Genealogy and Family History at the 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.
Be sure to check out our great new microfilm reader - you can download files to your own flashdrive for saving or printing!
Online Resources For Wyoming Residents
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.
Other useful websites and resources
Check out the links on the left panel of this page.