Albany County Public Library

Wyoming Room
The library's Wyoming Room contains historical information about the City of Laramie, Albany County, and Wyoming, however, our main focus is on Laramie and Albany County. The Wyoming Room provides a comfortable browsing setting where users can read books, access microfilm, and discover information about Wyoming's history. Out collection includes Laramie city directories and phone books, state business directories, Laramie newspapers and newspaper indexes, the Wyoming Pamphlet File which includes biographies, local news and photographs, and local Sanborn Fire Insurance maps showing buildings and businesses. Although items do not circulate from the Wyoming Room, materials can be copied in the Library.  Our reference staff would be happy to get you started on your search.  We also perform obituary lookups and limited searches for out of town requests.  Email us at:  info@albanycountylibrary.org. 

 

 

Laramie newspapers
The Laramie Boomerang, Republican and Sentinal newspapers are in the Wyoming Room, many on microfilm.

Laramie obituary index
An obituary index for the Boomerang, from 1868 through 1964 is online, and in the Wyoming Room.  The entire run of Laramie newspapers through 1922 has also been digitized and is searchable online through the Wyoming Newspaper Project!

 

Online access to HeritageQuest, AncestryLibrary and Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps.  With your valid Wyoming library card, you have access to Heritage Quest (includes the Federal census returns) and the Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps (a "footprint" image of buildings in many Wyoming communities through the mid-twentieth century) from anywhere and AncestryLibrary (census and many other searchable databases of historical information) from within Wyoming libraries.  Log on with your user name (library barcode) and PIN on the WYLD Online Resources page.  

 

Published genealogy source lists and how-to's (call numbers: 929 and R929)
The Source, the Handybook and lots more books are available to check out.  Learn how to do your own research, keep records, and learn about your family history.  Good keywords to use: genealogy, family history, obituaries, kinship.

 

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