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• US territory status: Mostly part of Nebraska Territory in 1854. Northern area part of Dakota Territory in 1861, southern area in Idaho Territory in 1863. Became Wyoming Territory in 1868.
• First federal census: 1870
• Available state census: 1905
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• Statewide birth and death records begin: 1909
• Statewide marriage records begin: 1941
• Public-land state
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• Counties: 23
• Contact for vital records:
Vital Records Services
Hathaway Building
Cheyenne, WY 82002
(307) 777-7591
<wdh.state.wy.us/phsd/vital_records>
Web Sites
• Cheyenne Genealogical and Historical Society
• Cyndi’s List: Wyoming
• Laramie County Marriage Records Index: 1868 to 1906
<rootsweb.com/~wycgs/marriages.htm>
• Rocky Mountain Online Archive
• Sheridan County, Wyoming, Marriages
<rootsweb.com/~wysherid/marriages/marriages1.htm>
• Western States Historical Marriage Index
<abish.byui.edu/specialcollections/westernstates/search.cfm>
• Western Trail Diaries
<wyoshpo.state.wy.us/westerntrails/archives.html>
• Wyoming GenWeb Project
• Wyoming Memory Portal
RESOURCES
• The Family Tree Resource Book for Genealogists edited by Sharon DeBartolo Carmack and Erin Nevius (Family Tree Books)
• The Feminine Frontier. Wyoming Women, 1850-1900 by Denice Wheeler (self-published)
• Genealogical Guide to Wyoming by Joyce V.H. Spiros (Verlene Publishing)
• Guide to the County Archives of Wyoming edited by Jim Donahue (Wyoming State Archives)
• History of Wyoming by TA. Larson (University of Nebraska Press)
• In Tar and Paint and Stone: The Inscriptions at Independence Rock and Devil’s Gate by Levida Hileman (High Plains Press)
• Military Posts of Wyoming by Robert A. Murray (Old Army Press)
• Wyoming Atlas of Historical County Boundaries edited by John H. Long (Thomson Gale)
• Wyoming Biographies by Lawrence M. Woods (High Plains Publishing Co.)
• Wyoming Place Names by Mae Urbanek (Mountain Press Publishing Co.)
Organizations and Archives
• American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
Dept. 3924,1000 E. University Ave., Laramie, WY 82071, (307) 766-4114, <ahc.uwyo.edu>
• Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office
Box 1828, Cheyenne, WY 82003, (307) 775-6256, <www.blm.gov/wy>
• Laramie County Public Library
2800 Central Ave., Cheyenne, WY 82001, (307) 634-3561, <www.lclsonline.org>
• NARA Rocky Mountain Region
Denver Federal Center Building 48, Denver, CO 80225, (303) 407-5751, <archives.gov/rocky-mountain>
• University of Wyoming Libraries
Dept. 3334,1000 E. University Ave., Laramie, WY 82071, (307) 766-3190, <www-lib.uwyo.edu>
• Wyoming State Archives
Barrett Building, 2301 Central Ave., Cheyenne, WY 82002, (307) 777-7826, <wyoarchives.state.wy.us>
• Wyoming State Historical Society
Wyoming State Historical Society PMB #184, 1740H Dell Range Blvd., Cheyenne, WY 82009, <www.wyshs.org>
• Wyoming State Library
516 S. Greeley Highway, Cheyenne, WY 82002, (307) 777-6333, <will.state.wy.us>
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