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United States Wyoming Albany County

Guide to Albany County Wyoming genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

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Albany County, Wyoming
Map
Location of Wyoming in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	December 16, 1868
County Seat	Laramie
Courthouse
Address	Albany County Courthouse County Courthouse Rm 202 Laramie, WY 82070 Phone: 307.721.2541 Albany County Website

Historical Facts

• Parent County: original county created 16 December 1868
• County Seat: Laramie ^[1]
• Neighboring Counties: Carbon | Converse | Jackson | Laramie | Larimer | Natrona | Platte
  

Albany County was created 16 December 1868 from Laramie County of Dakota Territory. It became one of the five original counties of Wyoming Territory which included Laramie and Carter counties, created in 1867, Carbon and Albany counties created in 1868, and Uinta County.

The History of Wyoming, published 1918, and edited by I.S. Bartlette, includes a chapter on the counties of Wyoming. Albany County is first and includes photos of the original courthouse, post office and other early buildings in Albany County.

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Resources

Biography

Cemeteries

Established in 1881, Greenhill Cemetery listings include names, date of death, age, row, block, lot and space. The Green Hill Cemetery brochure includes a map of the cemetery and contact information.

Census

For tips on accessing Albany County, Wyoming census records online, see: Wyoming Census.

Church Records

LDS Ward and Branch Records

• Laramie

Court Records

Directories

Emigration and Immigration

Ethnic, Political or Religious Groups

Gazetteers

Genealogy

History

Land and Property

Maps

Migration

Military

Naturalization and Citizenship

Newspapers

• Wyoming Newspaper Project

Obituaries

Probate

Public Records

• University of Wyoming Yearbooks - misc. volumes digitzed and online at Internet Archive

Repositories

Courthouse

The present Albany County courthouse was designed by Wilbur Hitchcock and constructed 1931 - 1932. (photo)

County Clerk has marriage records from 1869, burial records from 1885, land records from 1868 and military records from 1919; Clerk District Court has divorce, probate, court and naturalization records^[2]

Family History Centers

Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

• Laramie Wyoming Family History Center

Libraries

• American Heritage Center
  University of Wyoming
  1000 East University Ave Dept. 3924
  Laramie WY 82061
  (307)766-4114
  
  The American Heritage Center includes a manuscript collection of Wyoming, the American West, mining and more. They have a digital collection of photos and documents and video and audio recordings.

Museums

Societies

• Albany County Genealogical Society
  P.O. Box 6163
  Laramie WY 82073

Taxation

Vital Records

Birth

Marriage

• Western States Marriage Index over 1,064 marriages 8 Jun 1869 to 6 Jan 1900

Death

Websites

• The Albany County WY GenWeb Project, a member of The WYGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project
• Lookups (GenWeb)
• Wikipedia
• Family History Library Catalog
• Albany County Genealogy (Wyoming Genealogy)

Places

References

1. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists : United States of America, 10th ed., (Draper, UT: Everton Publishers, 2002), p. 766. Albany County, Wyoming

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