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Wyoming Additional Census Info

Purpose

Add additional databases and fix a heading for the Wyoming Census section

Task List

Task List

Instructions

1. Go to the Task List and sign out a section of counties to work on.

2. Go do the Census heading on the first county.

Step 1 - take out previous content

3. Take out the following information:

==== State Census Records ====
*1860 - 1910 [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3582 Wyoming Compiled Census]

4. If there is a duplicate census entry to Ancestry that looks like the following, also remove it:

*1860 - 1910 [http://search.ancestry.com Ancestry] Index ($)

Step 2 - add new content

5. Add the following wikitext in place of what you just deleted directly before the Federal Census heading

==== Territory and State Census Records ====
*'''1850''' - {{RecordSearch|1401638|United States Census, 1850}} at [https://familysearch.org/search/ FamilySearch Historical Records] — index & images; Wyoming was included in the 1850 Utah Territory Census.
*'''1860 - 1910''' - [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3582 Wyoming Compiled Census] at Ancestry — ($), index & images
*'''1860''' - {{RecordSearch|1473181|United States Census, 1860}} at [https://familysearch.org/search/ FamilySearch Historical Records] — index & images; Wyoming was included in the 1860 Nebraska Territory Census
*'''1870''' - {{RecordSearch|1438024|United States Census, 1870}} at [https://familysearch.org/search/ FamilySearch Historical Records] — index & images; Wyoming Territory Census
*'''1880''' - {{RecordSearch|1417683|United States Census, 1880}} at [https://familysearch.org/search/ FamilySearch Historical Records] — index & images; Wyoming Territory Census


6. Preview the page to make sure the links and information look correct.

7. Add to the Summary field, "added census databases" and save the page.

8. Once you are finished with your counties, go back to the Task List and add the date you completed your section of counties.



Example

Census Records

Before Wyoming was a state in 1890, Wyoming was included in the 1850 Utah Territory. In the 1860 Census, it was enumerated as Nebraska Territory. The first Wyoming Territorial Census was taken in 1869, right after Wyoming Territory was created, and is available on microfilm at the Wyoming State Archives[1] and at the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City (FS Library film 2261365). The 1870 and 1880 Federal Censuses included Wyoming Territory.[2] See links listed below. State censuses were taken for Wyoming but they were mostly statistical censuses with very little individual information. See Wyoming Census for more information.

Territory and State Census Records

Federal Census Records

Federal Censuses were taken for the state of Wyoming starting in 1890, although no records survived. The 1900 Census is the next Federal Census available. For links to Federal Census indexes, see Wyoming Census.


References

  1. ↑ On microfilm number: 2261365.
  2. ↑ ’'Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 761. At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002; Alice Eichholz, ‘’Ancestry’s Red Book: American State, County and Town Sources,’’ 3rd ed. (Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 2004), 761. Free online version; FS Library Book 973 D27rb 2004; WorldCat entry.

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