Wyoming Research Tips and Strategies

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The Wyoming Research Tips and Strategies page consists of links to specific research strategies for Wyoming. It also contains general tips and other resources for finding your ancestors in this locality.

Wyoming Research Strategies[edit | edit source]

Below are links to different research strategy pages to help you locate your ancestors in Wyoming:

Finding Wyoming Birth, Marriage or Death Records[edit | edit source]

Finding Wyoming Records[edit | edit source]

Wyoming Statewide Databases[edit | edit source]

Wyoming Research Process[edit | edit source]

Wyoming Research Tips[edit | edit source]

These tips will help you as you research your ancestors in Wyoming:

Birth and Death information:

  • Birth and death registration: Statewide registration of births and deaths in Wyoming began in July 1909, and was generally complied with by 1922.[1]
  • Access to records: See Wyoming Vital Records for more information about birth, marriages, and deaths in Wyoming.


Substitute Records:

  • Secondary source: Substitute records are used when primary sources do not exist for an event, such as birth, marriage, and deaths. Secondary sources list information about the event but they were not recorded at the time of the event and they are not an official record of the event.
  • Accuracy: Because the information about an event in substitute records was not the official recording of the event (such as, cemetery or obituary records) inaccuracy may occur. Use other substitute records to help verify information.
  • List of substitute records: See Wyoming Substitute Records for more information.


Finding Parents:

  • Death records: In 1909, the state required recording the deceased's birth and parent information. Information was not always provided and the accuracy of the information was limited by the grieving relatives' memory.
  • Obituaries: Official obituaries can also include the names of parents and other family members. See Wyoming Newspapers and Wyoming Obituaries for more information.
  • Church records: Knowing the denomination of the church the family belonged to helps in locating information about the parents. See Wyoming Church Records for more information.


Census Records:

  • Check all census years: Always look for your ancestor in every possible census to learn more about them and their family members. See Wyoming Census Records for more information.
  • Clues to other records: There are clues in censuses regarding immigration, naturalization, and occupation that can lead to other records.
  • Finding families: Starting in 1850, all members of the household were listed in the census. By 1880, relationship to the head of household was added.

Further Wyoming Research[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Wyoming Research Outline. Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1997, 15. (Accessed 22 Feb 2025). Online at: BYU University - Provo
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