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Purpose of Research Tips and Strategies Wiki Page
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

Wyoming Research Tips[edit | edit source]

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

Birth information: Statewide registration of births began in 1909 in Wyoming with general compliance by 1922. A helpful substitute record to find birth information is a death record. However, date and place of birth on a death record is considered secondary information, as it was not recorded at the time of the birth event. The birth information should be corroborated with other substitute records to improve accuracy.
Finding Parents: State law required the recording of death certificates in 1909. They often will list the parents of the deceased and their birth information. Search Wyoming death records
Look in all censuses: Always look for your ancestor in every possible census. There are clues regarding immigration, naturalization, and occupation that can lead to other records. Sometimes parents can be found living with their children later in life. Search U.S. Censuses.

Wyoming Record Finder[edit | edit source]

This brief Record Finder is designed to help you determine the best record to search for the type of information you are looking for. It is most helpful for post-1850 research. For a more complete Record Finder, covering additional research needs, see Wyoming Record Finder.

1. What you are looking for:	2. Try these records first:	3. Other useful records
Birth information	Birth records Death records Obituaries Church records	Cemeteries Naturalization and Citizenship (after 1906) Bible records Military records
Marriage information	Marriage records Obituaries Bible records	Church records Probate records Military records
Death information	Death Records Cemeteries Obituaries	Probate Records Church Records Bible Records
Parents	Birth records Death records Obituaries Census Church records	Biography Genealogy
Maiden name	Marriage Records Obituaries Probate records	Church Records Military Records
Immigration date	Emigration and Immigration Naturalization and Citizenship (after 1906) Census	Obituaries Biography History
Naturalization	Naturalization and Citizenship (after 1906) Census Court Records	Voting Records Biography Periodicals
Physical description	Military Records Naturalization and Citizenship (after 1906) (after 1906)	Biography History

Further Wyoming Research[edit | edit source]

Remember, for a more complete Record Finder, covering additional research needs, see Wyoming Record Finder.
For online record collections, go to Wyoming Online Genealogy Records.
For more research on Wyoming, including research at the county level, visit the Wyoming page on the Research Wiki.
Search all of the Wyoming record collections at FamilySearch.

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 === Wyoming Research Strategies  ===
 Below are links to different research strategy pages to help you locate your ancestors in Wyoming<br>
-:[[Wyoming Online Genealogy Records|Wyoming Online Genealogy Records]]
+*[[Wyoming Online Genealogy Records|Wyoming Online Genealogy Records]]
-:[[How to Find Wyoming Birth Records|How to find Wyoming Birth Records]]
+*[[How to Find Wyoming Birth Records|How to find Wyoming Birth Records]]
-:[[How to Find Wyoming Marriage Records|How to find Wyoming Marriage Records]]
+*[[How to Find Wyoming Marriage Records|How to find Wyoming Marriage Records]]
-:[[How to Find Wyoming Death Records|How to find Wyoming Death Records]]
+*[[How to Find Wyoming Death Records|How to find Wyoming Death Records]]
 === Wyoming Research Tips  ===
-These tips will help you as your research your ancestors in Wyoming.
+These tips will help you as you research your ancestors in Wyoming.
-*'''Birth information:''' Birth records in Wyoming start on the county level in 1905 - although not all counties complied with the law. The best substitute record for locating birth information is [[How to Find United States Death Records|death records]]&nbsp;(the majority of death records will list the date of birth of the decedent, and since death certificates are considered a primary resource, they can provide you with the same documentation as a birth certificate). Or, try these other [[Substitute Records For United States Birth Information|substitute records]].
+*'''Birth information:''' Statewide registration of births began in 1909 in Wyoming with general compliance by 1922. A helpful substitute record to find birth information is a death record. However, date and place of birth on a death record is considered secondary information, as it was not recorded at the time of the birth event. The birth information should be corroborated with other [[Substitute Records For United States Birth Information|substitute records]] to improve accuracy.
-*'''Finding Parents:''' The State of Wyoming began recording deaths in 1905. They often will list the parents of the deceased and their birth information. [[How to Find United States Death Records|Search Wyoming death records]]
+*'''Finding Parents:''' State law required the recording of death certificates in 1909. They often will list the parents of the deceased and their birth information. [[How to Find United States Death Records|Search Wyoming death records]]
 *'''Look in all censuses:''' Always look for your ancestor in every possible census. There are clues regarding immigration, naturalization, and occupation that can lead to other records. Sometimes parents can be found living with their children later in life. [[United States Census Online|Search U.S. Censuses]].
-[[Category:Wyoming]]
+[[Category:Research Tips and Strategies]]
+=== Wyoming Record Finder  ===
+This brief Record Finder is designed to help you determine the best record to search for the type of information you are looking for. It is most helpful for post-1850 research. '''For a more complete Record Finder, covering additional research needs, see [[Wyoming Record Finder]].'''
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+Birth information
+| style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|
+*[[How to Find Wyoming Birth Records|Birth records]]
+*[[How to Find Wyoming Death Records|Death records]]
+*[[Wyoming Obituaries|Obituaries]]
+*[[Wyoming Church Records|Church records]]
+| style="padding:10px"|
+*[[Wyoming Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
+*[[Wyoming Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
+*[[Wyoming Bible Records|Bible records]]
+*[[Wyoming Military Records|Military records]]
+|-
+| style="padding:10px"|Marriage information
+| style="padding:10px"|
+*[[How to Find Wyoming Marriage Records|Marriage records]]
+*[[Wyoming Obituaries|Obituaries]]
+*[[Wyoming Bible Records|Bible records]]
+| style="padding:10px"|
+*[[Wyoming Church Records|Church records]]
+*[[Wyoming Probate Records|Probate records]]
+*[[Wyoming Military Records|Military records]]
+|-
+| style="padding:10px"|Death information
+| style="padding:10px"|
+*[[How to Find Wyoming Death Records|Death Records]]
+*[[Wyoming Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
+*[[Wyoming Obituaries|Obituaries]]
+| style="padding:10px"|
+*[[Wyoming Probate Records|Probate Records]]
+*[[Wyoming Church Records|Church Records]]
+*[[Wyoming Bible Records|Bible Records]]
+|-
+| style="padding:10px"|Parents
+| style="padding:10px"|
+*[[How to Find Wyoming Birth Records|Birth records]]
+*[[How to Find Wyoming Death Records|Death records]]
+*[[Wyoming Obituaries|Obituaries]]
+*[[Wyoming Census|Census]]
+*[[Wyoming Church Records|Church records]]
+| style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|
+*[[Wyoming Biography|Biography]]
+*[[Wyoming, United States Genealogy|Genealogy]]
+|-
+| style="padding:10px"|
+Maiden name
+| style="padding:10px"|
+*[[How to Find Wyoming Marriage Records|Marriage Records]]
+*[[Wyoming Obituaries|Obituaries]]
+*[[Wyoming Probate Records|Probate records]]
+| style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|
+*[[Wyoming Church Records|Church Records]]
+*[[Wyoming Military Records|Military Records]]
+|-
+| style="padding:10px"|
+Immigration date
+| style="padding:10px"|
+*[[Wyoming Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[Wyoming Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
+*[[Wyoming Census|Census]]
+| style="padding:10px"|
+*[[Wyoming Obituaries|Obituaries]]
+*[[Wyoming Biography|Biography]]
+*[[Wyoming History|History]]
+|-
+| style="padding:10px"|
+Naturalization
+| style="padding:10px"|
+*[[Wyoming Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
+*[[Wyoming Census|Census]]
+*[[Wyoming Court Records|Court Records]]
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+*[[Wyoming Voting Records|Voting Records]]
+*[[Wyoming Biography|Biography]]
+*[[Wyoming Periodicals|Periodicals]]
+|-
+| style="padding:10px"|
+Physical description
+| style="padding:10px"|
+*[[Wyoming Military Records|Military Records]]
+*[[Wyoming Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906) (after 1906)
+| style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|
+*[[Wyoming Biography|Biography]]
+*[[Wyoming History|History]]
+|}
+=== Further Wyoming Research  ===
+*'''Remember, for a more complete Record Finder, covering additional research needs, see [[Wyoming Record Finder]].'''
+*For online record collections, go to [[Wyoming Online Genealogy Records|'''Wyoming Online Genealogy Records.''']]
+*For more research on Wyoming, including research at the county level, visit the [[Wyoming, United States Genealogy|'''Wyoming''']] page on the Research Wiki.
+*Search all of the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/location/29?region=United%20States%20of%20America Wyoming record collections] at FamilySearch.<br>
+[[Category:Wyoming Research Strategies]]
+[[Category:United States Research Strategies]]
+[[Category:Research Tips and Strategies]]