Wyoming Probate Records

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Probate Records

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• Wyoming, Wills and Probate Records, 1864-1915, ($), index and images, incomplete.
• Full-Text Search - Probate Records at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary; How to Search

History

Before statehood, probate records were kept by the territorial probate court. After 1890, these records were transferred to the clerk of the district court in each county.

Availability

Contact the clerk of the district court of each county for copies of probate records. The FamilySearch Library has very few copies of Wyoming probate records.

Wyoming probate records include wills, inheritance tax records, oaths and bonds, petitions, letters testamentaries, letters of administration, final accounts, inventories, bills of sale, probate journals, claims against estates, and guardianship annual reports.

References

Wyoming Research Outline. Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001.

NOTE: All of the information from the original research outline has been imported into the FamilySearch Wiki and is being updated as time permits.