Wyoming Cemetery Records

A cemetery is a place in which dead bodies and cremated remains are buried. The term cemetery (from Greek: sleeping place) implies that the land is specifically designated as a burying ground. Cemeteries in the Western world are the place where the final ceremonies of death are observed. These ceremonies or rites differ according to cultural practice and religious belief.

While uncommon today, family (or private) cemeteries were a matter of practicality during the settlement of America. If a municipal or religious cemetery had not been established, settlers would seek out a small plot of land, often in wooded areas bordering their fields, to begin a family plot. Sometimes, several families would arrange to bury their dead together. While some of these sites later grew into true cemeteries, many were forgotten after a family moved away or died out. Today, it is not unheard of to discover groupings of tombstones, ranging from a few to a dozen or more, on undeveloped land.

Cemeteries in cities use valuable urban space, which could become a problem, especially in older cities. As historic cemeteries begin to reach their capacity for full burials, alternative memorialization, such as collective memorials for cremated individuals, is becoming more common. Different cultures have different attitudes to destruction of cemeteries and use of the land for construction. In some countries it is considered normal to destroy the graves, while in others the graves are traditionally respected for a century or more. In many cases, after a suitable period of time has elapsed, the headstones are removed and the now former cemetery is converted to a recreational park or construction site.

Cemetery Transcription Database

• Albany County, Wyoming Cemetery Records

• Bighorn County, Wyoming Cemetery Records

• Campbell County, Wyoming Cemetery Records

• Carbon County, Wyoming Cemetery Records

• Converse County, Wyoming Cemetery Records

• Crook County, Wyoming Cemetery Records

• Fremont County, Wyoming Cemetery Records

• Goshen County, Wyoming Cemetery Records

• Hot Springs County, Wyoming Cemetery Records

• Johnson County, Wyoming Cemetery Records

• Laramie County, Wyoming Cemetery Records

• Lincoln County, Wyoming Cemetery Records

• Natrona County, Wyoming Cemetery Records

• Niobrara County, Wyoming Cemetery Records

• Park County, Wyoming Cemetery Records

• Platte County, Wyoming Cemetery Records

• Sheridan County, Wyoming Cemetery Records

• Sublette County, Wyoming Cemetery Records

• Sweetwater County, Wyoming Cemetery Records

• Teton County, Wyoming Cemetery Records

• Uinta County, Wyoming Cemetery Records

• Washakie County, Wyoming Cemetery Records

• Weston County, Wyoming Cemetery Records

• Wind River County, Wyoming Cemetery Records

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