Niobrara County, Wyoming Genealogy

United States Wyoming  Niobrara County

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

Historical Facts

 * Parent County: organized 14 February 1911 from Converse
 * County seat: Lusk 
 * Neighboring Counties: Converse | Custer County, South Dakota | Fall River County, South Dakota | Goshen | Platte | Sioux County, Nebraska | 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.

Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Court Records
County Clerk has marriage and land records from 1888. Clerk District Court has divorce, probate and court records.

Newspapers

 * Wyoming Newspaper Project


 * Lusk Free Lance - no longer operating -- Wyoming State Archives:
 * Lusk Standard - no longer operating -- Wyoming State Archives:
 * Lusk Harold -- copies of older years at Wyoming State Archives:

Marriage

 * Western States Marriage Index over 105 marriages Feb 1913 to Jun 1916 and Oct 1927 to Nov 1928

When searching marriages at the courthouse please note that the earliest marriages (1913-1927) are in volume 20, pp. 185-640, with subsequent years being in volume 19 (1927-).

Websites

 * Niobrara County, WY History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Wyoming Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Wyoming Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * GenWeb
 * Lookups (GenWeb)
 * Wikipedia