Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians, and archivists (as well as the largest of them all – FamilySearch), a great number of indexes to death collections have been provided for free online. These searchable indexes provide specific death information, and sometimes scanned images of the actual death certificates themselves. These free online collections have hundreds of millions of records in them in total.
There are a great number of online and offline collections that may include death information that are not included in the lists below. For example, newspapers and obituaries have death info, but most times obituary indexes include the date of the obituary but not the date of death. To find out which types of other records may include death information, please see:
The lists below are specific death 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 BMD 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 December 2021; recently added links are in BOLD):
- Afton – Star Valley Independent Deaths and Obituaries, 1901-2015
- Albany County Register of Births and Deaths
- Albany County, Coroner’s Record; Register of births and deaths
- Almy Cemetery Births and Deaths
- Big Horn County Death Index pre-1939
- Big Horn County, Miscellaneous Records, 1897-1904, 1910-1913
- Billings Gazette Vital Statistics Index
- Campbell County Death and Obituary Index
- Campbell County Index to Births, Deaths, & Marriages
- Campbell County, Deaths, 1911 – 1914
- 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 Death Indexes
- Natrona County, General Index, ca. 1890-1923
- Niobrara County Deaths and Transcribed Obituaries
- Online Searchable Death Indexes
- Star Valley Independent Obituaries, 1901-2015
- Sublette County Newspaper Extracts of Births, Marriages, and Deaths from Big Piney Examiner 1912-2006
- Sweetwater County Vital Records Indexes
- Uinta County, Evanston, Wyoming State Hospital Death Records
- United States Deaths and Burials, 1867-1961
- United States Korean War Battle Deaths, 1950-1957
- United States Social Security Death Index
- United States, World War I American Expeditionary Forces Deaths, 1917-1919
- Washakie County Deaths pre-1939
- Washakie County Vital Records 1906-1908
- Wind River Agency Records, 1889-1953
- Wind River, Indian Census Rolls with Vital Records, 1938-1939
- Wyoming Death Certificate Database
- Wyoming Death Records, 1900-1952
- Wyoming Mortality Schedule 1880
- Wyoming, Reclaim the Records, State Archives Vital Records, 1908-1966
- Wyoming, Vital Records Extracted from Newspapers, 1905-1931
- Wyoming, World War I American Expeditionary Forces, Deaths, 1917-1919
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
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