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The archives, libraries, and societies listed below have major collections or services helpful to genealogical researchers. Also see United States Archives and Libraries for additional detailed information on regional and national archives and libraries.

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Wyoming State Archives and Historical Department · Wyoming State Library · National Archives Rocky Mountain Region (Denver) · Family History Library

Archives

Wyoming State Archives

2301 Central Avenue
Cheyenne, WY 82002
Telephone: 307-777-7826
Fax: 307-777-7044
Website
Email

County Records, Death Certificates Database, Map Database (LUNA), Newspaper Project, Phone Books, Photograph Database (LUNA), State Directories

National Archives at Denver

17101 Huron Street
Broomfield, CO 80023
Telephone: 303-604-4740
Fax: 303-407-5707

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Further information: National Archives Rocky Mountain Region (Denver)

Records include:

• Federal population censuses for all States, 1790-1930
  
• Indexes for the 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920 censuses (indexes are not available for all census years and all states)
  
• Revolutionary War records
  
• Pension and bounty land warrant applications
  
• Ship's passenger lists
  
• Indian censuses
  
• Utah polygamy prosecution case files
  
• Colorado naturalizations
  

American Heritage Center

Physical Location:
2111 Willett Drive
Centennial Complex
University of Wyoming
Laramie, WY 82071

Contact Information:
UW American Heritage Center
1000 E. University Ave.
Dept. 3924
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: (307) 766-4114
Fax: (307) 766-5511
Website
Email

Libraries

Wyoming State Library

2800 Central Ave
Cheyenne, WY 82002-0006
Telephone: 307-777-6333
Fax: 307-777-6289
Website
Email

Laramie County Library

2200 Pioneer Avenue
Cheyenne, WY 82001
Telephone: 307-634-3561
Fax: 307-634-2082
Genealogy & Special Collections: 307-773-7232
Website
Email

University of Wyoming Library

Dept 3334
1000 E. University Ave
Laramie, WY 82071-3334
Telephone: 307-766-3190 or 800-442-6757
Fax: 307-766-3062
Special Collections: 307-766-2027
Emmett D. Chisum Special Collections/ Website
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Wyoming Public Libraries

Addresses for each public library in Wyoming

Wyoming Online Records

Links to online databases and indexes that may include vital records, biographies, cemeteries, censuses, histories, immigration records, land records, maps, military records, naturalizations, newspapers, obituaries, or probate records.

Other Websites:

• USGenWeb A cooperative effort by many volunteers to list genealogical databases, libraries, and other resources available on the Internet for each county, state, and country.
• Roots-L A useful list of sites and resources. Includes a large, regularly updated research coordination list. 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.