Wyoming Archives and Libraries: Difference between revisions

The archives, libraries, and societies listed below have major collections or services helpful to genealogical researchers.  

'''Department of Commerce'''<br>Division of Cultural Resources<br>Wyoming State Archives <br>2301 Central Avenue <br>Cheyenne, WY 82002<br>Telephone: 307-777-7826<br>Fax: 307-777-7044<br>Email: [mailto:wyarchive@state.wy.us wyarchive@state.wy.us] &nbsp;<br>Internet: http://wyoarchives.state.wy.us/awardofexcellence2007.htm  

'''National Archives—Rocky Mountain Region (Denver)<br>'''Denver Federal Center Building 48<br>Denver, CO 80225<br>Telephone: 303-236-0817<br>Fax: 303-236-9354<br>Internet: http://www.archives.gov/rocky-mountain/  

'''Wyoming State Library'''<br>Supreme Court and Library Building<br>2301 Capitol Avenue<br>Cheyenne, WY 82002-0006<br>Telephone: 307-777-7281<br>Fax: 307-777-6289 <br>Internet: http://www-wsl.state.wy.us/  

'''Laramie County Library<br>'''Cheyenne Genealogical Society<br>2800 Central Avenue<br>Cheyenne, WY 82001<br>Telephone: 307-634-3561<br>Fax: 307-634-2082 <br>Internet: http://www.lclsonline.org/  

'''University of Wyoming Library<br>'''P.O. Box 3334<br>University Station<br>Laramie, WY 82071-3334<br>Telephone: 307-766-3279<br>Fax: 307-766-3062 <br>Internet: http://www-lib.uwyo.edu/  

To learn more about the history and record-keeping systems of Wyoming counties, use the six inventories of the county archives published by the Historical Records Survey around 1940. Copies of these inventories are available at the Family History Library.  

=== Computer Networks and Bulletin Boards ===

Computers with modems can be useful tools for obtaining information from selected archives and libraries. In a way, computer networks themselves serve as a library. The Internet, certain computer bulletin boards, and commercial online services help family history researchers:  

*Locate other researchers  

*Post queries  

*Send and receive e-mail  

*Search large databases  

*Search computer libraries  

*Join in computer chat and lecture sessions

You can find computerized research tips and information about ancestors from Wyoming in a variety of sources at local, state, national, and international levels. The list of sources is growing rapidly. Most of the information is available at no cost.  

Addresses on the Internet change frequently. As of April 1997, the following sites are important gateways linking you to many more network and bulletin board sites:  

 

A cooperative effort by many volunteers to list genealogical databases, libraries, bulletin boards, and other resources available on the Internet for each county, state, and country.  

 

A useful list of sites and resources. Includes a large, regularly updated research coordination list.

 

For further details about using computer networks, bulletin boards, and news groups for family history research, see the United States Research Outline, Second Edition, "[[United States Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]" section.  

The Family History Library and some Family History Centers have computers with FamilySearch™. FamilySearch is a collection of computer files containing several million names. FamilySearch is a good place to begin your research. Some of the records come from compiled sources; some have been automated from original sources.