One of the main goals for genealogists is finding birth, baptism, and/or christening information about their ancestors.
Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians, and archivists, a great number of indexes to birth and baptism collections have been provided for free online. These searchable indexes provide specific birth, baptism, or christening information, and sometimes scanned images of the actual birth documents themselves. These free online collections have millions of records in them in total.
There are a great number of online and offline collections that may include birth information that is not included in the lists below. These different types can be found in 27 Ways to Find Ancestor Birth Information
If you are interested in baptism indexes that may include the birth date as well as baptism information, make sure and check out Church Records.
The lists below are specific birth, baptism, and christening indexes and record collections that are available for free online for the state.
Note 1: Many of the links listed below take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. In many cases there is a link to the digital collection in the middle of the page, but also near the bottom of the page under Film/Digital Notes is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections’ images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital. Please also note that I have listed below only databases that are accessible digitally from your computer (or tablet/phone)
Note 2: I have included links to Free Ancestry records and indexes. You do not need a subscription, but do need an Ancestry account. Without a subscription, you can view indexes. If there is an image associated with a record, in most cases you will need a subscription, but the index does include very usable information.
(Updated July 2021; recently added links are in BOLD):
- Albany County Register of Births and Deaths
- Almy Cemetery Births and Deaths
- Big Horn County, Miscellaneous Records, 1897-1904, 1910-1913
- Billings Gazette Vital Statistics Index
- Campbell County Births and Marriages
- Campbell County Index to Births, Deaths, & Marriages
- Cheyenne First Presbyterian Church, Births, Marriages, and Deaths
- Fremont County, Miscellaneous Records, 1894-1908
- Laramie, St. Matthew’s Cathedral, Episcopal Church Births, Marriages, and Deaths
- Miscellaneous BMD Records by County
- Natrona County Birth Indexes
- Natrona County, General Index, ca. 1890-1923
- Niobrara County Birth Index
- Sublette County Newspaper Extracts of Births, Marriages, and Deaths from Big Piney Examiner 1912-2006
- Sweetwater County Vital Records Indexes
- Sweetwater County, Birth Records
- Uinta County, Birth Indexes
- United States Births and Christenings, 1867-1931
- Washakie County Vital Records 1906-1908
- Wind River Agency Records, 1889-1953
- Wind River, Indian Census Rolls with Vital Records, 1938-1939
- Wyoming, Reclaim the Records, State Archives Vital Records, 1908-1966
- Wyoming, Vital Records Extracted from Newspapers, 1905-1931
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
For other Free Wyoming Links, click on the category of interest:
Newspapers
Obituaries
BMD Records
Photos
Yearbooks
Directories
Divorce Records
Naturalizations
Church Records
School Records
Coroner Records
Voter Records
Probate and Wills
Immigration
Mortuary Records
Alumni Records
Cemetery Records
