If you are researching your ancestry from Wyoming, you will want to use GenealogyBank’s online WY newspaper archives: 25 titles to help you search your family history in the “Equality State,” providing coverage from 1867 to Today. There are millions of articles and records in our online Wyoming newspaper archives!

Dig deep into our online archives and search for historical and recent obituaries and other news articles about your ancestors from Wyoming in these newspapers. Our WY newspapers are divided into two collections: Historical Newspapers (complete paper) and Recent Obituaries (obituaries only).
Search Wyoming Newspaper Archives (1867 – 1945)
Search Wyoming Recent Obituaries (1997 – Today)

Here is the list of Wyoming newspapers in the online archives. Each newspaper title in this list is an active link that will take you directly to that paper’s search page, where you can begin searching for your ancestors by surnames, dates, keywords and more. The WY newspaper titles are listed alphabetically by city.
City | Title | Years of Coverage | Issues Available | Collection |
Casper | Star-Tribune | 11/26/2002 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Casper | Wyoming Energy Journal | 08/16/2012 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Casper | Casper Journal | 01/15/2016 – 04/23/2018 | – | Recent Obituaries |
Casper | WyoFile | 09/28/2010 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Cheyenne | Wyoming Tribune-Eagle | 10/01/1997 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Cheyenne | Cheyenne Argus | 11/14/1867 – 11/14/1867 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Cheyenne | Cheyenne Daily Argus | 04/02/1868 – 04/05/1868 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
Cheyenne | Cheyenne Daily Leader | 04/03/1868 – 05/09/1876 | 3 | Newspaper Archives |
Cheyenne | Cheyenne Weekly Leader | 08/05/1876 – 08/05/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Cheyenne | Commercial Record | 04/04/1868 – 04/11/1868 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
Cheyenne | Wyoming Commonwealth | 07/20/1890 – 11/14/1891 | 58 | Newspaper Archives |
Cheyenne | Wyoming State Tribune | 01/01/1917 – 12/31/1921 | 1575 | Newspaper Archives |
Cheyenne | Wyoming Business Report | 07/26/2012 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Evanston | Evanston Age | 10/03/1876 – 10/03/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Heart Mountain | Heart Mountain Sentinel | 08/25/1942 – 11/02/1945 | 468 | Newspaper Archives |
Laramie | Laramie Boomerang | 02/09/2007 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Laramie | Daily Boomerang | 01/02/1890 – 06/30/1890 | 148 | Newspaper Archives |
Laramie | Frontier Index | 04/14/1868 – 04/14/1868 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Laramie | Laramie Daily Sentinel | 10/21/1876 – 10/21/1876 | 1 | Newspaper Archives |
Laramie | Laramie News | 02/01/1876 – 03/01/1876 | 2 | Newspaper Archives |
Rawlins | Rawlins Daily Times | 04/01/2015 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Riverton | Riverton Ranger | 04/03/2011 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Rock Springs | Rocket-Miner | 04/14/2016 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Worland | Northern Wyoming News | 01/03/2006 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
Worland | Northern Wyoming News: Web Edition Articles | 06/24/2015 – Current | – | Recent Obituaries |
*Date Ranges may have selected coverage unavailable.
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