Marriage Index.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Basin-Greybull Wyoming Family History Center
 * Burlington Wyoming Family History Center
 * Lovell Wyoming Family History Center

Web Sites

 * The Big Horn WY GenWeb Project, a member of The WYGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * County Clerk
 * Lookups (GenWeb)
 * Wikipedia